Graham and interdisciplinary team awarded PNAS Cozzarelli Prize
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A paper coauthored by Russell Graham, director of Penn State's College of Earth and Mineral Sciences’ Museum & Art Gallery and professor of geosciences, received the Cozzarelli Prize from the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). Each year, PNAS gives the award to the best published paper of outstanding scientific excellence and originality in the six broadly defined scientific areas of the National Academy of Sciences.
Penn State aerospace awarded $1.7M from NASA University Leadership Initiative
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Penn State is a member of a multi-university research team that was selected by NASA to explore transformative system-level aviation innovations as part of NASA Aeronautics’ University Leadership Initiative.
Big data, big science: Students share 'big data' research at poster session
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Data comes in all shapes and sizes -- from text-based tweets to satellite imagery. The variability of that data was on display at the recent Big Data Social Science (BDSS) poster session.
EMS Museum & Art Gallery hosting conversation with Pulitzer Prize winner Wolfe
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The College of Earth and Mineral Sciences (EMS) is hosting a conversation with Pulitzer Prize winner Julia Wolfe along with other events commemorating the history of coal mining in Pennsylvania, from 4-5:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 30, in the EMS Museum & Art Gallery, ground floor of the Deike Building on the University Park campus. The events are free and open to the public.
Energy crop production on conservation lands may not boost greenhouse gases
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Growing sustainable energy crops without increasing greenhouse gas emissions, may be possible on seasonally wet, environmentally sensitive landscapes, according to researchers who conducted a study on Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) land.
Xuan to look for biofuel of the future using DOE Co-Optima award
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Penn State Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering Yuan Xuan and researchers at Yale University will work together to identify clean-burning biofuels for next-generation internal combustion engines thanks to a $1.2 million award from the Energy Department’s Co-Optimization of Fuels and Engines Initiative.
National Science Foundation funds supercomputer cluster at Penn State
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The Penn State Cyber-Laboratory for Astronomy, Materials, and Physics (CyberLAMP) is acquiring a high-performance computer cluster that will facilitate interdisciplinary research and training in cyberscience and is funded by a grant from the National Science Foundation.
Black History Month Scholar's program highlights faculty research
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Panelists will share their research in three panel discussions for the Black History Month PSU Scholar’s Program, highlighting scholarship by Penn State faculty members of African descent, Feb. 21 and 22 in Pattee Library's Foster Auditorium at University Park.
Measuring and improving the impact of parks on health
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A team of Penn State researchers is working with the National Park Service to measure and improve its impact on people’s health.
Climate dynamics professor co-authors report assessing cost of climate change
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Chris Forest, associate professor of climate dynamics at Penn State, was co-author of a National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine report recommending new methods for estimating the social cost of carbon emissions worldwide. According to the report, new practices would strengthen the scientific basis, provide greater transparency, and improve characterization of uncertainties over the current estimates.
Giebink to explore new optical materials using NSF CAREER Award
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Electrical engineer Chris Giebink has received a Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for his project, “Non-Hermitian Organic Photonics.”
College of Engineering seed grants support multidisciplinary research efforts
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Penn State's College of Engineering recently awarded funding to four projects through its Multidisciplinary Research Seed Grants program.