Enrique Mallada, assistant professor, and Yan Chang, a doctoral student, have been awarded a E²SHI seed grant and fellowship for the 2016-17 academic year.
Mallada was awarded a seed grant for a collaboration with Rene Vidal, professor of biomedical engineering. They will examine how to develop tools to analyze data for the power grid in order to improve efficiency and reliability of the grid.
Cheng received a fellowship to investigate ways to produce inexpensive, earth-abudnat materials. She will develop new materials for energy applications by drawing from electrical engineering, chemistry, optical physics, and materials science to explore new ways to propel photocatalysis.
E²SHI’s seed grant program provides up to $25,000 for research teams comprised of Johns Hopkins faculty, staff researchers, as well as visiting and post-doctoral scholars to collaborate on projects aimed at diagnosing and solving environmental and sustainability challenges. E²SHI’s fellowship program supports doctoral students pursuing interdisciplinary research on environment and energy topics.