Several faculty are conducting pioneering research on renewable energy technologies and materials. This includes work on methane and natural gas storage using novel adsorbents, improving rechargeable flow batteries, and enhancing solar power collection efficiency. Additionally, they are developing methods for plastic waste degradation, pollutant removal from wastewater, and water treatment, with efforts towards low-cost solutions and environmental sustainability.

Faculty in the department are conducting pioneering research in energy science and engineering, focusing on developing new materials and processes for capturing and storing renewable energy. This includes innovative work on methane and natural gas storage using metal organic frameworks (MOFs) and covalent organic frameworks (COFs), as well as improving the design and performance of rechargeable flow batteries and super-capacitors. Collaborative projects have successfully tested onboard natural gas storage devices, and fundamental research on nanoparticle self-assembly is enhancing solar power collection efficiency. These efforts aim to provide sustainable and environmentally friendly energy solutions.

Modelling and simulations of viral dynamics and evolution coupled with single molecule experiments and data from patients, obtained in collaboration with clinicians, are being employed to unravel the origins of the failure of current treatments and to design more potent and economical therapeutic protocols. Reaction network theory and experiments on quorum-sensing are being used to understand cellular signalling events and emergent systems-level properties that viruses and bacteria manipulate to overcome our immune response, presenting new avenues for vaccine design.

Metabolic engineering of bacteria coupled with optimization and control techniques for bioreactors is being exploited to produce biofuels and degrade environmentally harmful effluents and waste. Our efforts thus synergize a broad spectrum of engineering and design techniques to achieve precise manipulation of biological phenomena for improved healthcare and sustainable development.