Past Events: Penn State Energy and Environment Calendar Archive

Energy and Environmental Economics and Policy (EEEP) Seminar: Peer and expert influences in WTP for experience goods: the case of wine Nadia Streletskaya, Assistant Professor, Applied Economics Department; Director, Applied Experimental Economics Lab (AEELab), Oregon State University

Dr. Alfonso Mejia, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Penn State, presenting "A data-driven framework to operationalize a city's resilience to climate-induced supply shocks"

Managing water in Pennsylvania is undergoing significant stress right now- due to floods, droughts, contamination, and water quality concerns. This talk explores the legal structure of water law in Pennsylvania—both for water quantity/allocation and water quality—with a particular focus on groundwater issues.

The Ecology Institute announced a funding competition for its annual Flower Grant for Ecological Research. The events, which will take place as virtual pitch slams, will occur from noon to 1 p.m. on March 9 and 10. The Ecology Institute is inviting researchers who are seeking funding to participate.

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.

Amanda Johnsen presenting "Future of nuclear fission for electricity generation"

Penn State’s Climate and Health Initiative is a “whole of university” effort focused on the intersection of climate and health, especially as it exacerbates the impact of environmental justice on vulnerable populations. This initiative seeks to understand critical challenges that range from acute to long-term and use interdisciplinary work to find solutions in partnership with affected communities. Please join the conversation and meet fellow colleagues:

A panel of energy experts from Penn State and industry will review the causes of the Texas energy crisis and discuss lessons learned for the U.S. northeast. The virtual panel discussion is free and open to the public. Panel includes: Shelley Corman-Frisby, Vice President of Business Development, Boardwalk Pipeline Partners; Andrew Kleit, Professor, Energy & Environmental Economics, EME; Chiara Lo Prete, Associate Professor, Energy Economics, EME; Paul McGlynn, Senior Director, System Operations at PJM Interconnection

Christa Testerink, Wageningen University zoom University Park Sponsored by the Center for Root & Rhizosphere Biology

Frans Aben Postdoctoral Research Associate University College London The dynamics of faulting exposed in the laboratory and in the field Geosciences Faculty Search

To contain the COVID-19 spread, one of the non-pharmaceutical interventions is physical (social) distancing. An interactive web-based mapping platform, which provides up-to-date mobility and close contact information using large-scale anonymized mobile phone location data in the US, was developed and maintained by the GeoDS Lab at UW-Madison.

How deep should we dig into the soil microbiome? Relationships between the soil virome and crop rotation Microbiome Center Eleanor Jameson, The University of Warwick  

Penn State faculty, staff, and students are invited to participate in a series of forums that are focused on energy. The second forum, Energy University: Energy Education, is on Friday, March. 5 from 9–10:30 a.m. Agenda

Geodynamics Colloquium: Coastal paleoseismology and great subduction earthquakes Richard Briggs, Research Geologist, Geologic Hazards Science Center, US Geological Survey

Gary Geernaert, Director of the Earth and Environmental Systems Sciences Division at the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science will provide an overview of the science enterprise, the federal budget process for science, and clues on the Administration and Congressional priorities for research and development going forward. The talk will use DOE Office of Science to illustrate some of the key points. 

Research has documented a clear diurnal cycle of cloudiness and rainfall in tropical cyclones (TCs): enhanced convection occurs overnight, precipitation peaks near sunrise, and the cirrus canopy expands radially outward throughout the day, reaching its maximum areal coverage in the early evening hours. Despite these consistent signatures, open questions remain as to how the diurnal cycle is linked to inner-core convective processes and whether it is a column-deep phenomenon or mainly tied to outflow-layer dynamics.

A four-part virtual symposium series to expand networks and inspire creative strategies to promote biodiversity in urban, agricultural and natural areas, to improve human and ecological health and well-being.

In this webinar, the presenters will highlight Penn State’s 3D imaging capabilities. Presenters will showcase three complementary analytical technologies: Industrial Micro/Nano X-ray CT Focused Ion Beam (FIB) Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) A multimodal/multiscale approach will be introduced to demonstrate the benefits of pairing independently sourced datasets that are then overlayed into a 3D map detailing sample attributes for a more complete inspection. 

Energy and Environmental Economics and Policy (EEEP) seminar: How Real is Real Enough: Payment Consequentiality of Real Choice Experiments Wuyang Hu, Professor and Department of Agricultural, Environmental, and Development Economics (AEDE) Honors Coordinator, Ohio State University

Dr. Jose Fuentes, Meteorology and Atmospheric Science, Penn State presenting Arctic climate change and trace-gas cycles