Areas of Research :: Energy Solutions :: Alternative Fuels

The constant SUNY research is focused not only on alternative fuels, but also on fuel blends, hybrid vehicles, and fuel economy.

Fuel Cells

• Dr. Michael A. Carpenter, assistant professor of NanoSciences and NanoEngineering at the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering (CNSE) of the University at Albany, is conducting research that is critical to the realization of a fuel-cell driven global hydrogen economy.
  
  
• Dr. Hazem Tawfik, distinguished professor and director of the Institute for Research and Technology Transfer at Farmingdale State College, has developed new metal bipolar plates for Proton Exchange Membrane (PEM) fuel cells that are safer and more economical than graphite-based cells.
  
  
• Dr. Israel Cabasso, professor of Chemistry and director of the Michael M. Szwarc Polymer Research Institute at SUNY ESF, is focused on the development of applied electrochemistry, primarily for energy production and storage.

Fuel Technology

• Dr. Alistair J. Lees, professor and Chemistry Department chair at Binghamton University, is exploring ways to build small methane molecules to the size of the larger oil molecule which could result in less expensive ways to produce gasoline while making the environment cleaner and safer.