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Efficient and Sustainable Energy
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Allegiance
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UTPA
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SOLAR

• Dr. Horacio Vasquez
• Small scale solar power systems Integration
  with Wind Systems
• Asst. Prof. Mechanical Engineering
• Mechatronics and Control
• Dr. Constantine Tarawneh
• Small scale solar power systems for rural
  environments
• Asst. Prof. Mechanical Engineering
• Thermal Fluids
• Dr. Jaime Ramos
• 5 kW Photo-Voltaic (PV) system to be installed on
  campus, to support a MICRO GRID facility
• Asst. Prof. Electrical Engineering
• Alternative Energy

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WIND

• Dr. Horacio Vasquez
• Generator Design
• Asst. Prof. Mechanical Engineering
• Mechatronics and Control
• Dr. Jaime Ramos
• Wind speed and small turbine data gathering
• Asst. Prof. Electrical Engineering
• Alternative Energy
• Dr. Mounir Ben Ghalia
• Modeling and Control
• Assoc. Prof. Electrical Engineering
• Robotics, Artificial Intelligence, and Controls
• Dr. Subhash Bose
• Low Speed System Design
• Prof. Manufacturing Engineering
• Robotics and Controls
• Dr. Kamal Sarkar
• Low Speed System Design
• Lecturer Mechanical Engineering

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WIND

• Dr. John (Jack) Lloyd
• UTPA lead as a national partner with Michigan
  State University on creating a proposal to the
  National Science Foundation (NSF) to establish an
  Engineering Research Center (ERC) to address
  research, design, and manufacture of large,
  highly efficient, low wind energy conversion
  systems
• Director Rapid Response Manufacturing Center
• Research Professor of Engineering, Manufacturing
  Engineering
• Thermal-Fluids and Design
• Molecular scale thermoelectrics

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BioMass Solid Waste

• Dr. James Li
• Site selection and network
• Asst. Prof. Manufacturing Engineering
• Sustainable Engineering Decision Analysis and
  Life Cycle Assessment
• Dr. Andrew McDonald
• Biodiesel feedstock the Physic Nut (Jatropha
  curcas). 
• Asst. Prof. Biology
• Plant Systematics and Botany

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Efficiency

• Dr. John (Jack) Lloyd
• Green Roof Technology
• Director Rapid Response Manufacturing Center
• Research Professor of Engineering, Manufacturing
  Engineering
• Thermal-Fluids and Design
• Molecular scale thermo electrics
• Dr. James Li
• Sustainable Engineering
• Asst. Prof. Manufacturing Engineering
• Decision Analysis and Life Cycle Assessment
• Dr. Steve Crown
• HVAC systems
• Assoc. Prof. Mechanical Engineering
• Thermal Fluids
• Marianella Franklin
• Facilities planning LEED certified /
  credentialed

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Support ActivitiesPeople(another way of
looking at UTPA)
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Process and Site Selection

• Dr. James Li
• Sustainable Engineering Decision Analysis and
  Life Cycle Assessment
• Asst. Prof. Manufacturing Engineering

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Data Collection

• Dr. Jaime Ramos
• Alternative Energy
• Asst. Prof. Electrical Engineering

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Modeling and Controls

• Dr. Horacio Vasquez
• Mechatronics and Control
• Asst. Prof. Mechanical Engineering
• Dr. Dumitru Caruntu
• Nonlinear dynamics Human Power Generation
• Asst. Prof. Mechanical Engineering
• Dr. Mounir Ben Ghalia
• Robotics, Artificial Intelligence, and Controls
• Assoc. Prof. Electrical Engineering

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Materials RD

• Dr. Bob Jones
• Manufacturing composite structures
• Assoc. Prof. Mechanical Engineering
• Materials and Design
• Dr. Dorina Mihut
• Surface Coating
• Asst. Prof. Mechanical Engineering
• Materials and Tribology
• Dr. Seokyoung Ahn
• Laser Materials Processing and Controls
• Asst. Prof. Mechanical Engineering

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Component Design

• Dr. Horacio Vasquez
• Generator
• Asst. Prof. Mechanical Engineering
• Mechatronics and Control
• Dr. Seokyoung Ahn
• High efficiency turbine design
• Asst. Prof. Mechanical Engineering
• Laser Materials Processing and Controls
• Dr. John (Jack) Lloyd
• Molecular scale thermoelectric devices
• Research Professor of Engineering, Manufacturing
  Engineering
• Thermal-Fluids and Design

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Training

• Henry Oh
• Regional Director Texas Manufacturing Assistance
  Center TMAC

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Energy Management

• Marianella Franklin
• Facilities planning LEED certified /
  credentialed
• Director of Sustainability
• Dr. Richard Costello
• Facilities planning
• Director of Health and safety
• Dr. James Li
• Sustainable Engineering Decision Analysis and
  Life Cycle Assessment
• Asst. Prof. Manufacturing Engineering

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