IEE faculty, staff, and projects in the news
2023 Chemical & Engineering News Talented Twelve
| cenm.ag
We selected this year's list of standout scientists from nearly 400 nominations put forward by C&EN's readers. Narrowing down that number to just 12 is always a daunting task, and we're consistently impressed with the world-changing work that chemists around the globe are tackling. This year's dazzling dozen have accomplished so much already, and we're excited to see where they go from here.
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Hilal Ezgi Toraman
Assistant Professor, John and Willie Leone Department of Energy & Mineral Engineering (EME)
Penn State has strong showing at 10th Annual Collegiate Wind Competition
| energy.gov
The Penn State Wind Energy Club placed second overall and won first place in the Project Development Contest and the Connection Creation Competition at the Department of Energy’s 2023 Collegiate Wind Competition.
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New study reveals possible future health impacts related to climate mitigation
| psu.edu
A Penn State-led team of researchers examined the link between fossil fuel reduction and air quality by exploring almost 30,000 simulated future scenarios. They found that some climate mitigation efforts could lead to harmful health impacts in certain geographic areas.
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Wei Peng
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Vivek Srikrishnan
PlantVillage receives $4.96 million grant to combat crop loss in Africa
| psu.edu
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation are awarding a $4.96 million grant to PlantVillage to help increase food production for smallholder farmers who face pests and disease of their crops across sub-Saharan Africa. The research project, called Delphi, will create a modeling platform that can be used by researchers globally to improve the speed and accuracy of efforts to identify emerging threats.
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Meet Stephanie Law, associate professor in MatSE at Penn State
| youtu.be
Stephanie Law is an associate professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering and a faculty member with the Institute of Energy and the Environment (IEE) at Penn State. Her research interests focus on understanding and synthesizing quantum materials and heterostructures to realize devices with novel designer optical and optoelectronic properties across the electromagnetic spectrum.
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Stephanie Law
Associate Professor and Norris B. McFarlane Faculty Career Development Associate Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
EMS student program recognizes outstanding academic, professional development
| psu.edu
This spring semester, student Isabella Ferreira and 14 other undergraduates were inducted as College of Earth and Mineral Science Academy for Global Experience laureates.
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Sanjay Srinivasan
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Lee Kump
DEP Secretary Negrin to give keynote address at Shale Network Workshop on May 18
| psu.edu
Penn State is hosting the annual Shale Network Workshop on May 18 and 19. Richard Negrin, secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, will deliver the keynote address from 7:30 to 9 p.m. on May 18 in Deans Hall of the Penn Stater Hotel and Conference Center.
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Jennifer Baka
Associate Professor and John T. Ryan, Jr. Faculty Fellow, College of Earth & Mineral Sciences
Why are some corals more resilient to climate change than others?
| earth.com
Coral reefs are massive geological structures consisting of calcium carbonate produced by coral animals, which possess dense populations of photosynthetic algae from the family Symbiodiniaceae within their tissues. Due to global warming and other environmental changes, corals in the Atlantic Ocean have declined substantially over the past years. However, corals in the Pacific and Indian Oceans are more resilient. This article quotes, Todd LaJeunesse, Professor, Biology.
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Underground hydrogen storage to support renewable energy
Hydrogen is gaining traction as a key player in the transition from fossil fuel energy to renewable energy. When used as a fuel, hydrogen produces only water vapor as a byproduct, making it a low-carbon energy carrier that could replace carbon-intensive fossil fuels in energy-intensive sectors.
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Anne Menefee
Assistant Professor, John and Willie Leone Department of Energy & Mineral Engineering (EME)
10 of the oldest living forests around the world
| thetravel.com
Most trees do not exist alone. They exist alongside other trees and then form forests that can go on existing for hundreds, thousands, and even millions of years. Some of the forests on this list have lived to the point where they are now referred to as the oldest living forests in the world. If left untouched by humans, these forests might as well still be alive when the world eventually ends, whenever that happens. This article mentions Penn State research.
Penn State research team receives NIH grant to study HIV treatment messaging
| psu.edu
An interdisciplinary team of Penn State researchers have received a $442,750 grant from the National Institute of Mental Health, to support a multi-faceted, three-part study that observes how gay and bisexual men search and find HIV prevention information — specifically information about pre-exposure prophylaxis, or PrEP, a medicine that when taken as prescribed, is very effective at preventing HIV.
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Award-winning researcher named Bellisario Professor of Health Communication
| psu.edu
An award-winning researcher whose work aims to provide insights on how popular forms of media can shape health attitudes, behaviors and policy support has been named the Donald P. Bellisario Professor of Health Communication at Penn State.
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