Ellen Stechel
Co-Director, LightWorks®, Global Institute of Sustainability and Innovation
LightWorks®
Arizona State University
PO Box 875402
Tempe, AZ 85287-5402
Titles
- Senior Global Futures Scientist, Julie Ann Wrigley Global Futures Laboratory
- Co-Director, LightWorks®, Global Institute of Sustainability and Innovation
- Professor of Practice, School of Molecular Sciences, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
- Managing Director, LightSpeed Solutions, Global Institute of Sustainability and Innovation
Biography
Ellen B. Stechel is Co-Director, ASU LightWorks®; Professor of Practice, School of Molecular Sciences; Senior Sustainability Scientist, Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability at Arizona State University (ASU;) and Fellow of the Institute for the Future of Innovation in Society. She received her PhD in Chemical Physics in 1978 from the University of Chicago, Chicago, IL. Her career has afforded her opportunities to build and/or coordinate research programs at a national laboratory, industry, a U.S. government agency, and now in higher education at ASU; in both basic and applied research; policy and commercialization of emerging technologies; and in multi-disciplinary R&D strategy and management. She has held and holds numerous positions of an advisory or editorial capacity nationally and internationally and has published >100 peer reviewed articles. Her current research focuses on materials and systems design for solar technologies for producing sustainable liquid hydrocarbons from carbon dioxide, hydrogen from advanced water splitting, clean water, renewable ammonia, and for thermochemical and chemical energy storage.
Education
- PhD, Chemical Physics, University of Chicago, 1978
- MS, Physical Chemistry, University of Chicago, 1976
- AB, Math and Chemistry (minor Physics), Oberlin College, 1974
Expertise
- transportation
- energy policy
- environmental policy
- water reuse
- Affordable and Clean Energy
- physics
- alternative/renewable energy
- biofuels
- technology
- emerging technologies
- water resources and treatment
- climate change
- solar energy
- materials science
- carbon capture
- chemistry
- Clean Water and Sanitation
- Climate Action
- climate change impacts
- physical chemistry
- computational science
- concentrating solar technologies
- solar thermochemical
- economics
- alternative fuels
- solar energy systems
- modeling and simulation
- chemical physics
- economic valuation
- alternative vehicles
- data cleaning and information extraction
- data analysis
- algorithm development
- ceramic technology
- desalinization
- materials analysis
Journal Articles
2021
Budama, V. K., N. G. Johnson, I. Ermanoski and E. B. Stechel. 2021. Techno-economic analysis of thermochemical water-splitting system for Co-production of hydrogen and electricity. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 46(2):1656-`670. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2020.10.060. (link )
Gorman, B., M. Lanzarini-Lopes, N. G. Johnson, J. E. Miller and E. B. Stechel. 2021. Techno-economic analysis of a concentrating solar power plant using redox-active metal oxides as heat transfer fluid and storage media. Frontiers in Energy Research 9. DOI: 10.3389/fenrg.2021.734288. (link )
2018
Budama, V. K., N. G. Johnson, A. H. McDaniel, I. Ermanoski and E. B. Stechel. 2018. Thermodynamic development and design of a concentrating solar thermochemical water-splitting process for co-production of hydrogen and electricity. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 43(37):17,574-17,587. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2018.07.151. (link )
Nelson, J., N. G. Johnson, P. Doron and E. B. Stechel. 2018. Thermodynamic modeling of solarized microturbine for combined heat and power applications. Applied Energy 212(Feb):592-606. DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2017.12.015. (link )
2017
Schieber, G. L., E. B. Stechel, A. Ambrosini and J. E. Miller. 2017. H2O splitting via a two-step solar thermoelectrolytic cycle based on non-stoichiometric ceria redox reactions: Thermodynamic analysis. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 42(10):18785-18793. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2017.06.098. (link )
2015
Miller, C. A., J. O'Leary, E. Graffy, E. B. Stechel and G. Dirks. 2015. Narrative futures and the governance of energy transitions. Futures 70(June):65-74. DOI: 10.1016/j.futures.2014.12.001. (link )
2013
Ermanoski, I., N. P. Siegel and E. B. Stechel. 2013. A new reactor concept for efficient solar-thermochemical fuel production. Journal of Solar Energy Engineering 135(3):031002. DOI: 10.1115/1.4023356. (link )
Kim, J., J. E. Miller, C. T. Maravelias and E. B. Stechel. 2013. Comparative analysis of environmental impact of S2P (Sunshine to Petrol) system for transportation fuel production. Applied Energy 111(Nov):1089-1098. DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2013.06.035. (link )
Siegel, N. P., J. E. Miller, I. Ermanoski, R. B. Diver and E. B. Stechel. 2013. Factors affecting the efficiency of solar drive metal oxide thermochemical cycles. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research 52(9):3276-3286. DOI: 10.1021/ie400193q. (link )
Stechel, E. B. and J. E. Miller. 2013. Re-energizing CO2 to fuels with the sun: Issues of efficiency, scale, and economics. Journal of CO2 Utilization 1(Jun):28-36. DOI: 10.1016/j.jcou.2013.03.008. (link )
2012
Coker, E. N., M. A. Rodriguez, A. Ambrosini, J. E. Miller and E. B. Stechel. 2012. Using in-situ techniques to probe high-temperature reactions: Thermochemical cycles for the production of synthetic fuels from CO2 and water. Powder Diffraction 27(2):117-125. DOI: 10.1017/S0885715612000255. (link )
Kim, J., T. A. Johnson, J. E. Miller, E. B. Stechel and C. T. Maravelias. 2012. Fuel production from CO2 using solar-thermal energy: System level analysis. Energy and Environmental Science 5:8417-8429. DOI: 10.1039/C2EE21798H. (link )
2011
Kim, J., C. A. Henao, T. A. Johnson, D. E. Dedrick, J. E. Miller, E. B. Stechel and C. T. Maravelias. 2011. Methanol production from CO2 using solar-thermal energy: process development and techno-economic analysis. Royal Society of Chemistry 4:3122-3132. DOI: 10.1039/C1EE01311D. (link )
Book Chapters
2010
Ambrosini, A., E. N. Coker, M. A. Rodriguez, S. Livers, L. R. Evans, J. E. Miller and E. B. Stechel. 2010. Synthesis and characterization of ferrite materials for thermochemical CO2 splitting using concentrated solar energy. In: Hu, Y. ed., Advances in CO2 Conversion and Utilization. Vol 1056. American Chemical Society. Washington, D.C. DOI: 10.1021/bk-2010-1056.ch001.
Miller, J. E., R. B. Driver, N. P. Siegel, E. N. Coker, A. Ambrosini, D. E. Dedrick, M. D. Allendorf, A. H. McDaniel, G. L. Kellogg, R. E. Hogan, E. B. Stechel and K. Chen. 2010. Sunshine to petrol: A metal oxide based thermochemical route to solar fuels. In: Neelameggham, N. R., R. Reddy, C. Belt, A. Hagni and S. K. Das eds., Energy Technology 2010: Conservation, Greenhouse Gas Reduction and Management, Alternative Energy Sources. The Minerals, Metals, and Mateirals Society, Wiley.
Conference Papers
2016
Lanzarini-Lopes, M., N. G. Johnson, J. E. Miller and E. B. Stechel. 2016. Concentrating solar power systems with advanced thermal energy storage for emerging markets. Proceedings of the 2016 IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference (GHTC). 2016 IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference (GHTC). Seattle, WA. (link )
Miller, J. E., A. Ambrosini, S. M. Babiniec, E. N. Coker, C. K. Ho, H. Al-Ansary, S. M. Jeter, P. G. Loutzenhiser, N. G. Johnson and E. B. Stechel. 2016. High performance reduction/oxidation metal oxides for thermochemical energy storage (PROMOTES). Proceedings of the ASME 2016 10th International Conference on Energy Sustainability collocated with the ASME 2016 Power Conference and the ASME 2016 14th International Conference on Fuel Cell Science, Engineering and Technology. Volume 1: Biofuels, Hydrogen, Syngas, and Alternate Fuels; CHP and Hybrid Power and Energy Systems; Concentrating Solar Power; Energy Storage; Environmental, Economic, and Policy Considerations of Advanced Energy Systems; Geothermal, Ocean, and Emerging Energy Technologies; Photovoltaics; Posters; Solar Chemistry; Sustainable Building Energy Systems; Sustainable Infrastructure and Transportation; Thermodynamic Analysis of Energy Systems; Wind Energy Systems and Technologies. ASME 2016 10th International Conference on Energy Sustainability collocated with the ASME 2016 Power Conference and the ASME 2016 14th International Conference on Fuel Cell Science, Engineering and Technology. Charlotte, NC. (link )
Miller, J. E., E. N. Coker, A. Ambrosini, A. H. McDaniel, I. Ermanoski and E. B. Stechel. 2016. Sunshine to petrol: Thermochemistry for solar fuels. In: Kruka, H. and F. Zhu eds., Proceedings of CO2 Summit II: Technologies and Opportunities. CO2 Summit II: Technologies and Opportunities. (link )
2015
Gorman, B., N. G. Johnson, J. E. Miller and E. B. Stechel. 2015. Thermodynamic investigation of concentrating solar power with thermochemical storage. Proceedings of the ASME 2015 9th International Conference on Energy Sustainability collocated with the ASME 2015 Power Conference, the ASME 2015 13th International Conference on Fuel Cell Science, Engineering and Technology, and the ASME 2015 Nuclear Forum. ASME 2015 9th International Conference on Energy Sustainability collocated with the ASME 2015 Power Conference, the ASME 2015 13th International Conference on Fuel Cell Science, Engineering and Technology, and the ASME 2015 Nuclear Forum. San Diego, CA. (link )