Energy Experts

Shayna Sura

Instructor of Environmental ScienceLoyola Marymount University

Seaver College of Science and Engineering

Bridge Zhao

Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer EngineeringLoyola Marymount University

Develops human-centered AI for safer, more sustainable mobility—from human behavior to intelligent vehicles and transportation networks.

Daniel White

Associate Professor, Physical TherapyUniversity of Delaware

Daniel White strives to develop clinically feasible and practical ways to increase physical activity in older adults.

William Whittaker

Founders University Research ProfessorCarnegie Mellon University

A field robotics pioneer, William "Red" Whittaker's research interests centers on mobile robots in unpredictable environments.

Robert Rabil, Ph.D.

ProfessorFlorida Atlantic University

Robert Rabil is an expert in political Islam, terrorism, U.S. foreign policy, and U.S.-Arab relations.

Rayid Ghani

Distinguished Career ProfessorCarnegie Mellon University

Rayid Ghani designs and deploys AI systems with governments for health, housing and justice and advises them on AI governance & evaluation.

Ryan Hamilton

Associate Professor of MarketingEmory University, Goizueta Business School

David Julian McClements

Distinguished Professor of Food ScienceUniversity of Massachusetts Amherst

D. Julian McClements is the most highly cited food scientist in the world, known for his leading research on plant-based food.

Dennis Shelden

Director, Center for Architecture Science and Ecology (CASE)Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Co-Director of the Institute for Energy, the Built Environment, and Smart Systems (EBESS) and leading expert on dynamic building systems.

Robert Karlicek

Director, Center for Lighting Enabled Systems & Applications (LESA) & Professor, Electrical, Computer, and Systems EngineeringRensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Applications of LEDs in Lighting, sensing, disinfection, displays and control systems