Prof. Park’s Professorship of Energy Technology will focus on fundamental nanoscience for energy technology and sustainability applications.

The initial stage of the program will utilize a variety of carbon nanotube nanofluidic platforms in studying basic properties of transport under extreme confinement that is commensurable with the own sizes of transporting entities (i.e. molecules). By controlling shape and configuration of carbon nanotubes at the synthesis stage and through formation of different nanocomposites at the post-synthesis stage, the program envisions provision of membrane- and nanofluidic-type platforms with diverse properties and functionalities.

These platforms will enable experimental studies ranging from fundamental nanoscale transport phenomena to energy-efficient filtration to novel energy generation schemes.

As it grows, the program will explore other nanomaterials that are functional, either as is or in the form of nanocomposites, in energy technologies and chem-bio sensing.

Progress of projects in this program will also build knowledge about micro- and nanomanufacturing techniques. Therefore, students and researchers trained in the program may end up acquiring various experiences in fundamental nanoscale transport phenomena, applications in energy technology and sustainability, and multiple techniques of micro/nanomanufacturing, which will become useful in both academia and industry.