The Institute of Energy and the Environment has announced an update to its research themes. The change is to better align three of the research themes with the energy and environmental research being done at Penn State, and with efforts to recognize the importance of community and justice.
Cindy Brewer has been named associate dean for faculty affairs in the Penn State College of Information Sciences and Technology (IST), effective Aug. 1. She has served as a faculty member in the Department of Geography in the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences (EMS) since 1994, earning the rank of professor in 2007.
Luis F. Ayala, professor of petroleum and natural gas engineering and holder of the William A. Fustos Family Professorship in Energy and Mineral Engineering at Penn State, assumed the head of the John and Willie Leone Family Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering at Penn State, effective July 1.
Kayla Pedmo, academic program coordinator in the Ryan Family Student Center, is 1 of13 Penn Staters who have gone above and beyond what’s asked of them in their work at the University.
Enrique Gomez and his research team reconfigured the design of solid-state lithium batteries so that all their components can be easily recycled.
Early in a 10-day trip to the Midwest, Penn State;s Storm Chase Team had the opportunity to observe and study severe weather events. On the last day of the storm chase, the team targeted Central Texas. They chased two supercells, observed supercell structure and saw a rotating wall cloud.
Despite the demonstrated physical and mental health benefits of active transportation to children, many economically disadvantaged communities do not implement it. New research shows why and proposed solutions to mitigate such barriers.
The documentary film, “ESSC made EESI,” will premiere on WPSU Thursday, July 4, at 5:30 p.m. in place of “Weather World.” The documentary details the history of Penn State’s Earth and Environmental Systems Institute (EESI), which began in 1986 as the Earth System Science Center (ESSC).
The future is bright for six Penn State students who recently took first place in their division of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Solar District Cup.
To advance soft robotics, skin-integrated electronics and biomedical devices, researchers at Penn State have developed a 3D-printed material that is soft and stretchable — traits needed for matching the properties of tissues and organs — and that self-assembles.