In this first climate solutions talk I will discuss how climate change and the push for clean energy might worsen dust-related health problems for miners and look for ways to fill the gaps in knowledge on how mining dust affects health. This study presents an incontrovertible visual proof of prevalence of nano-sized mineral dust during raw material extraction, utilizing advanced techniques such as scanning electron microscopy (SEM).
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I will introduce the Center for Gas Turbine Research, Education, and Outreach (GTREO). Gas turbine engines are one of the largest contributors to the U.S. electric power grid, and are the dominant means of aircraft propulsion. Did you know the temperatures inside some parts of a gas turbine engine are hotter than lava, and that we have two of them at University Park that can produce about 40% of our campus electricity?
Fall 2024 EarthTalks Series: Legal Elements of the Energy Transition
Meryl Mims is an associate professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at Virginia Tech and an affiliated faculty member with Virginia Tech's Global Change Center and Invasive Species Collaborative. Meryl received her PhD from the University of Washington in 2015 and held a postdoctoral fellowship with the U.S. Geological Survey before joining the faculty at Virginia Tech. Along with members of her lab, Meryl studies how species' traits interact with the environment to influence populations and communities of organisms and their vulnerability to climate change.
Aerosols, or particles, emitted into the air have adverse effects for regional air quality and health. In addition, aerosols significantly impact earth’s climate and the hydrological cycle. They can directly reflect the amount of incoming solar radiation into space; by acting as cloud condensation nuclei (CCN), they can indirectly impact climate by affecting cloud albedo. Our assessment of the interactions of aerosols and clouds is uncertain and parameters used to estimate cloud droplet formation in global climate models are not well constrained.
Behavioral Responses to Two-Part Tariffs: Evidence from the Introduction of Volumetric Water Pricing
Water scarcity is a global challenge affecting more than 2 billion people for at least a few months each year. Economists advocate using the price mechanism to manage scarce water resources, based on the neoclassical economic theory assumption that consumers respond to marginal prices. However, consumers may not fully understand complex rate structures, such as two-part tariffs, which often aim to achieve multiple policy objectives. Patel investigates consumer responses to a shift from flat water rates to volumetric pricing in the City of Sacramento.
Per/Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) are a group of man-made chemicals that have been used in various industrial and consumer products. They are persistent in the environment and can pose health risks. These contaminants of emerging concern have been widely detected across the globe. Join us for a webinar dedicated to this timely topic.
Recently, there has been a growing demand for graduate students of all disciplines to communicate well with diverse audiences about what they do and why they do it. In two consecutive sessions devoted to the composition and delivery of a short research or scholarship presentation, we will explore how structured and dynamic communication can set a speaker on a path for success. In the first session, participants will have an opportunity to draft content that summarizes their project in effective ways that will reach a non-specialized audience.
Education professionals, entrepreneurs and AI-industry experts are invited to attend the inaugural East Coast Global Silicon Valley (GSV) x Penn State event. The Global Impact Forum (TGIF) will be held Sept. 22-25 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia.
“Accelerating AI for Good” will be the theme for the inaugural GSV x Penn State TGIF as attendees explore ways to foster positive impact through education and innovation while building local-to-global connections with industry leaders, investors, entrepreneurs and education professionals.
Education professionals, entrepreneurs and AI-industry experts are invited to attend the inaugural East Coast Global Silicon Valley (GSV) x Penn State event. The Global Impact Forum (TGIF) will be held Sept. 22-25 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia.
“Accelerating AI for Good” will be the theme for the inaugural GSV x Penn State TGIF as attendees explore ways to foster positive impact through education and innovation while building local-to-global connections with industry leaders, investors, entrepreneurs and education professionals.
Education professionals, entrepreneurs and AI-industry experts are invited to attend the inaugural East Coast Global Silicon Valley (GSV) x Penn State event. The Global Impact Forum (TGIF) will be held Sept. 22-25 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia.
“Accelerating AI for Good” will be the theme for the inaugural GSV x Penn State TGIF as attendees explore ways to foster positive impact through education and innovation while building local-to-global connections with industry leaders, investors, entrepreneurs and education professionals.
Education professionals, entrepreneurs and AI-industry experts are invited to attend the inaugural East Coast Global Silicon Valley (GSV) x Penn State event. The Global Impact Forum (TGIF) will be held Sept. 22-25 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia.
“Accelerating AI for Good” will be the theme for the inaugural GSV x Penn State TGIF as attendees explore ways to foster positive impact through education and innovation while building local-to-global connections with industry leaders, investors, entrepreneurs and education professionals.
The Inter-Institutional Program for Diversifying Research is not just an initiative—it is a shared commitment to building lasting, impactful partnerships between Penn State’s Interdisciplinary Research Institutes under the Office of the Senior Vice-President for Research and in collaboration with Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs).
The energy system is capital- and infrastructure-intensive. An energy transition requires changing historic patterns; investments will be needed both for renewable electricity and legacy systems to smooth the transition. These two types of infrastructure face different economic incentives and regulatory constraints. Differences in market structures across energy sources are relevant, including linkages to financial markets for capital and risk management.
Department of Geosciences
Colloquium Series
Fall 2024
Matt Becker
Darcy Lecturer
California State University, Long Beach
Host: Rachel Housego
Join Jennie Romer, EPA’s Deputy Assistant Administrator for Pollution Prevention, on Sept. 19, 2024, from 2-3 p.m. ET, for a webinar on how EPA’s Safer Choice program helps people find and have access to cleaning and other products made with safer ingredients and works in partnership with a broad range of stakeholders to prevent pollution.
2024 Women Advancing River Research Seminar Series
All seminars will be presented online live at 11:00 a.m. ET on the third Thursday of each month. Seminar recordings will be posted later. Please register in advance for all talks.
Braided and Meandering: Making a Career in Water and Rivers Outside Academia
Kate Brauman, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa (U.S.)
Robin Abell, The Nature Conservatory (U.S.)
Michele Thieme, World Wildlife Fund (U.S.)
Ingrid Timboe, Alliance for Global Water Adaptation (U.S.)
The space and time scale over which a process operates, say the harvesting of light by a leaf on a tree or the evolution of a synoptic weather system, may seem like a relatively mundane property. For the Earth as a single system, these scales range 13 orders of magnitude in space (from nanometers to 10,000 km) and 25 orders in time (from nanoseconds to billions of years). Though the large range is impressive, the real interesting and challenging scientific problems come about from understand how processes at one scale interact with another.
Penn State CTSI's Community Health Equity & Engagement in Research (CHEER) team is offering an open forum to share barriers and facilitators of StudyFinder as a recruitment tool.
StudyFinder is a tool that allows Penn State researchers to share studies that are looking for research participants in a number of different general topic areas.
Join the Penn State Computed Tomography (CT) Users Group, hosted by the Center for Quantitative Imaging (CQI). This group is open to faculty, students, and researchers across all Penn State campuses who are interested in harnessing the power of computed tomography for their work. All experience levels are welcome, from novice to expert.
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