Center People

Center Director

Dr. Harold H. Schobert

Phone: (814) 863-0989; Fax: (814) 865-3075; E-Mail.


Managing Director

Dr. Frank Rusinko, Jr.

Phone: (814) 863-8085; Fax: (814) 863-7432; E-Mail.

Program Directors

Dr. Semih Eser (for coke, graphite and specialty products)

Phone: (814) 863-1392; Fax: (814) 865-3075; E-Mail

Dr. Peter A. Thrower (for carbon fibers and composites)

Dr. Ljubisa R. Radovic (for active carbons and carbon blacks)

Phone: (814) 863-0594; Fax: (814) 865-3075; E-Mail

Dr. Harold H. Schobert (for pitch and new novel carbon materials)

Dr. T. C. Chung

Dr. Dinesh Agrawal


Faculty and staff of the Energy Institute and the Fuel Science Program are called upon for their specific expertise as program collaborators.

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