Affiliated Researchers: Applied Research

Jennifer Macalady

Professor, Geosciences
Top research keywords: Biofilm, Microorganism, Microbial Community, Sulfide, Frasassi Caves

Feifei Shi

Assistant Professor, John and Willie Leone Department of Energy & Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Lithium, Lithium Ion Battery, Anode, Lithium-Ion Batteries, Lithium-ion Battery

Andrew Nyblade

Top research keywords: Upper Mantle, Lithosphere, Antarctic Region, Wave Velocity, Craton

Larry Gorenflo

Eleanor R. Stuckeman Chair in Design and Professor, Landscape Architecture
Top research keywords: Mexico, Basin Of Mexico, Settlement Patterns, Biodiversity Conservation, Pre-Hispanic

Nilanjan Ray Chaudhuri

Associate Professor, Electrical Engineering
Top research keywords: Power Engineering, Compressed Air Motors, Power Grid, Doubly-Fed Induction Generator, Outages

Mary Frecker

Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Top research keywords: Compliant Mechanism, Actuation, Actuator, Topology Optimization, Minimally Invasive Surgery

Donald Bryant

Ernest C. Pollard Professor of Biotechnology and Professor, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Top research keywords: Synechococcus, Cyanobacteria, Photosystem I Protein Complex, Chlorobi, Light

Tess Russo

Assistant Professor and Rudy L. Slingerland Early Career Professorship, Geosciences
Top research keywords: Groundwater, Water Management, Aquifer, Shale, Modeling

Olumide Ogunmodimu

Assistant Professor, John and Willie Leone Department of Energy & Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Concentrated Solar Power Technologies, Rheology, Northern Nigeria, Digital Elevation Model, Mechanistic Model

Molly Bletz

Assistant Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
Top research keywords: Amphibians, Batrachochytrium Dendrobatidis, Infectious Agent, Batrachochytrium Salamandrivorans, Microbiome

Carolee Bull

Professor, Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology
Top research keywords: Pseudomonas Syringae, Infectious Agent, Bacterial Leaf Spot, Lettuce, Leaf Spot

Gregory Pavlak

Assistant Professor, Architectural Engineering
Top research keywords: Thermal Comfort, Heat Storage, Energy Use, Energy Systems, Residential Building

Amir Sheikhi

Associate Professor, Chemical Engineering
Top research keywords: Hydrogel, Nanocellulose, Cellulose Nanocrystals, Biomaterial, Gelatin Methacryloyl (GelMA)

David Pollard

Senior Scientist, Earth and Environmental Systems Institute
Top research keywords: Ice Sheet, Ice, Climate, Climate Modeling, Simulation

Margot Kaye

Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
Top research keywords: Pinus, Quercus, Fire Regime, Climate Change, Populus

John (Jay) Regan

Professor of Environmental Engineering, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Top research keywords: Microbial Fuel Cell, Biofilm, Reactor, Air-cathode Microbial Fuel Cell, Acetate

Douglas Werner

John L. and Genevieve H. McCain Chair Professor, Electrical Engineering
Top research keywords: Antenna, Metamaterials, Metasurface, Genetic Algorithm, Dielectrics

Andrea Argüelles

Associate Professor, Engineering Science and Mechanics
Top research keywords: Ultrasonics, Additive Manufacturing, Polycrystal, Ultrasonic Testing, Porosity

Osama Awadelkarim

Professor, Engineering Science and Mechanics
Top research keywords: Silicon, Oxide Compound, Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor Field-Effect Transistor, Gate Oxide, Parylene C

Gordon Warn

Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Top research keywords: Sequential Decision Process, Decision Process, Trade Space Exploration, Finite Element Modeling, Structural Frames

Sven Schmitz

Professor, Aerospace Engineering
Top research keywords: Rotors, Rotor Hub, Compressed Air Motors, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Rotor

Gregory Jenkins

Professor, Meteorology and Atmospheric Science
Top research keywords: Climate Modeling, Western Africa, West Africa, Senegal, Troposphere

Guido Cervone

Professor, Geography
Top research keywords: Atmospherics, Remote Sensing, Analog Ensemble, Machine Learning, Earthquake

William Yourey

Associate Professor of Engineering, Penn State Hazleton
Top research keywords: Lithium-ion Cell, Positive Electrode, Negative Electrode, Polyiodides, Lithium

Chiara Lo Prete

Associate Professor, John and Willie Leone Department of Energy & Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Microgrid, Crossed Product, Financial Transmission Rights, Power Engineering, Game Analysis

Seth Blumsack

Professor, John and Willie Leone Department of Energy & Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Natural Gas, Power Engineering, United States, Power Grid, Joints (Structural Components)

Yun Kyung Shin

Associate Research Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Top research keywords: ReaxFF, Surface (Surface Science), ReaxFF Reactive Force Field, Computer Simulation, Force Field

Aleksandra Radlinska

Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Top research keywords: Material Properties, Alkali-activated Slag, Restrained Ring Test, Drying Shrinkage, Early-age Cracking

Timothy W. Kelsey

Professor, Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education
Top research keywords: Pennsylvania, Marcellus Shale, Agriculture, United States, Shale Gas

Athanasios Karamalidis

Assistant Professor, John and Willie Leone Department of Energy & Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Refinery Oily Sludge, Brine, Oily Sludge, Rare Earth Elements, Leaching Behavior

Stephen Chmely

Assistant Professor, Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Top research keywords: Lignin, Density Functional Theory, Mixed Metal Oxide Catalyst, Phosphide, Carbides

Michael G. Jacobson

Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
Top research keywords: Landowner, Pennsylvania, Forestry, Agroforestry, Landowners

Christian Pester

Associate Professor, Chemical Engineering
Top research keywords: Brushes, Polymer Brush, Block Copolymers, Polymers, Polymerization

Karl Mueller

Top research keywords: Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Magic Angle Spinning, Chemical Shift, Metal Spinning, Solid State

Scott H. Medina

Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering
Top research keywords: Nanoemulsion, Anticancer Peptides, Antimicrobial Peptides, Fluorous, Drug Discovery

Melik Demirel

Professor, Engineering Science and Mechanics
Top research keywords: Film, Protein Repeat, Nanostructures, Thin Films, Superconducting Quantum Interference Device (SQUID)

Qing Wang

Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
Top research keywords: Dielectric Material, Ferroelectric Material, Energy Density, Dielectrics, Polymer Nanocomposites

Sarah Nilson

Assistant Professor of Biology, Penn State Beaver
Top research keywords: Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, Heterotrimeric G Protein, G Protein, Arabidopsis, Lupus Erythematosus

Wayne Curtis

Professor of Chemical Engineering, Chemical Engineering
Top research keywords: Root Culture, Hyoscyamus Muticus, Hyoscyamus, Reactor, Cell Suspension

Benjamin Lear

Professor of Chemistry, Chemistry
Top research keywords: Mixed Valence, Electron Transfer, Electronics, Gold Nanoparticles, Photothermal