IEE faculty, staff, and projects in the news
Cold sintering may rescue plastic, ceramics, battery components from landfills
| psu.edu
In three recent papers, Penn State researchers outline new uses for cold sintering— the process of combining powder-based materials into dense forms at low temperatures through applied pressure using solvents — that allows materials to be recycled again and again.
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Enrique Gomez
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Bryan Vogt
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Hongtao Sun
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Clive Randall
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Amir Sheikhi
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Rui Shi
Growing Impact: Investigating thawing permafrost
Once a frozen haven, climate-driven rising temperatures are rapidly thawing the Arctic permafrost, posing a major threat to communities and infrastructure. Researchers are investigating how these changes will transform rivers, with potential consequences for erosion, sediment transport, and the entire Arctic landscape. Additionally, their project incorporates art to communicate these critical findings in an engaging way.
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Award-winning photographer, conservationist to headline climate symposium
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Paul Nicklen, the award-winning nature photographer and conservationist, will be the keynote speaker for Penn State’s Climate Solutions Symposium. His presentation is scheduled for 9 a.m. on Tuesday, May 14, at The Penn Stater Hotel and Conference Center.
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Designing and assessing market designs to improve electrical grid reliability
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A project co-led by two Penn State professors has been selected to receive up to $815,959 from the Grid Deployment Office of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). The team will evaluate prospective market design changes to efficiently integrate batteries and other unconventional resources into wholesale electricity markets, with the aim of improving electrical grid reliability.
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Uday V. Shanbhag
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Mort Webster
College of Ag Sciences faculty, extension leader engage in leadership program
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Two Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences faculty members and an assistant director with Penn State Extension recently furthered their knowledge of leadership principles by completing the LEAD21 leadership development program, a national yearlong program to develop leaders in land-grant institutions and their strategic partners who link research, academics and extension and can navigate an increasingly complex environment to lead more effectively in their current or future leadership positions.
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Six Penn State faculty elected to 2023 cohort of AAAS Fellows
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Six Penn State faculty members in areas ranging from neuropharmacology to computer architecture have been elected to the 2023 cohort of fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the world’s largest general scientific society. This year, AAAS recognized a total of 502 scientists, engineers and innovators with this lifetime honor, bestowed by their peers, for their scientifically and socially distinguished achievements.
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Vijay Narayanan
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Christopher Scott
Associate Director & Thematic Area Lead, Water Sustainability, Institute of Energy and the Environment -
Blair Siegfried
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Douglas Werner
Penn State Climate Consortium awards 11 climate action workshops
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Penn State Climate Consortium announced 11 workshops designed to create and implement climate change solutions through its Climate Solutions Accelerator program.
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Erica Smithwick
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Zoubeida Ounaies
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Peter Buck
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Brandi Robinson
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John Yilin Wang
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Shirley Clark
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Derrick Taff
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Mark Ortiz
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Christine J. Kirchhoff
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Mark J. Guiltinan
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Shimin Liu
Landscape architecture faculty honored by international education organization
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Several faculty members of the Stuckeman School’s Department of Landscape Architecture in the College of Arts and Architecture at Penn State were honored by the Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture at the international organization’s annual conference in St. Louis in March.
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Climate Consortium calls for interdisciplinary climate solutions proposals
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The Penn State Climate Consortium has announced a request for proposals for team projects that put proven climate solutions into action through interdisciplinary partnerships.
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Growing Impact: Investigating thawing permafrost (Preview)
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Episode release date: May 1, 2024 Once a frozen haven, climate-driven rising temperatures are rapidly thawing the Arctic permafrost, posing a major threat to communities and infrastructure. Researchers are investigating how these changes will transform rivers, with potential consequences for erosion, sediment transport, and the entire Arctic landscape. Additionally, their project incorporates art to communicate these critical findings in an engaging way.
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Seed Grant Projects
Forest, stream habitats keep energy exchanges in balance, global team finds
| thedailyreview.com
Forests and streams are separate but linked ecosystems, existing side by side, with energy and nutrients crossing their porous borders and flowing back and forth between them. This article features Penn State research and quotes Daniel Allen, assistant professor of aquatic ecology.
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Listening lab leading soundscape analyses for United States national parks
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The Department of Recreation, Park, and Tourism Management in the Penn State College of Health and Human Development recently received a grant from the National Park Service to launch the Protected Areas Research Collaborative Listening Lab.
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Peter Newman
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Derrick Taff
