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Physical and Economical Operations of Sustainable Energy Systems

ENG-SCI 215
2026 Fall

Le Xie
Tuesday, Thursday
11:15am to 12:30pm

This course introduces graduate students to operational issues in sustainable electric energy systems. The first part covers basic electrical engineering, optimization, and economic concepts. The second part examines the “modular” view of energy processing components (e.g., generators, transmission ...

Harvard SEAS alum Kirsten Van Fossen, S.B. ‘12

Alumni profile: Kirsten Van Fossen, S.B. '12

June 25, 2025

Turning carbon dioxide into usable fuel

Roy G. Gordon

Thomas Dudley Cabot Professor of Chemistry and Professor of Materials Science, Emeritus

12 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA 02138 Converse Laboratory Room 110

gordon@chemistry.harvard.edu

(617) 495-4017

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Zachary Schiffer

Assistant Professor of Applied Physics

zschiffer@seas.harvard.edu

Le Xie

Gordon McKay Professor of Electrical Engineering

150 Western Ave, Sci&Eng SEC 5.418

xie@seas.harvard.edu

(617) 496-1888

John H. Shaw

Harry C. Dudley Professor of Structural and Economic Geology and Professor of Environmental Science and Engineering

Smith Ctr Rm 673

shaw@eps.harvard.edu

(617) 495-8008

Venkatesh Narayanamurti

Benjamin Peirce Professor of Technology and Public Policy, Engineering and Applied Sciences, and Physics, Emeritus

Pierce 107D

venky@seas.harvard.edu

Gage Hills

Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering

150 Western Ave, Sci&Eng 5.415

ghills@seas.harvard.edu

(617) 495-1110

Physical Electrochemistry and its Applications to Sustainable Engineering

APPHY 236
2026 Fall

Zachary Schiffer
Monday, Wednesday
3:00pm to 4:15pm

This course introduces electrochemical systems through the lens of thermodynamics, kinetics, and transport. We begin by asking what fundamental role an electron plays in a chemical reaction, then we move to methods to treat electrons through traditional chemical kinetic theories, and last, we discus...