IEE faculty, staff, and projects in the news
Spring speakers for Coffee Hour lecture series announced
| psu.edu
The Department of Geography Coffee Hour lecture series resumes on Friday afternoons beginning Jan. 31 through April 24 for the spring 2020 semester on Penn State's University Park campus. Topics range from innovations in GIScience, to food security to land use and justice issues, among others.
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How anti-sprawl policies may be harming water quality
| psu.edu
Urban growth boundaries, which aim to decrease negative impacts on people and the environment, can have a reverse effect on water quality, according to a Penn State researcher.
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Spring 2020 EarthTalks series presents science toward solutions
| psu.edu
The spring 2020 EarthTalks series, "Societal Problems, EESI Science towards Solutions," features scientists from Penn State’s Earth and Environmental Systems Institute and explores the human impacts on the global environment and how to apply this knowledge to decision-making.
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James Kasting
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Christopher House
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Erica Smithwick
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Richard Alley
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Kenneth Davis
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Seth Blumsack
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Chris Forest
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Roman Dibiase
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Klaus Keller
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Laifang Li
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Dave Yoxtheimer
Blocking blackouts: Q&A with engineer Ray Chaudhuri on protecting the power grid
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A team of engineers at Penn State is developing ways to prevent and deal with the "cascading failures" that lead to massive blackouts that can cripple a city or region for days.
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Penn State scientist shares knowledge of soil science during visit to Ukraine
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Ukraine is called the “breadbasket of Europe,” a moniker earned because of the fertile, black soils that blanket its landscape. As a longtime professor of environmental soil science in Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences, Rick Stehouwer has studied this famed “chernozem” soil, knowledge he acquired through books, lectures and lab samples.
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Exposing exposure: Finding the connections between air pollution and health
| news.psu.edu
For years, research has suggested a connection between air pollution and human health issues. Penn State researcher Jeff D. Yanosky searches for those connections.
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Chemical engineering Research for Undergraduates students earn poster awards
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Students from the Penn State Department of Chemical Engineering’s Research Experience for Undergraduates program recently earned two awards at the 2019 American Institute of Chemical Engineers Undergraduate Student Poster Competition.
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Michael Janik
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Howard Salis
Thunderquakes make underground fiber optic telecommunications cables hum (audio available)
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Telecommunications lines designed for carrying internet and phone service can pick up the rumble of thunder underground, potentially providing scientists with a new way of detecting environmental hazards and imaging deep inside the Earth.
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Fiber-optic cables capture thunderquake rumbles
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Underground fiber-optic cables, like those that connect the world through phone and internet service, hold untapped potential for monitoring severe weather, according to scientists.
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Impact of animal infectious disease to be focus of conference at Penn State
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Exploring the emergence, spread and control of animal diseases is the focus of the inaugural Emerging Animal Infectious Disease Conference, scheduled for March 23-25, 2020, at the Wyndham Garden Inn, Boalsburg. The event will be co-hosted by Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences, the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture and Penn State’s Center for Security Research and Education.
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Suresh Kuchipudi
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Richard Roush
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Russell Redding
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Isabella Cattadori
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Andrew Read
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Troy Sutton
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Sandeep Prabhu
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James Houck
Role of universities examined in disaster-preparedness, response and recovery
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Roughly 400 researchers and educators from more than 114 institutions across the nation recently joined together to explore how higher education can strengthen preparedness, response and recovery in the face of growing threats posed by climate change and extreme weather during the "RISE CONFERENCE 2019: Transforming University Engagement In Pre- and Post-Disaster Environments: Lessons from Puerto Rico."
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Erica Smithwick
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Jenni L. Evans
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Ben Goldman
Sally W. Kalin Associate Librarian for Technological Innovations and Digital Records Archivist, University Libraries - University Park
Penn State research projects awarded USDA organic agriculture grants
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Three organic-agriculture projects led by faculty members in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences have received grants from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture. The funding, totaling more than $1.3 million, was awarded through USDA-NIFA's Organic Transitions Program.
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