Affiliated Researchers: Environment

Allison Beese

Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
Top research keywords: Three Dimensional Printing, Additive Manufacturing, Ti-6Al-4V (Ti64), Mechanical Properties, Ti-6Al-4V

Esther Prins

Professor, Learning and Performance Systems
Top research keywords: Literacy Programmes, Family Literacy Programmes, Family Literacy, Adult Literacy, Literacy

Gordon Warn

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

Rick Bates

Professor, Plant Science
Top research keywords: Horticulture, Vegetative Buffers, Dust, Christmas Trees, Foliar Nitrogen

Wilson Brown

Associate Professor of Clinical Psychology, School of Humanities & Social Sciences (Behrend)
Top research keywords: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms, Severe Mental Illness, Mental Illness

Xun Cao

Professor, Political Science
Top research keywords: China, Democracy, Trade Competition, Chinese, Public Goods

Wenjie Li

Assistant Research Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
Top research keywords: Thermoelectrics, Thermoelectricity, Sintering, Thermoelectric Materials, Yb3+

Jennifer Van Hook

Roy C. Buck Professor, Sociology and Criminology
Top research keywords: Immigrant, USA, Immigrants, United States, Immigrant Children

Rudolf Schilder

Associate Professor, Entomology
Top research keywords: Alternative Splicing, Skeletal Muscle, Flight, Troponin T, Flight Muscle

Howard Salis

Associate Professor, Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Top research keywords: Genetics, Dynamics, Promoter Region, Messenger RNA, Gene Expression

Chris Skurka

Assistant Professor, Film-Video and Media Studies
Top research keywords: Climate Change, Graphic Warning Labels, Older Adults, Activism, Cigarette Packs

Farshad Rajabipour

Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Top research keywords: Alkali Silica Reaction, Portland Cement, Cementitious Material, Fly Ash, Phase Composition

S. Shyam Sundar

Distinguished Professor, Film-Video and Media Studies
Top research keywords: Interactivity, Customization, User Experience, Between-subject, User Engagement

Somayeh Asadi

Associate Professor, Architectural Engineering
Top research keywords: Energy Utilization, Scheduling, Renewable Energy Resources, Hot Temperature, Asphalt Pavements

Catherine Nettles Cutter

Professor, Food Science
Top research keywords: Beef Carcass, Beef, Escherichia Coli, Listeria Monocytogenes, Escherichia Coli O157

Juan Pablo "JP" Gevaudan

Assistant Professor, Architectural Engineering
Top research keywords: Alkali-activated Cement, Sodium, Aluminosilicate, Cementitious Material, Geopolymer

Kathy Kelley

Professor, Plant Science
Top research keywords: Wine, Pennsylvania, Consumer Preferences, Edible Flower, Edible Flowers

Stephen Lynch

Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Top research keywords: Turbine, Heat Transfer, Cooling Hole, Endwall, Additive Manufacturing

Majid Foolad

Professor, Plant Science
Top research keywords: Tomato, Lycopersicon, Salt Tolerance, Quantitative Trait Loci, Quantitative Trait Locus

Melanie Hetzel-Riggin

Professor, School of Humanities & Social Sciences (Behrend)
Top research keywords: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Trauma, College Students, Sexual Assault, Peritraumatic Dissociation

Timothy W. Kelsey

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

Edward (Ted) Reutzel

Senior Research Associate, Applied Research Laboratory (ARL)
Top research keywords: Additive Manufacturing, Powder Bed Fusion, Directed Energy Deposition, Ti-6Al-4V (Ti64), Powder Bed Fusion Additive Manufacturing

Theodore R. Alter

Professor, Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education
Top research keywords: Community Development, Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Tax Capitalization, Performance Evaluation

William Driscoll

Top research keywords: Altruism, Allelopathy, Sociobiology, Eutrophication, Haptophyta

Tanya Renner

Associate Professor, Entomology
Top research keywords: Carnivorous Plants, Evolution, Genomics, Primary Metabolism, Carabid Beetles

Julie Urban

Associate Research Professor, Entomology
Top research keywords: Hemiptera, Spotted Lanternfly, Fulgoridae, Lycorma Delicatula, Planthopper

Weihua Guan

Associate Professor, Electrical Engineering
Top research keywords: Nanopore, Nucleic Acid Testing, Resistive, Sample-to-answer, Solid-state Nanopore

Daniel Hayes

Professor, Biomedical Engineering
Top research keywords: Human Adipose-derived Stem Cells (hADSCs), Human Adipose, Adipose-derived Stromal Stem Cells, Adipokinetic Hormone, MicroRNA

Scott H. Medina

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

Louisa Holmes

Associate Professor, Geography
Top research keywords: Older Adults, Young Adults, Narcotic Drugs, San Francisco Bay Area, San Francisco

Jeffrey Hyde

Director of Extension and Associate Dean, Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education
Top research keywords: Dairy Farm, Maize, Wine, Pennsylvania, Cow

Michael Yukish

Research Associate, Applied Research Laboratory (ARL)
Top research keywords: Trade Space Exploration, Trade Space, Decision Maker, Data Visualization, Decision Process

Elizabeth Ransom

Associate Professor, School of International Affairs
Top research keywords: Food Systems, Botswana, Food Insecurity, Food Security, Livestock

Gamini Mendis

Assistant Professor of Engineering, School of Engineering (Behrend)
Top research keywords: Energy Consumption, Genetic Algorithm, Energy Conservation, Energy Efficiency, Machine Tool

Marie Boltz

Professor, Ross and Carol Nese College of Nursing
Top research keywords: People With Dementia, Older Adults, Nursing Home, Function Focused Care, Hospitalized Older Adults

Simon Miller

Research Assistant, Applied Research Laboratory (ARL)
Top research keywords: Decision Process, Sequential Decision Process, Design Space, Model Fidelity, Data Visualization

Jacqueline O'Connor

Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Top research keywords: Combustor, Combustion Instability, Vortex, Nozzle, Shear Layer

Alfredo Bellon

Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health
Top research keywords: Schizophrenia, Neuronal Cells, Neurite, Melatonin, Cell Transdifferentiation

Philip Bevilacqua

Professor, Chemistry
Top research keywords: RNA, Ribozyme, Mg2+, RNA Structure, Hepatitis Delta Virus

Aron Laszka

Assistant Professor, College of Information Sciences and Technology
Top research keywords: Blockchain, Attackers, Attacker, Smart Contract, Adversary