Nuclear engineering professor receives award with a long family connection
| psu.edu
Arthur Motta, a professor of nuclear engineering in the Penn State College of Engineering, received the American Nuclear Society’s Arthur Holly Compton Award in Education in June for his outstanding contributions to science and engineering education. But what made the award especially meaningful, Motta said, was its connection to his grandfather, Arthur Moses, who was a contemporary of Compton.
Penn State, Indiana libraries launch pilot to advance scholarly publishing
| psu.edu
Penn State University Libraries and Indiana University Library are partnering with Next Generation Library Publishing on a Big Ten Academic Alliance-funded pilot project. Using state-of-the-art technology, it aims to enable greater discovery, dissemination and preservation of participating institutions’ published open access content for users to experience those materials as a single, shared collection.
Lots going on at the Crops, Soils and Conservation Area at Ag Progress Days
| psu.edu
There will be a lot going on in and around the J.D. Harrington Crops, Soils and Conservation Building at Penn State’s Ag Progress Days, Aug. 13-15. Exhibits and activities will feature crop management, renewable energy, conservation education and planting demonstrations, as well as the signature hay show.
New NSF-funded center established to lead geologic CO2 storage innovation
| psu.edu
A team from the University of Southern California Viterbi School of Engineering and Penn State College of Earth and Mineral Sciences has received funding from the U.S. National Science Foundation to establish a center named CO2 Storage Modeling, Analytics and Risk Reduction Technologies (CO2-SMART). CO2-SMART will be dedicated to innovation in geologic sequestration of carbon dioxide as a technology to enable industrial decarbonization at scale.
$1.1M ARPA-E award to fund project exploring potential of geologic hydrogen
| psu.edu
A group of Penn State researchers is one of 18 teams selected to receive $1.1 million in funding from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E). The two-year cooperative agreement supports early-stage research and development to advance low-cost, low-emissions production of geologic hydrogen, which is produced naturally in Earth’s subsurface and could contribute to a more sustainable, energy-independent future.
Professor Andrew Nyblade steps down as head of geosciences
| psu.edu
Professor of Geosciences Andrew Nyblade recently stepped down as head of the Department of Geosciences after five years at the helm, during which the department sustained research success and improved diversity under his leadership.
Sixth Bioinorganic Workshop brings researchers together for unique opportunity
| psu.edu
Since 2010, the Penn State Eberly College of Science’s Department of Chemistry has hosted the Bioinorganic Workshop for researchers in the bioinorganic chemistry field at Penn State and other universities across the country and around the world.
Complete recycle of solid-state batteries possible, thanks to polymer layers
| interestingengineering.com
The recycled battery retained over 92 percent of the original coin cell battery’s discharge capacity. This article mentions Penn State research.
There's a right and a wrong way to build a solar farm
| popsci.com
Large renewable energy installations can handle storm runoff and soil erosion, if constructed correctly. This article quotes Lauren McPhillips, assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering
Q&A: Xianbiao Hu on driving transportation research forward
| psu.edu
Xianbiao "XB" Hu, assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering at Penn State with a Larson Transportation Institute (LTI) affiliation, shared his transportation engineering expertise with President Neeli Bendapudi and others at a visit to LTI’s test track on June 29. Penn State News spoke with Hu about his research and some of his recent and ongoing projects that address emerging transportation issues affecting drivers in Pennsylvania.
Solar farms with stormwater controls mitigate runoff, erosion, study finds
| psu.edu
As the number of major utility-scale ground solar panel installations grows, concerns about their impacts on natural hydrologic processes also have grown. However, a new study by Penn State researchers suggests that excess runoff or increased erosion can be easily mitigated — if these “solar farms” are properly built.
Penn State announces new Office of Research Administration Services
| psu.edu
Penn State has announced the establishment of the new Office of Research Administration Services, under the Office of Senior Vice President for Research, with John Hanold as the lead.
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