Randy Vander Wal
Email:
Phone:
814-865-5813
Office Address:
203 Hosler Building
Title:
Professor
Unit:
John and Willie Leone Family Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering
Research Interests:
- Energy generation - nanostructured catalysts for hydrocarbon processing
- Energy utilization - metal oxide (gas) sensors
- Energy conversion - development of nanostructured lubricants
- Energy storage - new battery materials
- Laser diagnostics - species, temperature, pressure and flow
- Analytical methods - microplasmas, laser-based analytical methods (e.g LIBS)
- Physical chemistry - laser driven processes, photochemistry and spectroscopy (e.g. LIF, LII, CRD, and DFWM)
- Materials chemistry - nanomaterial syntheses (e.g. CVD, plasma, electrospinning, combustion, aerosol, mechanical and ablation), characterization and application testing