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Faculty Passion drives tornado research for distinguished professor of meteorology 06/02/2021 Paul Markowski has dedicated his 20-year career at Penn State to understanding tornadoes, particularly bettering predictors for when they'll occur. |
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Faculty Researchers awarded grant to advance geothermal energy science 06/02/2021 Penn State scientists are working to predict possible breaks in massve underground reservoirs that store geothermal energy and how to mitigate the potential fallout. |
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Faculty Institute awards 14 computational and data sciences seed grants 06/01/2021 From making our roads safer to paving the way to exoplanet discovery, the Institute for Computational and Data Sciences (ICDS) seed grants have funded 14 projects backed by researchers from across the disciplines and around the University. |
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Faculty New Administrative Fellow will bring ecological approach to her experience 05/28/2021 Erica Smithwick, Penn State distinguished professor of geography and associate director of the Institutes of Energy and the Environment, was selected as an Administrative Fellow for the 2021-22 academic year. |
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Faculty Scientists develop transparent electrode that boosts solar cell efficiency 05/28/2021 Developing new ultrathin metal electrodes has allowed researchers to create semitransparent perovskite solar cells that are highly efficient and can be coupled with traditional silicon cells to greatly boost the performance of both devices, said an international team of scientists. |
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Faculty Spacetime crystals proposed by placing space and time on an equal footing 05/27/2021 A Penn State scientist studying crystal structures has developed a new mathematical formula that may solve a decades-old problem in understanding spacetime, the fabric of the universe proposed in Einstein's theories of relativity. |
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Alumni After ‘TEEMS’ orientation help EMS alum, Rauch returns the favor 05/25/2021 When Tom Rauch left Penn State in 2013 with dual degrees in mining engineering and energy business and finance, he entered the extractive industries set on making an impact with his unique skill set of business acumen and passion for solving critical societal needs. |
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Faculty NSF renews funding for Two-Dimensional Crystal Consortium 05/25/2021 The National Science Foundation (NSF) announced a renewal of funding for the Materials Innovation Platform (MIP) national user facility at Penn State's Materials Research Institute (MRI), the Two-Dimensional Crystal Consortium (2DCC). |
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Faculty Eco-friendly carbon-dioxide conversion process may revolutionize existing method 05/24/2021 A new, environmentally friendly, single-step process has been developed to convert carbon dioxide into higher hydrocarbons using plasma, according to scientists and engineers. |
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Faculty Professor Emeritus Raja Ramani inducted into National Mining Hall of Fame 05/21/2021 Raja V. Ramani, professor emeritus of mining and geo-environmental engineering, will be inducted into the National Mining Hall of Fame (NMHF) on Oct. 23 at the annual National Mining Hall of Fame Induction Banquet. |