Faculty Submissions now open for annual Materials Visualization Competition 03/02/2022 The 14th annual Materials Visualization Competition (MVC14) is now accepting submissions. The deadline for submissions is March 7. |
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Faculty Richardson elected University Corporation for Atmospheric Research trustee 03/01/2022 Yvette Richardson, associate dean for undergraduate education in Penn State's College of Earth and Mineral Sciences, has been elected to the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) Board of Trustees for a 3-year term, effective February 2022. |
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Faculty Professor John Mauro elected member of National Academy of Engineering 02/28/2022 John Mauro, professor of materials science and engineering at Penn State, has been named a member of the National Academy of Engineering (NAE). |
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Student Alumni advance communities with careers in sustainability 02/28/2022 City Semester offers introduction to urban sustainability, features variety of career options. |
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Alumni Sue Powell endowment latest effort to help Penn State students 02/28/2022 When Sue Powell walks across the University Park campus, from the landmark "The Pennsylvania State University" sign outside of Beaver Stadium to the named John and Willie Leone Family Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering in the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences (EMS), she passes countless efforts that are the result, at least in small part, of her 38-year career of raising funds for the University. |
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Faculty New screening system may point the way to clean, renewable hydrogen power 02/28/2022 A new, highly sensitive system for detecting the production of hydrogen gas may play an important role in the quest to develop hydrogen as an environmentally friendly and economical alternative to fossil fuels, according to Penn State scientists. |
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Faculty Coffee Hour speaker to focus on migration, motherhood as infrastructures of care 02/28/2022 When political infrastructures like social safety nets fail, the women and mothers who rely on state-supported programs use migration as a means of taking care of their families. |
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Faculty Researchers to study possible links between fracking, water contaminants 02/23/2022 Unconventional oil and gas development (UOGD), commonly known as fracking, has helped Pennsylvania retain its status as a leading energy exporter, but UOGD processes come with a host of environmental and public health concerns. |
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Faculty Women’s History Month seminar: 'How is the electric grid like an octopus?' 02/23/2022 Few creatures are more amazing than the octopus: jet propulsion, RNA-powered camouflage, and magic ink that helps it disappear faster than David Blaine. But did you know that its neural network is a great model for how to modernize our electric system? |
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Faculty Mining engineering faculty member Mohammad Rezaee named a Henry Krumb Lecturer 02/21/2022 Mohammad Rezaee, assistant professor of mining engineering in the John and Willie Leone Family Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering at Penn State, has been named a 2021-22 Henry Krumb Lecturer by the Society for Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration (SME). |