Research
Research
The Institute maintains an active 2026 research program in advanced energy systems and a documented historical record spanning energy systems, combustion, rheology, high-energy physics and nonlinear optics.
How this section is organized
The research record described here was produced over six decades in three settings: at Adelphi University, at Grumman Aerospace Corporation, and — since 2001 — with the Institute as a participant or author affiliation. Each research page states which setting applies to which work, because conflating them would misrepresent the record.
Historical pages distinguish completed work from current activity and identify the institution in which each documented project was performed.
Current research
Advanced Energy Systems Research Program
Research Lead: John P. Dooher, Ph.D.
The Institute reports an active confidential research program in advanced energy systems. Technical objectives, methods, datasets, collaborators and results are not publicly disclosed while the work remains under active development.
Research areas
Energy physics & advanced energy systems
Gasification of coal and biomass, slurry feed systems, carbon-dioxide carrier fluids, modular gasifier concepts, hydrogen production and energy-system modeling. The area in which the Institute itself has participated in funded research.
Combustion & flame diagnostics
Coal/water/oil emulsions and compound fuels, droplet combustion, optical and spectral flame diagnostics, and control of pollutants from fossil-fuel combustion.
Rheology & multiphase / slurry systems
Rheology of dense colloidal suspensions, pipeline flow of slurries, particle-packing models, physio-chemical hydrodynamics and the atomization of slurry feedstocks.
Fundamental, nuclear & high-energy physics
Vector-meson field theory, current algebra, magnetic monopoles, cosmic-ray processes, and multi-gamma-ray and direct-photon experiments at the CERN Intersecting Storage Rings.
Optics & quantum-dot research
Three-photon absorption and third-order optical nonlinearities in cadmium selenide semiconductor quantum dots. A small but peer-reviewed line of work.
Projects & collaborations
Five documented projects, with funder, partners, dates and the Institute’s role in each stated as the source states it.