Faculty 13 faculty named 2021 distinguished professors at Penn State 02/15/2021 Penn State's Office of the Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs has named 13 distinguished professors for 2021. |
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Faculty Submissions now open for annual Materials Visualization Competition 02/11/2021 The 13th annual Materials Visualization Competition (MVC13) is now accepting submissions. The deadline for submissions is March 1. |
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Faculty Climate dynamics seminar looks at molecular scale to recreate past climate 02/09/2021 The tiniest of fossils hold a lot of information for scientists to use to recreate past climates. Katherine Freeman, Evan Pugh University Professor of Geosciences at Penn State, will discuss the molecular signatures of ancient climates at 11:15 a.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 17. |
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Faculty EarthTalks speaker looks at swapping current energy system for a low-carbon one 02/08/2021 Rob Socolow, professor emeritus in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Princeton University, will discuss the urgency and pitfalls of swapping the current energy system for a low-carbon one at 4 p.m. Monday, Feb. 15. |
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Faculty Transistors built from ultra-thin 2D materials take a step forward 02/03/2021 Two-dimensional materials can be used to create smaller, high-performance transistors traditionally made of silicon, according to Saptarshi Das. |
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Student Laureates create mentoring environment for fellow students 02/03/2021 Mason Taylor isn't your typical undergraduate student. The energy and sustainability policy (ESP) major tried college just after high school. But he wasn't ready and didn't have a goal in his sights. Quickly, he dropped out. |
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Faculty Through teaching, leadership and research, Hellmann planted his legacy 02/03/2021 For as long as he can remember, John Hellmann was interested in science. He excelled in chemistry, physics and other fields but he was most drawn to fields that could be applied to solving real-world problems. |
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Faculty New piezoelectric material remains effective to high temperatures 02/03/2021 Piezoelectric materials hold great promise as sensors and as energy harvesters but are normally much less effective at high temperatures, limiting their use in environments such as engines or space exploration. |
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Faculty EarthTalks: Solar geoengineering as potential offset to climate change 02/03/2021 David Keith, Gordon McKay Professor of Applied Physics and professor of public policy at Harvard University, will discuss the possibility of using solar geoengineering to offset some of the impacts of climate change at 4 p.m. Monday, Feb, 8. |
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Research Summer weather conditions influence winter survival of honey bees 02/01/2021 Winter survival of honey bee colonies is strongly influenced by summer temperatures and precipitation in the prior year, according to Penn State researchers, who said their findings suggest that honey bees have a "goldilocks" preferred range of summer conditions outside of which their probability of surviving the winter falls. |