Dr. William A Peters

Dr. Peters’ research interests include:

(*) Scalable thermal and plasma-thermal process chemistries for production of metals and clean fuels, e.g. hydrogen and light liquids from biomass, coal, heavy oil, natural gas; see Peters et al., U.S. Patent 7,494,637, (2009);

(*) Effects of stochastic processes and tiny length-scales (nano, micro) on chemical, physical, and stability phenomena in closable systems, e.g. latent heat transmission and water vapor diffusion in porous barriers; see Traum et al., J. Heat Transfer, 130, 042403-1 to 042403-11, (2008); Nanoscale and Microscale Thermophysical Engineering, 15, 123-131, (2011);

(*) Sustainable energy for commercial and U.S. defense needs; see Tester, Drake, Driscoll, Golay, Peters, Sustainable Energy Choosing Among Options, 870 pages, MIT Press, Cambridge, MA (2005); Second Edition, 1049 pages, (2012);

(*) Discovery and transitioning of novel science and technology to inform hierarchical U.S. defense planning and provide the U.S. with unprecedented capabilities and affordable dominance across all domains; see Joannopoulos and Peters, “Defense Technology”, in M.A. Kastner et al., The Future Postponed Why Declining Investment in Basic Research Threatens a U.S. Innovation Deficit, A Report by the MIT Committee to Evaluate the Innovation Deficit, http://dc.mit.edu/innovation-deficit (2015).