Rate My Professor Todd Bandhauer

Bandhauer's research focuses on thermal energy systems innovation, including steam generating heat pumps, thermally activated cooling, thermal energy storage, carbon capture, solid oxide fuel cells, and technology commercialization. He has directed the REACH CoLab at the Powerhouse Energy Campus, securing over $20 million in funding from ARPA-E, DOE, DOD, the state of Colorado, and industry partners. He has published more than 80 refereed journal and conference papers, with key recent publications including “Thermodynamic and Turbomachinery Analysis of a Hybrid Electric Organic Rankine Vapor Compression System” (Applied Energy, 2025), “Data center sustainability: The role of flexible fuel CCHP in mitigating grid emissions and power constraints” (Energy Conversion and Management, 2025), “Operational Conditions for an Internal Combustion Engine in a SOFC-ICE Hybrid Power Generation System” (Energies, 2025), and “Thermal Management of Discretized Heaters using CuW Microchannel Heat Sinks and FC3283” (IEEE Transactions on Components, Packaging and Manufacturing Technology, 2024). Bandhauer holds 25 issued patents and 40 pending. His awards include the TIME100 Climate 2025 recognition, George T. Abell Award for Outstanding Economic Development Contributions (2024, 2017), Nelson Family Faculty Excellence Award (2022), and Outstanding Technology Development Award from the Federal Laboratory Consortium (2016).