Penn State Energy and Environment News

Where the rivers meet the sea

Monday, May 8, 2017 | psu.edu

Penn State researchers have created a new hybrid technology that produces unprecedented amounts of electrical power where seawater and freshwater combine at the coast.

Big data, big science: Students share 'big data' research at poster session

Friday, April 28, 2017 | psu.edu

Data comes in all shapes and sizes -- from text-based tweets to satellite imagery. The variability of that data was on display at the recent Big Data Social Science (BDSS) poster session.

EMS Museum & Art Gallery hosting conversation with Pulitzer Prize winner Wolfe

Tuesday, March 21, 2017 | psu.edu

The College of Earth and Mineral Sciences (EMS) is hosting a conversation with Pulitzer Prize winner Julia Wolfe along with other events commemorating the history of coal mining in Pennsylvania, from 4-5:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 30, in the EMS Museum & Art Gallery, ground floor of the Deike Building on the University Park campus. The events are free and open to the public.

Xuan to look for biofuel of the future using DOE Co-Optima award

Thursday, March 2, 2017 | psu.edu

Penn State Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering Yuan Xuan and researchers at Yale University will work together to identify clean-burning biofuels for next-generation internal combustion engines thanks to a $1.2 million award from the Energy Department’s Co-Optimization of Fuels and Engines Initiative.

Black History Month Scholar's program highlights faculty research

Monday, February 20, 2017 | psu.edu

Panelists will share their research in three panel discussions for the Black History Month PSU Scholar’s Program, highlighting scholarship by Penn State faculty members of African descent, Feb. 21 and 22 in Pattee Library's Foster Auditorium at University Park.

Measuring and improving the impact of parks on health

Thursday, February 16, 2017 | psu.edu

A team of Penn State researchers is working with the National Park Service to measure and improve its impact on people’s health.

Climate dynamics professor co-authors report assessing cost of climate change

Wednesday, February 1, 2017 | psu.edu

Chris Forest, associate professor of climate dynamics at Penn State, was co-author of a National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine report recommending new methods for estimating the social cost of carbon emissions worldwide. According to the report, new practices would strengthen the scientific basis, provide greater transparency, and improve characterization of uncertainties over the current estimates.

Giebink to explore new optical materials using NSF CAREER Award

Thursday, January 26, 2017 | psu.edu

Electrical engineer Chris Giebink has received a Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for his project, “Non-Hermitian Organic Photonics.”

College of Engineering seed grants support multidisciplinary research efforts

Friday, January 13, 2017 | psu.edu

Penn State's College of Engineering recently awarded funding to four projects through its Multidisciplinary Research Seed Grants program.

Karen Thole named distinguished professor of mechanical and nuclear engineering

Monday, January 9, 2017 | psu.edu

Karen Thole, professor and department head of mechanical and nuclear engineering, has been named a Penn State distinguished professor.

Grants from NSF power super-resolution microscope, probe cell walls in plants

Thursday, December 8, 2016 | news.psu.edu

Researchers look at ways to improve Pennsylvania bridges

Monday, October 31, 2016 | psu.edu

Every day, millions of Pennsylvania motorists drive on or under one of the Commonwealth’s more than 22,000 bridges without ever thinking about its safety and durability. Researchers at Penn State, in collaboration with the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, however, are thinking about it and are trying to improve the bridges in the process.