IEE faculty, staff, and projects in the news
Temperature is stronger than light and flow as driver of oxygen in US rivers
| psu.edu
With 40 years of data from 580 U.S. rivers, Penn State researchers used a deep learning model to find out if sunlight, temperature or stream flow is the main driver of dissolved oxygen concentrations.
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Wei Zhi
Wei ZhiFormer Assistant Research Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering -
Li Li
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Chaopeng Shen
The Doorstep | Geopolitics of electricity, with Chiara Lo Prete
| carnegiecouncil.org
The global energy crisis, greener energy, and the expansion of renewables are many of the reasons electricity grids are making headlines. Chiara Lo Prete, associate professor at the Penn State College of Earth and Mineral Sciences, joins "Doorstep" co-hosts Nick Gvosdev and Tatiana Serafin to explain our cross-border electric grid connections and the need to re-frame global geopolitical risks.
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Chiara Lo Prete
Associate Professor, John and Willie Leone Department of Energy & Mineral Engineering (EME)
Foundation grant to fund research on reducing methane emissions from livestock
| psu.edu
The Foundation for Food and Agriculture has awarded a grant to a team in Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences to fund research aimed at reducing enteric, or intestinal, methane emissions from cows and sheep, using plant and fungal sources.
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Improving your science through the IEE labs
The shared core facilities at Penn State are communal, open-access laboratories, which include the labs of the Institute of Energy and Environment. They provide meaningful and essential support for Penn State’s researchers.
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Brendan Culleton
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Maggie Davis
Maggie DavisFormer Research Technologist, Energy and Environmental Sustainability Laboratories -
Logan Kyle
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Derek Hall
Assistant Professor, John and Willie Leone Department of Energy & Mineral Engineering (EME)
'Growing Impact' podcast talks about getting science into hands of policymakers
| psu.edu
The latest episode of the “Growing Impact” podcast discusses the importance of providing scientific information to policymakers as society faces climate change and the health challenges that accompany it.
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Elizabeth Long
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Rebecca Bascom
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Taylor Bishop Scott
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Max Crowley
Geosciences student reviews climate misinformation literature as class project
| psu.edu
Fourth-year student Alysha Ulrich combined her passion for communication and climate change to compose a literature review on climate misinformation as a class project, which was published in the 2023 spring edition of the Stanford Intersect Journal of Science, Technology and Society.
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Growing Impact: Climate and health policy solutions
Creating laws and policies informed by science and facts was not always the primary method used by legislators and policymakers. Until around 2000, policies were often based on a policymaker's intuition. Today, there are concerted efforts to get vetted, fact-based scientific research on numerous topics into the hands of policymakers. One of those topics is climate change and its impacts on human health. Climate change presents a huge array of health problems, and helping policymakers know how to address them as climate change accelerates will continue to be a very important scientific and practical problem.
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Climate-related projects awarded seed grant funding through RISE support
| psu.edu
Two climate-related projects received seed grant funding through high-performance computing support and consultation, enhancing the University’s opportunity for larger research grants and creating impacts in society.
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Landscape architecture professor recognized for interdisciplinary research
| psu.edu
Hong Wu, associate professor of landscape architecture in the Penn State College of Arts and Architecture’s Stuckeman School, has been awarded the 2023 Excellence in Research and/or Creative Work Award (Junior Level) by the Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture.
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Five engineers recognized with National Science Foundation early career awards
| psu.edu
Five faculty members in Penn State’s College of Engineering were recognized with National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development Awards. Each project ranges in duration from 3 1/2 to 5 years, funded by grants worth roughly $500,000.
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Aida Ebrahimi
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Syed Rafiul Hussain
Assistant Professor in School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science -
Linxiao Zhu
Showcase highlights arts, architecture sustainability research, creative projects
| psu.edu
The College of Arts and Architecture will host a Sustainability Showcase on March 28-April 6 in the Borland Project Space. The showcase will feature sustainability research and creative activity undertaken by faculty, staff and students across the college, presented via traditional research posters, exhibition and performance posters, original artworks and multimedia components. A reception, open to the public, will take place at 3 p.m. on April 5.
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Climate Solutions Symposium to take place at Penn State on May 22 and 23
| psu.edu
Penn State will host the Climate Solutions Symposium, a two-day event that will feature plenaries, panel discussions and breakout sessions, all focused on developing and elevating solutions to climate change, on May 22 and 23.
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