Leadership and Staff

Learn about the leadership and staff of the Solar Durability and Lifetime Extension (SDLE) Research Center at Case Western Reserve University’s Case School of Engineering. 

SDLE Leadership

Roger French

Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
Director, SDLE Research Center
Applies data science and analytics to energy and materials science research problems

Laura Bruckman

Associate Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
Develops predictive lifetime models for materials degradation related to stress conditions and induced degradation mechanisms evaluated by quantitative spectroscopic characterization of materials

Yinghui Wu

Associate Professor, Computer and Data Sciences Department
Devise, design, and develop novel data management and analysis techniques and tools to support data and knowledge management and exploration.

Jeffrey Yarus

Research Professor, Materials Science and Engineering