Past Events: Penn State Energy and Environment Calendar Archive

Water Insights is an interdisciplinary seminar series on water science, water management, and water policy sponsored by the Institute for Sustainable Agricultural, Food, and Environmental Science (SAFES). Speakers include researchers, water managers, and water policy makers from Penn State, other universities, government agencies and non-governmental organizations. The series engages the University and broader community in collaborative learning and discussion about critical water challenges from local to global scales.

Penn State faculty, staff, and students are invited to participate in the final of a series of three Energy University forums. Energy University Forum #1: Concept and Current Activities took place on December 11, 2020; 

Please join us for a seminar hosted by the Center for Gas Turbine Research, Education, and Outreach on April 29, 2021 at 1 PM. Our speaker is Dr. Sibendu Som from Argonne National Lab, who will be speaking about exascale computing, AI, and gas turbine simulations. There will be a networking session with the speaker for graduate students and post-docs after the talk at 2 PM.

Meteorology Colloquium presents Gaby Katul, Duke University

The School of Public Policy welcomes Gus Greenstein, a third-year doctoral candidate, and David and Lucile Packard Foundation Fellow in the Emmett Interdisciplinary Program in Environment and Resources at Stanford University, as he discusses the issues agencies in developing countries are facing as they struggle to implement the strong environmental policies governments have adopted.

Kamini Singha, Colorado School of Mines, US Surface water-groundwater connectivity controls on critical zone processes

The blackout left millions of Texans in the cold and dark for the better part of a week, costing billions of dollars in damages and more than 100 lives. There will also be a discussion on how the unavailability of natural gas-fired power, and of natural gas, was one of several causes of the crisis. There will be a specific focus on the role of natural gas in Texas’ competitive electricity markets.

Water Insights is an interdisciplinary seminar series on water science, water management, and water policy sponsored by the Institute for Sustainable Agricultural, Food, and Environmental Science (SAFES). Speakers include researchers, water managers, and water policy makers from Penn State, other universities, government agencies and non-governmental organizations. The series engages the University and broader community in collaborative learning and discussion about critical water challenges from local to global scales.

Penn State Alumni Association Virtual Speaker Session Buildings play an enormous role in our everyday lives and present an important opportunity to promote the sustainability and well-being of society. This talk will highlight key areas where smart building technologies can help address pressing climate change-related issues. Solutions being developed within Penn State Architectural Engineering will be discussed, along with several challenges and barriers to adoption of such technologies.

The final EESI EarthTalk seminar of the semester will be a panel discussion on "How do we avoid a global hothouse?"

Presented by Chris Blaszczak-Boxe, Penn State Abstract: I will give a brief overview of the health impacts of poor air quality and then talk about a small case study of individual participant daily exposure to coarse (PM10) and fine (PM2.5) particulate matter. I will conclude by talking about near-future deliverables, such as quantifying such exposure levels to select adverse health conditions (e.g., various forms of cancer, respiratory and cardiovascular disease) and long-term deliverables, such as scalable low-cost air quality sensor technology. 

Where do we go, as the world around us changes dramatically, and resources for the arts diminish? What kind of arts and culture sustain us through social isolation while bolstering the future we want to live in? The Arts Studio for Sustainability and Social Action (S3A) inaugural symposium and exhibition is organized around five themes: Care – Water – Food – Shelter – Cost.

Mauricio Quesada, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

Where do we go, as the world around us changes dramatically, and resources for the arts diminish? What kind of arts and culture sustain us through social isolation while bolstering the future we want to live in? The Arts Studio for Sustainability and Social Action (S3A) inaugural symposium and exhibition is organized around five themes: Care – Water – Food – Shelter – Cost.

This is part of the Science and Values in Climate Risk Management webinar series, hosted by the Rock Ethics Institute and the Center for Climate Risk Management. SPEAKER: Naomi Oreskes TITLE: TBA ABSTRACT: TBA

Anne Sylvester, Program Director of the National Science Foundation, will provide an overview of programs at NSF that support cross-disciplinary collaborative research.  These programs include the Biology Integration Institutes, the Plant Genome Research, Innovations at the Nexus of Food, Energy and Water Systems, Dynamics of Integrative Socio-Economic Systems, the Convergence Accelerator, and the NRT (NSF Research Traineeship) program.

As a leader in agricultural innovation and environmental science, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University will celebrate Earth Day with a national, virtual panel discussion focusing on environmental issues.

Where do we go, as the world around us changes dramatically, and resources for the arts diminish? What kind of arts and culture sustain us through social isolation while bolstering the future we want to live in? The Arts Studio for Sustainability and Social Action (S3A) inaugural symposium and exhibition is organized around five themes: Care – Water – Food – Shelter – Cost.

Amy Solomon, NOAA