Affiliated Researchers: Division

Etya Amsalem

Associate Professor, Entomology
Top research keywords: Bumblebee, Queen, Bombus Impatiens, Apoidea, Social Insect

Manzhu Yu

Associate Professor, Geography
Top research keywords: Dust Storm, Particular Matter 2.5, Machine Learning, Cloud Computing, Deep Learning

Rebecca Bliege Bird

Professor, Anthropology
Top research keywords: Martu, Australia, Western Desert, Foragers, Hunters

Azar Eslam Panah

Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Division of Engineering, Business & Computing (Berks)
Top research keywords: Vortex Flow, Vorticity, Airfoils, Leading Edges, Vortices

Joel Morrison

Associate Research Professor, EMS Energy Institute
Top research keywords: Coal Water Slurry, Co-firing, Fire Technology, Performance Requirement, Fly Ash Utilization

Joel Anstrom

Associate Research Professor, Larson Pennsylvania Transportation Institute
Top research keywords: Battery Pack, Hybrid-Electric Vehicle, Hybrid Electric Vehicle, Lithium-Ion Batteries, Control Strategy

Brian Black

Division Head and Distinguished Professor, History, Division of Arts & Humanities (Altoona)
Top research keywords: Energy Landscape, Climate Change, United States, Petroleum, Economic Development

Susan Stewart

Associate Teaching Professor, Aerospace Engineering
Top research keywords: Wind Turbine, Condenser, Condenser Design, Exchanger, Finned-tube Condenser

Monty Alger

Top research keywords: Liquid Metal, Metal Solutions, Gibbs Free Energy, Polycarbonate, Phase Composition

Corey Gracie-Griffin

Professor, Division of Arts & Humanities (Altoona)
Top research keywords: Structural System, Embodied Energy, Structural Materials, Existing Buildings, United States

Dale Litwhiler

Associate Professor, Division of Engineering, Business & Computing (Berks)
Top research keywords: Mechanical Engineering, Engineering Technology, LabVIEW, Energy Harvesting, Data Collection

Mohamad Darayi

Associate Professor of Systems Engineering, Engineering Division (Great Valley)
Top research keywords: Network Components, Vulnerability, Disruptions, Multi-industry, Freight Transportation

Janelle Larson

Professor, Division of Engineering, Business & Computing (Berks)
Top research keywords: Access To Credit, Developing World, Teaching Innovation, Informal Sector, Institutional Factors

Lisa Emili

Associate Professor, Division of Mathematics & Natural Sciences (Altoona)
Top research keywords: Peatland, Creek, British Columbia, Surface Water, National Memorial

Michael Gannon

Professor, Division of Mathematics & Natural Sciences (Altoona)
Top research keywords: Chiroptera, Puerto Rico, Experimental Forests, Hurricanes, Habitat Selection

Sohail Anwar

Professor, Division of Business, Engineering, and Information Sciences & Technology (Altoona)
Top research keywords: Engineering Technology, Engineering, Penn State, Baccalaureate Degree, Electromechanical Engineering

Tami Mysliwiec

Associate Professor of Biology, Division of Science (Berks)
Top research keywords: Tyrosine Kinase, C-Terminus, Receptor Tyrosine Kinase, SH3 Domain, Sporogenesis

Masataka Okutsu

Associate Professor of Engineering, Division of Engineering and Science (Abington)
Top research keywords: Mars, Low-thrust, Cycler, Jupiter, Synodic Period

Lorena Tribe

Professor of Chemistry, Division of Science (Berks)
Top research keywords: Computational Chemistry, Surface Complexes, Goethite, Adsorption, Optical Modes

Ashkan Negahban

Associate Professor of Engineering Management, Engineering Division (Great Valley)
Top research keywords: Simulated Environment, Simulation-based Learning, Agent-based Simulation, Simulation Model, Problem-Based Learning

Denise Potosky

Professor, Management Division (Great Valley)
Top research keywords: Work Performance, Job Performance, Cognitive Ability, Personnel, Predictors

Kathryn W. Jablokow

Professor, Engineering Division (Great Valley)
Top research keywords: Students, Engineering Design, Design, Engineers, Engineering Education

Jacob Benfield

Professor of Psychology, Division of Social Sciences (Abington)
Top research keywords: Natural Sounds, Wildlife, Psychology, National Park, Social Interaction

Samantha Powers

Assistant Professor of Recreation, Park, and Tourism Management, Division of Social Sciences (Abington)
Top research keywords: USA, Local Parks, Campus Recreation, Protected Areas, Local Recreation

Shihui Shen

Distinguished Professor, Division of Business, Engineering, and Information Sciences & Technology (Altoona)
Top research keywords: Asphalt Pavements, Asphalt Mixture, Pavement, Asphalt Pavement, Asphalt Binder

Kofi Adu

Professor of Physics, Division of Mathematics & Natural Sciences (Altoona)
Top research keywords: Carbon Nanotube, Nanowire, Carbon Nanotubes, Multi-walled Carbon Nanotubes (MWCNTs), Thermoelectrics

Yimin Zhu

Associate Professor, Division of Mathematics & Natural Sciences (Altoona)
Top research keywords: Monolignol, Lignification, Lignin, P-coumarate, Facile Synthesis

Greg Barber

Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Division of Mathematics & Natural Sciences (Altoona)
Top research keywords: Photonic Crystals, Surface Plasmons, Photonic Crystal, Solar Cells, Dye-sensitized Solar Cells

Christopher Rahn

Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Top research keywords: Fluidics, Actuator, Lithium-Ion Batteries, Fluidic Flexible Matrix Composites, Lithium-ion Battery

Xuemei Huang

Associate Dean for Physician-Scientist Development, Penn State College of Medicine
Top research keywords: Parkinson Disease, Substantia Nigra, Manganese, Fingers, Welding

Robin Guanghua Qiu

Professor, Engineering Division (Great Valley)
Top research keywords: Gas Fuel Manufacture, Production Line, Semiconductor Manufacturing, Shop Floor, Information Systems

Carolyn Mahan

Professor, Division of Mathematics & Natural Sciences (Altoona)
Top research keywords: Eastern Chipmunk, Tamias, Pennsylvania, Tamias Striatus, National Parks

Burcu Ozden

Assistant Professor of Engineering, Division of Engineering and Science (Abington)
Top research keywords: Polaritons, Transistor, AlGaN-GaN, Electron Mobility, GaN HEMT

Cynthia J. Whitener

Professor, Department of Medicine
Top research keywords: Human Immunodeficiency Virus, Infection, Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus Aureus, Heart Surgery, Mycobacterium Chimaera

Sarah Kawasaki

Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health
Top research keywords: Opioid Use Disorder, Opioid Abuse, Buprenorphine, Opioids, Pennsylvania

Cheryl Thompson

Professor, Interim Vice Chair for Education and Endowed Chair in Cancer Population Sciences Research, Department of Public Health Sciences
Top research keywords: Breast Cancer, Colon Cancer, Neoplasm, Melanoma, Malignant Neoplasm