Justin Lapp

Justin Lapp focuses his research and teaching on making a more sustainable and energy efficient future through energy systems. He has contributed over 10 years of work on experimental high-temperature solar thermal and solar thermochemical systems, including solar receiver/reactor design, testing, and analysis. He has an interest in industrial energy efficiency – investigating methods of either reducing thermal inputs to energy intensive industries like chemicals, cement, steel, glass, and paper, or replacing fossil-fuel based thermal inputs with renewable thermal energy like solar. Justin also has a research interest in building energy efficiency, including thermal modeling and building techniques and materials for reduced heating and cooling loads. Justin primarily focuses on large-scale multi-physics simulations for studying applied changes to the energy intensive systems, and his research has included developing new numerical methods and high-performance computer simulations. In his teaching, Justin incorporates project-based learning and research topics. He has taught undergraduate Thermodynamics, Solar Thermal Engineering, Mechanical Engineering Capstone, Graduate Conduction Heat Transfer, and Innovative HVAC Systems.

Professional Membership

• ASME Member