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Faculty Energy, chemical engineering professor receives fellowship 02/03/2020 Hilal Ezgi Toraman, Penn State assistant professor of energy engineering and chemical engineering, has been named the Virginia S. and Philip L. Walker Jr. Faculty Fellow in Materials Science and Engineering and Fuel Science Program. |
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Faculty EarthTalks explores societal impacts of origin of life and space sciences 02/03/2020 Chris House, professor of geosciences at Penn State, will share several origin of life and space science research discoveries and their societal impacts at the next EarthTalks seminar at 4 p.m. Monday, Feb. 10, in 112 Walker Building at University Park. |
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Faculty 'Speed Dating with Learning Technologies' scheduled for Feb. 13 01/31/2020 The John A. Dutton e-Education Institute will be hosting its first annual "Speed Dating with Learning Technologies" for faculty, staff and graduate students in the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 13. |
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Faculty Researchers look at novel methods to enhance battery performance 01/30/2020 Researchers at Penn State are looking at innovative ways to improve energy storage in an effort to better utilize renewable energy technologies. |
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Faculty Ecology Institute invites University community to attend planning meetings 01/30/2020 Penn State's Ecology Institute has announced three planning meetings, which look to collectively identify objectives and prioritize activities that the institute can pursue moving forward. |
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Faculty Remaking the map: Professor receives medal for influence in cartography 01/29/2020 If you have consulted or created a map using GIS software, chances are you have encountered Cynthia Brewer's influence without being aware of it. |
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Faculty Meteorites reveal high carbon dioxide levels on early Earth 01/29/2020 Iron micrometeorites found in ancient soils suggest carbon dioxide made up 25 to 50 percent of Earth's atmosphere 2.7 billion years ago, and that pressure at sea level may have been lower than today, Penn State researchers said. |
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Faculty Materials science and engineering faculty member receives NSF CAREER Award 01/28/2020 Creating new complex materials that mimic biomaterials found in nature could lead to advances in diverse fields like infrastructure, health care and information processing. |
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Research Airborne measurements point to low EPA methane estimates in south central US 01/27/2020 Approximately twice as much methane is seeping into the atmosphere than the Environmental Protection Agency estimates from oil and gas facilities in the south central U.S., according to a series of measurements taken by meteorologists using NASA aircraft. |
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Research Method detects defects in 2D materials for future electronics, sensors 01/27/2020 A team of researchers has developed a technique to quickly and sensitively characterize defects in 2D materials like those that could be used by the semiconductor industry. |