Penn State and University of Auckland announce 2020 joint collaboration projects
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In late 2019, Penn State and the University of Auckland launched the Joint Collaboration Development Program, a jointly financed seed-fund program with the aim to foster collaborative research and educational projects. The Office of Global Programs has announced that eight projects have been funded and will officially commence in June.
Research team to study food resilience in the face of catastrophic global events
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In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, we have all become aware of how a global crisis can affect our access to food. But imagine the food security impacts of an even worse scenario — an all-out nuclear war, a large asteroid strike, or a supervolcano eruption.
Interdisciplinary team wins Department of Energy Optimization Challenge
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Uday Shanbhag and his team won (in the top ten) the Department of Energy's ARPA-E challenge
Industrial engineering receives funding to revolutionize PA manufacturing
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Five different groups industrial and manufacturing engineering got funding from the Pennsylvania government to help manufacturing industry partners.
Penn State promotions in academic rank, effective July 1, 2020
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The following is a list of academic promotions for tenured and tenure-line faculty members at Penn State, effective July 1.
Battling disease with ultraviolet light
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Bill Bahnfleth, co-principal investigator (PI) and professor of architectural engineering, is joining co-PI Suresh Kuchipudi, clinical professor of veterinary and biomedical sciences, to study the ability of optical radiation to disinfect surfaces and reduce transmission of viruses.
Penn State lab develops new procedures to improve high-quality scanning
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CQI developed new processes that resulted in a high-resolution scan 3D segmented rendering of a contrast-enhanced fetal mouse, which was chosen as the cover image for the journal Developmental Dynamics.
Stuckeman School professor receives funding for renewable energy art, design
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Mihyun Kang, research professor in the Stuckeman School and the assistant director for sustainability in the College of Arts and Architecture, is the principal investigator on an interdisciplinary proposal titled “Renewable Energy Art and Design,” which was awarded a seed grant from the Institutes of Energy and the Environment.
Architectural engineering professor receives NSF CAREER grant
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Donghyun Rim, assistant professor of architectural engineering, was recently awarded a $500,000, five-year Early Career Development Program grant from the National Science Foundation. With this grant, Rim will study modeling and experimental validation of airborne nanoparticles in indoor environments.
Two faculty members join the Institutes of Energy and the Environment
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Two researchers have become cofunded faculty members in the Institutes of Energy and the Environment: Hee Jeung Oh, an assistant professor in the College of Engineering, and Hilal Ezgi Toraman, an assistant professor in the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences with a joint appointment in the College of Engineering.
Assistant professor recognized for green stormwater infrastructure research
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Lauren McPhillips, assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering at Penn State, was recently named a recipient of the 2020 Best Paper award from the ASCE Journal of Sustainable Water in the Built Environment.
Penn State researchers study how flooding has impacted Pennsylvania
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Two Penn State researchers are studying the area where lower rates of home ownership and the potential effects of climate change intersect. For Katherine Zipp and Lara Fowler, the intersection
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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