Herringbone pattern in plant cell walls critical to cell growth
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The alternating angle of the many layers that make up a plant's cell wall is critical for cell growth, according to a new study by Penn State researchers.
Energy, chemical engineering professor receives fellowship
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Hilal Ezgi Toraman, assistant professor of energy engineering and chemical engineering at Penn State, has been named the Virginia S. and Philip L. Walker Jr. Faculty Fellow in Materials Science and Engineering. Chemical engineering professor receives fellowship
Professor to study food-energy-water decision-making
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Caitlin Grady, assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering and co-hire of the Rock Ethics Institute at Penn State, received a NSF CAREER Award to examine food-energy-water decision-making.
Researchers look at novel methods to enhance battery performance
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Researchers at Penn State are looking at innovative ways to improve energy storage in an effort to better utilize renewable energy technologies.
Spring speakers for Coffee Hour lecture series announced
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The Department of Geography Coffee Hour lecture series resumes on Friday afternoons beginning Jan. 31 through April 24 for the spring 2020 semester on Penn State's University Park campus. Topics range from innovations in GIScience, to food security to land use and justice issues, among others.
Spring 2020 EarthTalks series presents science toward solutions
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The spring 2020 EarthTalks series, "Societal Problems, EESI Science towards Solutions," features scientists from Penn State’s Earth and Environmental Systems Institute and explores the human impacts on the global environment and how to apply this knowledge to decision-making.
Blocking blackouts: Q&A with engineer Ray Chaudhuri on protecting the power grid
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A team of engineers at Penn State is developing ways to prevent and deal with the "cascading failures" that lead to massive blackouts that can cripple a city or region for days.
Seven engineering faculty members receive ROCKET Seed Grant to fund new research
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Seven Penn State College of Engineering faculty members were awarded the College of Engineering’s 2020 Research Opportunities for mid-Career Knowledge EnhancemenT (ROCKET) Seed Grant to fund exploration of new or existing research areas.
Chemical engineering Research for Undergraduates students earn poster awards
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Students from the Penn State Department of Chemical Engineering’s Research Experience for Undergraduates program recently earned two awards at the 2019 American Institute of Chemical Engineers Undergraduate Student Poster Competition.
Applied Optoelectronics and Photonics Lab takes top Tech Tournament honors
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Chris Giebink, associate professor of electrical engineering, and his Applied Optoelectronics & Photonics Lab at Penn State, recently took first place and $75,000 in the Invent Penn State Venture & IP Conference’s Tech Tournament competition, for the lab's “nanoporous antireflection coatings.”
Symposium to explore the future of solar energy
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A symposium on the future of solar energy, featuring experts from Penn State as well as the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of California Merced, and Princeton University, will be held at 4 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 12, in 100 Life Sciences Building, University Park.
Penn State awarded $3.3M to develop more efficient gas turbines
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Researchers in the Penn State Department of Mechanical Engineering have been awarded more than a combined $3.3 million from the U.S. Department of Energy to support advancements in the performance and efficiency of combustion turbines and turbine-based power cycles in fossil fuel power generation.
Once a frozen haven, climate-driven rising temperatures are rapidly thawing the Arctic permafrost, posing a major threat to communities and infrastructure. Researchers are investigating how these changes will transform rivers, with potential consequences for erosion, sediment transport, and the entire Arctic landscape. Additionally, their project incorporates art to communicate these critical findings in an engaging way. Listen to the podcast.
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