Energy, Power, and Thermofluids
Energy sustainability, i.e., meeting present needs without compromising the needs of future generations, requires efficient, reliable, and innovative power conversion, generation, and delivery. At Baylor University, researchers are developing novel energy conversion and electric machines, storage, transmission, and end use technologies for a variety of exciting applications including renewables, electrified transportation, aerospace, advanced combustion and industrial decarbonization.
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Elite CAREER Awards spur high-level research by young Baylor faculty
It's National Engineers Week, and Baylor University is celebrating a significant honor for electrical engineering professor Emmanuel Agamloh, Ph.D., – his election as a member of the prestigious IEEE Fellow Class of 2026.
Liang Sun, Ph.D., associate professor of mechanical engineering at Baylor, has been elected as a 2026 Associate Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics.
Baylor engineering students have begun the journey of designing clean water systems using locally sourced materials for a community in Kenya and beyond.
At the intersection of aerospace, ground transportation and artificial intelligence stands Baylor’s new Advanced Vehicle Intelligence and Autonomy (AVIA) Lab.
Baylor Engineers are Revolutionizing Clean Energy to Tackle Climate Change
In new research published in the journal Fuel, Baylor University researchers with the Cornerstone Atomization and Combustion Lab (CAC) have unveiled a pioneering method for the efficient combustion of biofuels, using a revolutionary Swirl Burst (SB) injector to burn glycerol/methanol blends with near-zero emissions.
Baylor partners with the City of Waco to pilot a near-zero emission, multi-fuel combustor that transforms local waste with minimal processing into ultra-clean energy.