Engineering science and mechanics researcher Christian Peco awarded NSF CAREER
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Christian Peco, assistant professor of engineering science and mechanics in the Penn State College of Engineering, earned a five-year, $549,445 U.S. National Science Foundation CAREER Award for a project that will examine biological organisms like slime molds and fungi for inspiration in designing decentralized intelligent collaboration algorithms.
Penn State takes next step in Hammond Building demolition, Sackett Building renovations
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The State College Planning Commission heard the final university plans for the demolition of the Hammond Building and future Sackett Building renovations.
Wilkes-Barre faculty member receives Geospatial Professor of the Year award
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Dimitrios Bolkas, associate professor of surveying engineering at Penn State Wilkes-Barre, received a leadership award during an industry conference for his work with virtual reality. Bolkas, who is the coordinator of the surveying engineering program at the campus, was presented with the Younger Geospatial Professional award during the Geo Week conference in Denver, Colorado.
Donor creates award to recognize innovative research teams in Ag Sciences
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The Dennis and Janet Scanlon Integrated Team Research Award will recognize an integrated research and outreach faculty team within the College of Agricultural Sciences that demonstrates innovation in translating research to be shared and used through activities leading to partnerships and collaboration within the college and beyond.
Penn State chemist Eric Nacsa receives 2024 NSF CAREER Award
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Eric Nacsa, assistant professor of chemistry, has been honored with a Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) award from the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF). The CAREER award is NSF’s most prestigious award in support of early-career faculty members who can serve as academic role models in research and education and lead advances in the mission of their department or organization.
Architecture professor co-edits book on reducing carbon emissions of buildings
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Rahman Azari, associate professor of architecture in the Stuckeman School and founding director of the Resource and Energy Efficiency Lab in the school’s Hamer Center for Community Design, co-edited “The Routledge Handbook of Embodied Carbon in the Built Environment,” a handbook exploring the materials and greenhouse gas emissions associated with material manufacturing, construction, maintenance and demolition of a building.
EarthTalks: Bader to discuss neighborhood integration, segregation on March 25
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Michael Bader, associate professor of sociology at Johns Hopkins University, will give the talk, “The negative space of neighborhood change: the dynamics of neighborhood integration and segregation in the past four decades,” at 4 p.m. on Monday, March 25 in 112 Walker Building on the University Park campus.
Urban planning professor to speak on property speculation at next 'Coffee Hour'
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Rachel Weber, professor of urban planning and policy at the University of Illinois at Chicago, will present "Seizing the Means of Prediction: Why the Future Belongs to Property Speculators," at the Department of Geography's Coffee Hour lecture series. Her talk is scheduled for 3:30 p.m. on Friday, March 22.
Mechanical engineering researcher Amrita Basak awarded NSF CAREER
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Amrita Basak, assistant professor of mechanical engineering in the Penn State College of Engineering, earned a five-year, $598,650 U.S. National Science Foundation Early Career Development Award for a project titled “Understanding Processing-Structure-Property Relationships in Co-Axial Wire-Feed, Powder-Feed Laser Directed Energy Deposition.”
Engineering science and mechanics researcher Andrea Argüelles awarded NSF CAREER
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Andrea Argüelles, assistant professor of engineering science and mechanics in the Penn State College of Engineering, earned a five-year, $696,010 U.S. National Science Foundation Early Career Development Award for a project titled, “Advancing ceramic processing science through acoustic characterization.”
Penn State Radiation Science & Engineering Center receives new neutron science device
| onwardstate.com
The device was a donation from Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin, a research institution in Germany.
Calling researchers: Join Penn State's NSF I-Corps April cohort
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Penn State’s U.S. National Science Foundation I-Corps Short Course is accepting applications for its virtual April cohort. Participants must apply and complete a self-guided I-Corps prep mini-course by Friday, April 12.
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