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Faculty Colorado River basin: Machine learning approach may aid water conservation push 01/26/2023 The Colorado River basin, which supplies water to 40 million people in the Western United States, is threatened by historic drought, a changing climate and water demands from growing cities. One potential response involves encouraging individuals to conserve water, and a new study may help identify those most likely to change their behaviors to contribute, according to scientists. |
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Faculty Smithwick appointed new director of Earth and Environmental Systems Institute 01/26/2023 Erica Smithwick, distinguished professor of geography, has been named director of the Earth and Environmental Systems Institute at Penn State, effective Jan. 1. |
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Faculty EarthTalks: José Aponte to discuss meteorites and the origins of life 01/25/2023 José Aponte an astrochemist at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, will discuss the abundance and molecular distribution of amino acids, and other biologically relevant molecules extracted from meteorites, in a talk titled "Organic Astrochemistry 101: Meteorites, Origins of Life, and Sample-Return Missions" at 4 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 30. |
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Student Penn State student turns passions into accolades in fragrance industry 01/24/2023 As an international perfumer and senior majoring in materials science and engineering at Penn State, Tianyou Lou sees parallels between the two disciplines. |
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Faculty Amanda Hendrix to discuss the use of UV spectroscopy in investigating icy worlds 01/20/2023 Amanda Hendrix, a senior scientist at the Planetary Science Institute, will deliver the talk "Investigating Icy Worlds Using UV Spectroscopy" at 4 p.m. Monday, Jan. 23, in 112 Walker Building on Penn State's University Park campus. |
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Faculty In-place manufacturing method improves gas sensor capabilities, production time 01/19/2023 When used as wearable medical devices, stretchy, flexible gas sensors can identify health conditions or issues by detecting oxygen or carbon dioxide levels in the breath or sweat. |
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Faculty Beese named co-director of additive manufacturing center CIMP-3D 01/10/2023 Allison Beese, associate professor of materials science and engineering, will serve as co-director of the Center for Innovative Materials Processing through Direct Digital Deposition, effective Jan 1. |
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Faculty Humidity may be the key to super-lubricity 'switch' 01/09/2023 Sometimes friction is good, such as the friction between a road and a car’s tires to prevent the vehicle from skidding. But sometimes friction is bad — if you did not put oil in that very same car, there would be so much friction in the bearings of the engine that the car could not operate. |
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Faculty Event lifts curtain on a bright future for materials research 01/06/2023 The 2022 Materials Day event, presented by the Materials Research Institute with the theme “Materials Impacting Society,” featured a look at what might be on the horizon as far as materials research with positive societal impact. |
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Faculty EarthTalks speaker series returns starting Jan. 9 01/05/2023 Given the Earth and Environmental Systems Institute's (EESI) history of understanding the Earth as a system, the spring 2023 EarthTalks speaker series is intended to provide a venue for the expansion of participants' horizons into the solar system. |