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Faculty Breakthrough in waste heat to green energy: Materials boost record efficiency 04/28/2023 Thermoelectric generators can convert waste heat to clean electricity, and a new design breakthrough may make these devices more efficient than previously possible, according to scientists at Penn State and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory. |
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Faculty Sending a 'We Are' to these Penn Staters 04/27/2023 Materials science and engineering professor recognized in latest “We Are!” feature, which honors Penn Staters who have gone above and beyond what’s asked of them in their work at the University |
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Student New Zealand offers students chance to see path to sustainable energy future 04/27/2023 Andrew Gilbert is a senior majoring in energy engineering, a field he was driven to for two reasons: the complex yet crucial harmony of different facets of the energy system working in unison to provide affordable, sustainable and reliable energy to society; and the necessity that his generation transform this system to one that’s carbon neutral. |
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Graduate Student Five EMS graduate students recognized with University awards 04/27/2023 Five graduate students in the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences (EMS) were among the 40 recipients of Penn State’s annual graduate student awards, administered by the Graduate School in collaboration with several Penn State units. |
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Faculty New name: John A. Dutton Institute for Teaching and Learning Excellence 04/26/2023 The John A. Dutton e-Education Institute has changed its name to the John A. Dutton Institute for Teaching and Learning Excellence. |
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Faculty Winners announced for 15th annual Materials Visualization Competition 04/26/2023 The winners of the 15th annual Materials Visualization Competition (MVC), a scientific visual and artistic competition sponsored by the Department of Materials Science and Engineering (MatSE) and the Materials Research Institute (MRI) at Penn State, have been announced. |
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Faculty EMS honors faculty and student excellence at annual awards celebration 04/26/2023 Penn State's College of Earth and Mineral Sciences (EMS) recognized exceptional students and faculty for their academic excellence, service and leadership during its annual Wilson Awards Celebration, held on Sunday, April 23. |
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Faculty Impact of sea ice loss on weather, cold air outbreaks focus of NSF CAREER Award 04/26/2023 Melissa Gervais, assistant professor of meteorology and atmospheric science and co-hire in Penn State’s Institute for Computational and Data Sciences (ICDS), received a five-year $874,000 Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) award from the National Science Foundation to investigate the impact of sea ice loss on large-scale patterns of atmospheric variability and cold air outbreaks. |
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Alumni Penn State alumna Titilayo Shodiya to deliver R.E. Tressler Lecture 04/25/2023 Alumna Titilayo “Titi” Shodiya, deputy quality manager at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), will present the 2023 Richard E. Tressler Lecture at 3:05 p.m. Thursday, April 27, in 111 Wartik Laboratory on the Penn State University Park campus. |
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Faculty Professor awarded DOE grant to study corrosion in nuclear salt reactors 04/19/2023 FeiFei Shi, assistant professor in the John and Willie Leone Family Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering, received a $400,000 research and development award from the Nuclear Energy University Program (NEUP) in the U.S Department of Energy (DOE) to develop foundational research on the corrosive damage caused by molten salt in nuclear salt reactors (MSRs). |