IEE faculty, staff, and projects in the news
Generating renewable hydrogen fuel from the sea
| news.psu.edu
Researchers in Penn State's College of Engineering designed a new method to "split" sea water into renewable hydrogen fuel.
Mentions
-
Bruce Logan
-
Michael Hickner
Michael HicknerFormer Professor and Corning Faculty Fellow, Materials Science and Engineering -
Christopher Gorski
Team wins grant to develop nitrogen fertilizer decision tool for organic farmers
| psu.edu
Penn State researchers have received a $500,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture to perfect a tool they developed to help organic corn producers decide how much nitrogen — as fertilizer or manure — to apply to their crop fields.
Mentions
World-renowned infectious disease researchers to lecture on COVID-19 Sept. 24
| psu.edu
Dr. David Ho, director of the Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center in New York City, and Peter Hudson, Willaman Professor of Biology at Penn State, will draw on their experiences in infectious disease research to discuss the COVID-19 pandemic, during Discovery Space of Central Pennsylvania’s virtual "Nights to Discover" speaker series on Sept. 24.
Mentions
Energy Law and Policy webinars to focus on Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative
| psu.edu
Penn State’s Center for Energy Law and Policy is hosting a series of webinars this semester focusing on the economic, human health, legal and industry aspects of Pennsylvania joining the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, an agreement among almost a dozen states to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from electric power plants. The webinars, which are free and open to the public, will be held at noon on Fridays via Zoom. Registration is required.
Mentions
-
Seth Blumsack
-
Wei Peng
Wei PengAssistant Professor of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University; Former Penn State researcher -
Daniel E. Walters
-
Daniel Mallinson
Associate Professor of Public Policy and Administration, School of Public Affairs (Harrisburg)
Wastewater sampling may give advanced warning of potential COVID-19 outbreaks
| news.psu.edu
Wastewater sampling for coronavirus on campus and in the surrounding community could alert University decision makers to a potential outbreak several days before individuals exhibit symptoms of an infection.
Mentions
Five researchers join the Institutes of Energy and the Environment
| news.psu.edu
Five Penn State researchers have become cofunded faculty in the Institutes of Energy and the Environment.
Mentions
Virtual Undergraduate Exhibition brings together nearly 200 students
| psu.edu
During the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent cancellation of public events, organizers in the Office of Undergraduate Education still wanted to provide some avenue for undergraduates to gain the experience of communicating their research and be able to compete for prizes. Nearly 200 participants shared their research and creative work during the 2020 virtual Undergraduate Exhibition at Penn State.
Mentions
-
Caitlin Grady
Caitlin GradyFormer Assistant Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering -
Adam Glick
-
Eric Barron
Eric BarronFormer President, Penn State
Seminars to examine climate science, carbon emissions at Penn State
| psu.edu
The Earth System Science Center has announced the lineup for its fall 2020 Climate Dynamics seminar series. The series will focus on recent advances in climate science and plans for reducing greenhouse gas emissions at Penn State. The seminars, which are free and open to the public, take place from 11:15 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on Wednesdays via Zoom.
Mentions
-
Colin Zarzycki
-
Lara Fowler
-
Mikael Hiestand
Mikael Hiestand -
Xingchao Chen
-
Charles Anderson
-
Michael Mann
Michael MannFormer Distinguished Professor, Meteorology and Atmospheric Science
Department of Architecture adds several new faculty members
| psu.edu
The Department of Architecture within the Penn State Stuckeman School is expanding with the addition of five new faculty members this fall.
Mentions
Reducing transmission risk of livestock disease
| psu.edu
According to a new study, the risk of transmitting the livestock virus PPRV, which threatens 80% of the world’s sheep and goats, increases with certain husbandry practices, including attendance at seasonal grazing camps and the introduction of sheep and goats to the herd.
Mentions
Cover crop roots are key to understanding ecosystem services
| psu.edu
To judge the overall effectiveness of cover crops and choose those offering the most ecosystem services, agricultural scientists must consider the plants’ roots as well as above-ground biomass, according to Penn State researchers who tested the characteristics of cover crop roots in three monocultures and one mixture.
Mentions
Cover crop mixtures must be 'farm-tuned' to provide maximum ecosystem services
| psu.edu
Penn State researchers, in a recent study, were surprised to learn that they could take the exact same number of seeds from the same plants, put them in agricultural fields across the Mid-Atlantic region and get profoundly different stands of cover crops a few months later.
Mentions
