ISSE Directory

Research Staff

Mingzhou Jin
John D. Tickle Professor, Professor and Head of Industrial & Systems Engineering, and ISSE Director
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865-974-1843

modeling and analysis for environment and sustainability; Earth system modeling; logistics, transportation, and supply chain management (LTS lab director); operations research and data analytics; advanced manufacturing

Jason Brown
Research Associate II
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environmental monitoring technology, stream restoration, water quality modeling, watershed management and environmental chemistry

Chien-fei Chen
Research Professor
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environmental sociology, pro-environmental behavior, renewable energy adoption

Tim Ezzell
Research Assistant Professor
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865-974-9036

Appalachian development, rural sustainability, historic preservation, participatory planning, sustainable tourism

Tim Gangaware
Research Director, Tennessee Water Resources Research Center
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865-974-4777

water resources, erosion prevention and sediment control, stormwater management, hydrologic determination

Yuefeng Hao

Research Assistant Professor

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865-974-1880

agricultural and natural ecosystem recovery and resilience, remote sensing, ecosystem modeling, adaptation and sustainable resource management.

Jon Hathaway
Associate Director,
TNWRRC; Professor
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865-974-6058

sustainable urban water, green infrastructure, anthropogenic influences on the environment, urban pollutant fate and transport
Website: http://hathaway.utk.edu

Qiang He
Associate Director,
ISSE; Professor
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865-974-6067

biological treatment processes, water and wastewater quality, environmental microbiology, renewable energy

Steven Hoagland
Research Assistant Professor
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865-974-4096

Appalachian Community Technical Assistance and Training Program, water distribution systems analysis, hydrologic and hydraulic modeling

Jiafu Mao
ORNL Joint Faculty Professor
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understanding hydrology, carbon cycling, and vegetation dynamics in the Earth terrestrial ecosystems using field measurements, satellite data, process-oriented land surface and Earth system models

Jonathan Overly
Chief Executive Officer ETCleanFuels
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865-974-3625

alternative fuel vehicle technology adoption, fleet, outreach, education, grant assistance, program management, natural gas, electric, propane, biodiesel, ethanol, EV, electric vehicles

John Schwartz
Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering and
Director of Tennessee Water Resources Research Center
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865-974-8920

watershed management, water quality analysis, river mechanics, fluvial geomorphology, stream restoration, ecological engineering, ecological assessment

Danniel Siksay
Chief of Staff
ETCleanFuels
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865-309-6657

alternative fuel vehicle technology adoption

Ian Simpson
Research Assistant Professor
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stormwater management, water resources, hydrology, nonpoint source pollution, green infrastructure, ecological engineering
Website: https://isimpson.labs.utk.edu