About Us

Texas A&M University-Kingsville as the leading institution received a two-year grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to offer different services to agricultural producers and rural small business owners, including renewable energy development assessment, energy efficiency improvement assessment, energy audit, and assisting to prepare and submit USDA REAP grant/loan applications. The project team consists of five faculty members from Texas A&M University-Kingsville and Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Extension Center in Corpus Christi.

Dr. Hua Li, Principal Investigator, Professor and Industrial Engineering Graduate Coordinator, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Frank H. Dotterweich College of Engineering, Texas A&M University-Kingsville, Email: hua.li@tamuk.edu.

Dr. Yuri Calil, Co-Principal Investigator, Assistant Professor and Extension Specialist, Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Extension Center in Corpus Christi

Dr. Francisco Haces-Fernandez, Co-Principal Investigator, Assistant Professor, Department of Management, Marketing and Information Systems, College of Business Administration, Texas A&M University-Kingsville

Dr. Xiaoyu Liu, Co-Principal Investigator, Associate Professor, Department of Civil and Architectural Engineering, Frank H. Dotterweich College of Engineering, Texas A&M University-Kingsville, Email: xiaoyu.liu@tamuk.edu.

Dr. Hui Shen, Co-Principal Investigator, Associate Professor, Department of Civil and Architectural Engineering, Frank H. Dotterweich College of Engineering, Texas A&M University-Kingsville, Email: hui.shen@tamuk.edu.

Our project team has extensive experience and expertise in renewable energy assessment, energy efficiency improvement, energy audit, and agricultural economics.