Symposium explores how the built environment can advance social equity
| news.psu.edu
Penn State is hosting a virtual symposium Sept. 23-24 that will explore how architects and designers in related disciplines can gain a better understanding of the impact the built environment has on shaping society’s inequalities, how the decisions they make as design professionals have consequences, and how they can help bring about better social equity in an increasingly polarizing world.
No-till production farmers can cut herbicide use, control weeds, protect profits
| news.psu.edu
Farmers using no-till production — in which soil never or rarely is plowed or disturbed — can reduce herbicide use and still maintain crop yields by implementing integrated weed-management methods, according to a new study conducted by Penn State researchers.
Wildfires: The new normal is now
| by Erica Smithwick
In 2011, we published a paper that predicted continued warming could transform the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem by mid-Century. I had no idea that just ten years later, I would bring my children to see this magical place, only to have it shrouded in wildfire smoke.
Graduate students invited to attend fall science communication workshop
| news.psu.edu
Graduate students are invited to participate in the 2021 Graduate Student Science Communication Workshop on both Tuesday, Sept. 21 and Wednesday, Sept. 22.
Are we finally ready to tackle the other greenhouse gas?
| newyorker.com
The smokestack of a ship might help us deal with spiking levels of methane.
Better, sustainable early building designs may be possible with NSF grant
| news.psu.edu
In the NSF-funded project, two engineering researchers plan to study how expert designers use software during the early iterations of their work, giving architectural engineers a larger voice in the conversation and potentially designing better, more sustainable buildings.
Department associate heads appointed to amplify diversity efforts in EMS
| news.psu.edu
The College of Earth and Mineral Sciences has provided funding for each of its five departments to appoint associate heads for diversity, equity and inclusion.
Registration now open for Penn State's marquee materials research event
| news.psu.edu
The annual Materials Day will be held Oct 12-13 in a hybrid remote/in-person format with the theme "The Intersection of Materials, Manufacturing and Sustainability."
Electrical engineering grad student wins award in international poster contest
| psu.edu
Kaustav Chatterjee, a third-year electrical engineering doctoral student at Penn State, received second place in the graduate student poster contest at the 2021 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Power and Energy Society (IEEE PES) general meeting, held virtually from July 26-29.
A laboratory at scale: A hydrogen and carbon storage project in Clinton County is tapping into all the trends
| post-gazette.com
A 7,000 acre plot of land in Clinton County now holds four natural gas wells and a small liquefied natural gas facility, but is envisioned as the home of Pennsylvania's first hydrogen and carbon capture storage project.
Seed grant to explore using AI to model subsurface rock formations
| psu.edu
Yashar Mehmani, assistant professor in the John and Willie Leone Family Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering recently received a seed grant from the Institute for Computational and Data Sciences to develop a new method to model the Earth’s subsurface using artificial intelligence.
Faculty Friday: Jason Rasgon
Meet Jason Rasgon, an IEE co-fund and a College of Agricultural Sciences faculty member. One thing he wants you to know about his research is there a lot of positives when it comes to GMOs. Rasgon studies insects, like mosquitoes, and how they transmit diseases. He also researches how to alter insects’ genes in order to change the way they spread disease.
Storing carbon dioxide underground could offset the record amounts of CO2 that humans emit each year. If this technology is successful, it could be an answer to climate change impacts, such as rising temperatures and acidification of the ocean. However, the process is complex and costly. A team of researchers is exploring one way liquid CO2 could be injected into rock formations, which may efficiently convert the molecule into a solid. Listen to the podcast.
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