Past Events: Penn State Energy and Environment Calendar Archive

The National Institutes of Health and the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy are organizing a series of listening sessions to get feedback from patient advocacy groups, industry, scientific professional organizations, and other stakeholders. These listening sessions will vary in format from broad, public discussions to smaller, invitation-only meetings to discuss more sensitive information. Materials from the listening sessions, including agendas, summaries, presentations, and videos, will be posted where applicable. Please check back for updated dates and times.

Abstract: Multi-angle light scattering (MALS) is an excellent technique for non-invasive characterization of macromolecules and a wide range of particles in solution. In combination with separation by size-exclusion chromatography (SEC), MALS enables the determination of molar mass distributions without relying on reference standards, making it invaluable for the analysis of polymers, proteins, and polysaccharides.

The National Institutes of Health and the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy are organizing a series of listening sessions to get feedback from patient advocacy groups, industry, scientific professional organizations, and other stakeholders. These listening sessions will vary in format from broad, public discussions to smaller, invitation-only meetings to discuss more sensitive information. Materials from the listening sessions, including agendas, summaries, presentations, and videos, will be posted where applicable. Please check back for updated dates and times.

The Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics presents Jason Rasgon, Penn State Professor of Entomology & Disease Epidemiology.

Join us for our first annual Penn State Digester Day! Anaerobic digesters are an opportunity to produce biogas (also known as "renewable natural gas") on the farm to use for heat, power, or other purposes, and are set to becoming an increasingly important source of renewable energy. Digester Day will host informational sessions from experts that detail the benefits of on-farm digesters opportunities for biogas production in the renewable natural gas market, potential funding programs, and incentives.

This event is part of the Women Advancing River Research series.

Community buy-in is the most important factor for successful sustainability and urban renewal projects, yet architects, planners, engineers, and academics often struggle with relating to members of the communities they serve. Four HBCU engineers, architects, and designers, Robert Turner, Jonathan Clark, Shanae Brooks, and DJ Butler discuss their experiences and effective strategies for community engagement and its role in the design process, and the importance of Black engineers in private practice. This event is moderated by Dr.

This webinar will review the projected impacts of climate change on Pennsylvania, including changes to extreme weather, agriculture, and infrastructure. He will discuss ways some government institutions have started planning for climate adaptation and what your institution may want to consider in assessing future risks.

The Utility-Scale Solar Siting and Forests event will address land use and carbon sequestration tradeoff issues to consider when siting utility-scale solar arrays, focusing on potential sites that are currently forested. Solar technology is spreading rapidly due to declining costs, ease of installation, and growing public concerns about climate change. When solar projects replace forests they can be a source of environmental impacts including significant carbon losses. How do we account for these impacts, and what does a low-impact approach to siting solar projects look like?

The Office of the Senior Vice President for Research held an informational webinar for interested applicants on Wednesday, June 30 at 1:00 PM. Any faculty member or team planning to submit an NOI is advised to attend this workshop.  

Carbon capture, utilization, and storage can and should be a big contributor to geologic storage. However, the odds are growing that utilization could prevent it from being implemented at the scale needed to mitigate climate change. The reason is simple, and it is not what you are thinking!

Innovate 4 Water fosters interactions between global and local players from the private sector, the public sector and civil society to shift financing towards innovative and impactful local solutions. It is a matchmaking forum, bringing together entrepreneurs, solution-seekers and investors around the water nexus. The one day event facilitates networking, featuring five minute pitches, coaching sessions and exposure to investors.

Public and private funders supporting agricultural conservation and watershed restoration initiatives across the US are increasingly emphasizing the need for more robust partnerships and collaborative approaches as essential in meeting our goals for voluntary, farmer- and community-led watershed restoration.

Utility-Scale Solar Development  For Lawyers, Landowners, & Others  An Online Legal Educational Symposium     Tuesday, June 15, 2021, 12:00pm – 3:30pm (EDT)  Thursday, June 17, 2021, 12:00pm – 3:30pm (EDT)   

The Global Council for Science and the Environment & The Land Peace Foundation invite you to join us for the "Indigenous Knowledge & Western Science: Collaboration, Relationship, and Climate Solutions" Online Learning Series.

Utility-Scale Solar Development  For Lawyers, Landowners, & Others  An Online Legal Educational Symposium     Tuesday, June 15, 2021, 12:00pm – 3:30pm (EDT)  Thursday, June 17, 2021, 12:00pm – 3:30pm (EDT)   

This event is part of the Women Advancing River Research series. Abstract: Research within the field of fluvial biogeomorphology focuses on the impact of organisms, particularly plants, on physical processes and landform development within river environments. This research field has evolved and matured over 50 years such that strong links between plants and river morphodynamics are now established and are increasingly becoming embedded in river management practices.

GreenGov Council & Penn State Sustainability Institute’s Sustainability Webinar Series 2 Devin Pennebaker, Energy Procurement Manager, Penn State FEI & Greg Knerr, Commodity Manager, PA Department of General Services, will discuss the Commonwealth strategies for meeting the Governor’s executive order goal to procure renewable energy to offset 40% of the Commonwealth’s electricity use. Learn how the state is meeting this goal and about the various renewable energy vehicles available for higher education and local government to utilize.

Webinar topic and goals: The main goal of this interactive webinar is to engage researchers from both institutions to identify, form, and foster productive and synergistic research collaborations that support innovative projects within the Adaptive Architecture research theme. A secondary goal of the webinar is to sharpen the focus for joint activities between Penn State and the University of Freiburg to prepare participants for the subsequent Living Multifunctional Materials Collaborative Research Seed Grant Program Summer 2021.

The Pennsylvania Timber Show aims to put attendees "in the driver's seat" with hands-on demonstrations of state-of-the-art machinery. This is an opportunity for forest-product companies to enhance their business and production practices, as well as shop for goods and services from commercial vendors, all in one convenient location.