Geochemistry Forum
"Thallium isotopes: systematics and use as a global paleo-redox proxy"
Chelsie Bowman
Penn State
Friday, March 4
3:30 - 4:30 p.m.
341 Deike Building
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Few creatures are more amazing than the octopus. Jet propulsion, RNA-powered camouflage, and magic ink that helps it disappear faster than David Blaine. But did you know that its neural network is a great model for how to modernize our electric system? We know that achieving the kind of emission reductions we’ll need to ward off the worst consequences of climate change will require a more flexible, responsive and sophisticated grid. And that will take new thinking.
Carbon-based materials pervade many aspects of modern life, from fuels and building materials to consumer goods and commodity chemicals. Reaching net-zero emissions will require replacing existing fossil-carbon-based systems with circular-carbon economies that transform wastes like CO2 into useful materials.
On March 2-3, 2022, the 30th Annual PHRC Housing Conference highlights best practices, regulation, and innovation in the housing industry. Invited speakers present on a wide-range of topics, including codes & construction, high-performance & offsite construction, weatherization & building science, and land development & planning. This conference brings together all sectors of the housing industry including builders, design professionals, remodelers, code officials, educators, factory-built housing manufacturers, and product manufacturers.
Abstract: Supplementary cementitious materials (SCMs) are critical for the continued production of sustainable and durable concrete. These materials undergo reactions in concrete with cement hydration products or the cement pore solution. Two types of SCMs, pozzolanic (such as fly ash) and latent hydraulic (such as slag) are generally identified in literature. Due to recent shortfalls of conventional SCMs, there is a growing need to identify and understand the performance of alternative SCM sources. In addition to identifying these SCMs, their behavior in concrete should be understood.
The global record of greenhouse gas measurements is growing rapidly with the launch of several new satellites and an expansion of ground-based monitoring. This talk will focus on three different case studies – new insights provided by a longer and richer measurement record. The first third of this talk will focus on carbon dioxide sources and sinks estimated using NASA's OCO-2 satellite.
The Stuckeman Center for Design Computing (SCDC) is hosting a spring lecture series in the Jury Space and online via Zoom to highlight the work of the center’s researchers across the Stuckeman School’s three disciplines over the last five years.
The March 2 event features:
Benay Gürsoy, “Form and Matter at the ForMat Lab”
Heather Ligler, “Critical Restoration: Rule-based Systems for the Redesign of Building Stock”
Abstract: Highly technical rules for regional electricity markets shape opportunities for new technologies and the pace of transition to a cleaner and more distributed power system. This presentation examines the governance design and practices of three regional transmission organizations (RTOs). These organizations are regulated by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and make critical decisions about transmission planning, grid operations, and wholesale electricity market design.
Carbon-based materials pervade many aspects of modern life, from fuels and building materials to consumer goods and commodity chemicals. Reaching net-zero emissions will require replacing existing fossil-carbon-based systems with circular-carbon economies that transform wastes like CO2 into useful materials.
On March 2-3, 2022, the 30th Annual PHRC Housing Conference highlights best practices, regulation, and innovation in the housing industry. Invited speakers present on a wide-range of topics, including codes & construction, high-performance & offsite construction, weatherization & building science, and land development & planning. This conference brings together all sectors of the housing industry including builders, design professionals, remodelers, code officials, educators, factory-built housing manufacturers, and product manufacturers.
Carbon-based materials pervade many aspects of modern life, from fuels and building materials to consumer goods and commodity chemicals. Reaching net-zero emissions will require replacing existing fossil-carbon-based systems with circular-carbon economies that transform wastes like CO2 into useful materials.
The spring 2022 EESI EarthTalks series, "Energy and Climate Policy, Part 2: Strategies for Getting to Net Zero," will focus on policies and technologies that could help slow down global warming and reach net zero greenhouse gas emissions. The series will be held in conjunction with EARTH 400, a course for students who wish to pursue these topics in greater depth.
You are invited to participate in an afternoon of dialogue on invasive species. This event is intended to bring together biologists, ecologists, humanists, social scientists, with state and local stakeholders for the purpose of cross-disciplinary analysis of this contemporary issue.
Dr. Laura J. Pyrak-Nolte discusses the modern energy economy's reliance on the injection and withdrawal of fluids through fracture networks in rock with presentations from active and passive monitoring of fractures in the laboratory to illuminate and characterize fractures, and an example of machine learning to identified changes in fluid saturation within a fracture set.
Joseph J. Berry is a Distinguished Alumnus in the Department of Physics at Penn State, and Senior Research Fellow at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory working on halide perovskite solar cells. His efforts at NREL emphasize relating basic interfacial properties to relevant device level behaviors in traditional and novel semiconductor heterostructures including oxides, organics and most recently hybrid semiconductors.
Join us for a conversation with Extension Educator Walt Whitmer about insights on community-led stakeholder engagement from the five-year “Water for Agriculture” project.
Presented by the Penn State Materials Research Institute, the Materials Spotlight Series is designed to create connections and spark discussions between industry and Penn State faculty and students that lead to productive research collaborations.
Join us for the first spring semester film in the Soundings water film series co-presented by Penn State’s Sustainability Institute, Penn State’s Water Council, and WPSU. This online series explores the Sustainable Development Goals and the many ways in which water issues intersect with sustainability.
Join us for the sixth annual Arthur W. Page Center Awards to honor Christiane Amanpour, chief international anchor at CNN; Ken Chenault, chairman and managing director of the venture capital firm General Catalyst and former chairman and CEO of American Express; and Andy Polansky, chairman and CEO of IPG DXTRA and executive chairman at Weber Shandwick.
These renowned communicators will receive the Larry Foster Award for Integrity in Public Communication at a special virtual awards event on Feb. 23, 2022.
The Advice from the Woods: Ask Our Experts event involves a panel of Forestry and Wildlife Extension Educators and Faculty tackling participant-submitted or commonly-asked questions and scenarios as a team. This is an opportunity to meet your whole team of experts at once, and for a given issue, hear discussion between multiple informed perspectives to help you gain a better handle on the many complex factors involved in addressing or solving an issue.