Students engineer solutions to airport aggravations
| psu.edu
Students taking a leadership course in Penn State’s School of Engineering Design, Technology, and Professional Programs placed in the Airport Cooperative Research Program, a national engineering competition that aims to solve problems and inconveniences common to airports.
Innovator in environmental insurance featured on new episode of Dare to Disrupt
| psu.edu
David Rosenberg, former principal and executive vice president at Environmental Compliance Services, shares his story on Invent Penn State's "Dare to Disrupt" podcast.
Summer workshops focus on artificial intelligence in science
| psu.edu
Team members from the Institute for Computational and Data Sciences offered their expertise, experience, and even their office space to host a series of summer workshops and camps focused on advanced statistical and computational tools that scientists are using to explore everything from astronomy to zoology.
Professor, graduate student soar to success through shared sailplane passion
| psu.edu
When aerospace engineering doctoral student Chris Axten was a child, he would sometimes accompany his mother to her work at Patuxent Naval Air Station in Maryland and watch the aircraft flying overhead, curious about how such large vehicles could move through the air. His curiosity grew, and when he enrolled at Penn State in 2012 as a first-year undergraduate student, the Department of Aerospace Engineering was his top choice. Once he met Mark Maughmer, professor of aerospace engineering at Penn State, Axten’s interest in aircraft solidified into a passion for sailplanes.
Stuckeman research units to host lecture series highlighting design research
| psu.edu
The research units housed in the Penn State College of Architecture’s Stuckeman School — the Stuckeman Center for Design Computing, the Hamer Center for Community Design and the Ecology plus Design initiative — are hosting a series of six lectures during the 2022-23 academic year to highlight the research work that’s being done within the school.
Brian Black is speaker at international petrocultures conference
| psu.edu
Brian Black, head of Penn State Altoona's Division of Arts and Humanities and Distinguished Professor of history and environmental studies, recently spoke at the international Petrocultures 2022: Transformations conference held in Stavanger, Norway.
Multi-institution, $4.6 million NSF grant to fund nanotechnology training
| psu.edu
The Center for Nanotechnology Education and Utilization in the Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics at Penn State is one of the recipients of a four-year $4.6 million, multi-institution grant from the National Science Foundation. The grant will fund microelectronics and nanomanufacturing training for military service members and veterans in ongoing efforts to create a robust nanomanufacturing workforce establish the U.S.
Study suggests one-third of wild bee species in Pa. have declined in abundance
| psu.edu
Over a six-year period in southcentral Pennsylvania, measures of biodiversity among wild bee communities declined and one-third of species experienced decreases in abundance, according to a Penn State-led team of researchers.
Thinking of jumping into the three rivers? Check for toxins
| post-gazette.com
Torrential rains that flooded much of the country recently missed most of southwestern Pennsylvania. But when heavy rains and snowmelt inundate Pittsburgh, excess surface water and untreated sewage overwhelm the region’s antiquated municipal sewage system and overflow into Pittsburgh’s rivers. This article mentions Penn State Extension expertise.
Entomologist explains the secret to stomping out spotted lanternflies
| wesa.fm
The spotted lanternfly has infested the deepest corners of the state. The invasive red, gray, and black insect has been killing plants across the state since its arrival in 2014. This Pittsburgh-based National Public Radio article quotes Kelli Hoover, professor of entomology.
Composting electronics: How food waste can pull rare earth materials from your discarded tech
| yahoo.com
In the 2017 science fiction film Attraction, an alien spaceship arrives on Earth, kicking off an unconventional love story between a human and an alien, with the fate of our planet in the balance. It hinges on the idea that we can’t control our attractions, but we might be able to bend them to our benefit. Scientists at Pennsylvania State University are using a similar strategy in a less dramatic way, but with potentially dramatic impacts on our planet.
Here’s how corporations can leverage the Inflation Reduction Act to address climate change
| thehill.com
If corporations, large organizations and consumers do not rise to the challenge now, the IRA by itself will surely not solve the climate problem. This op-ed was written by Paul Shrivastava, professor of management and organization.
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. Listen to the podcast.
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