How the Borland Project Space emphasizes sustainability practices through arts research
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Room 125 of the Borland Building brings Penn State students, faculty and community members together to witness non-traditional art forms focused on sustainability practices in research.
Building materials researcher joins architectural engineering
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Juan Pablo “JP” Gevaudan, an experimental cement chemist and current Marie Skłodowska-Curie Research Fellow, joined Penn State’s Department of Architectural Engineering on Aug. 16 as an affiliate professor. A member of the department’s structural engineering group, he will become a tenure-track assistant professor on July 1, 2021.
Engineering faculty, staff, alumni to be honored for exceptional contributions
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Faculty, staff and alumni of the Penn State College of Engineering will be recognized for their outstanding teaching, research, advising and service at a 2 p.m. ceremony on Oct. 21 in the Hintz Family Alumni Center on Penn State's University Park campus.
Hurricane Dorian devastates Bahamas; scientists explain storm's unique evolution
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Hurricane Dorian's unusual evolution represented a worst-case scenario for the Bahamas, according to experts at Penn State.
Five Penn State researchers awarded grants by Kaufman Foundation
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The Charles E. Kaufman Foundation has selected two projects led by Penn State researchers to receive New Initiatives grants in 2019.
Innovating vehicle technology possible with new mechanical engineering faculty
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Herschel Pangborn, a State College native, is returning to Penn State in January 2020 as an assistant professor of mechanical engineering.
Nanotechnology expert joins industrial engineering department
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Hongtao Sun, an expert in nanoscience and nanotechnology, will join the Penn State Harold and Inge Marcus Department of Manufacturing and Industrial Engineering as an assistant professor on Aug. 15. He is also a co-hire of the Materials Research Institute.
Researchers develop novel process to fabricate battery materials
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By discovering a way to combine lithium salts with ceramics, researchers in the Penn State College of Engineering and the Penn State Materials Research Institute may have created a new class of materials for longer-lasting batteries. According to researchers, the composite nature of the batteries could make recycling easier, reducing landfill waste.
Penn State-led Global Building Network at forefront of building performance
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A large-scale interdisciplinary effort led by Penn State, called the Global Building Network, is underway to create high-performance buildings, which are buildings capable of achieving net-zero carbon-based energy usage while increasing occupant performance and reducing health risks.
English professor participates in Northwest Passage Project expedition
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Hester Blum, Penn State associate professor of English and a 2019 Guggenheim Fellow, will be tracking climate change in the Arctic Ocean as part of the Northwest Passage Project research expedition. The nautical expedition launched from Thule Air Base in Thule, Greenland, on July 18 and will return Aug. 4, sailing approximately 2,000 nautical miles through the Arctic on the Swedish Icebreaker Oden.
Microgrids, major changes: Professor leading effort to redesign power grid
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When Hurricane Sandy hit the eastern seaboard in 2012, entire city skylines went completely black with the curious exception of a few small areas still emitting light, thanks to their use of combined heat and power systems, a key component to microgrids. Jim Freihaut, professor of architectural engineering in the Penn State College of Engineering, sees these microgrids not as exceptions but as the norm of the future.
New IEE leaders mindful of energy, environmental challenges
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Bruce Logan and Erica Smithwick have been named associate directors for the Institutes of Energy and the Environment.