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Faculty Coffee Hour to discuss water governance conflicts linked to climate change 11/29/2022 Srinivas Chokkakula, Ministry of Jal Shakti Research Chair with the Centre for Policy Research in New Delhi, will give the talk “Conflicts and Complicit Climate Change: Transboundary Water Governance in South Asia” as part of the Department of Geography’s Coffee Hour lecture series |
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Faculty New method can scale, simplify manufacture of stretchy semiconductors 11/29/2022 Soft, elastic semiconductors and circuits could advance wearable medical devices and other emerging technologies, but the high-performance electronics are difficult and expensive to manufacture. A Penn State-led research team plans to make the process easier and cheaper with a new manufacturing method. |
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Faculty Power plant pipe corrosion focus of industry research project 11/28/2022 A team of researchers at Penn State is investigating how contaminants in power plant water cycles affect the integrity of steel pipes and tubing in power generation systems. |
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Development EMS’ Millennium Scholars say program improves representation, research 11/28/2022 David Flores says he works off the common wisdom that you’re made up from the average of the five people closest to you. |
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Student EMS hopes to raise $20,000 for Millennium Scholars Program on GivingTuesday 11/21/2022 The Penn State College of Earth and Mineral Sciences (EMS) will be raising money to support the Millennium Scholars Program on GivingTuesday, slated to begin at 6:55 p.m. Monday, Nov. 28, and lasting through 11:59 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 29. |
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Faculty New process developed to extract high purity rare earth element oxides 11/21/2022 Penn State’s Center for Critical Minerals has developed a new purification process that extracts mixed rare earth oxides from acid mine drainage and associated sludges at purities of 88.5% |
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Faculty Women in energy and water research seminar to feature Karen Palmer on Dec. 1 11/21/2022 The fall 2022 Celebrating Women in Energy and Water Research seminar series at Penn State will conclude on Thursday, Dec. 1, with two seminars by Karen Palmer, senior fellow and director of the Electric Power Program at Resources for the Future (RFF). |
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Materials Research Institute names 2022 Roy Award Winners 11/21/2022 Seven Penn State materials researchers have received the 2022 Rustum and Della Roy Innovation in Materials Research Award. |
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Faculty Penn State webinar to address access to low-income energy efficiency programs 11/18/2022 The Penn State Center for Energy Law and Policy (CELP) and the Hamer Center for Community Design in the College of Arts and Architecture’s Stuckeman School are teaming up to host a one-hour webinar at 10:30 a.m. on Dec. 1 to address the substantial challenges low-income individuals in Pennsylvania face in accessing energy efficiency programs. |
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Faculty Professor selected as Society of Petroleum Engineers Distinguished Lecturer 11/16/2022 Arash Dahi Taleghani, professor of petroleum and natural gas engineering, will serve as a 2022-23 Society of Petroleum Engineers Distinguished Lecturer. |