Affiliated Researchers: Faculty Development

Sarah Zappe

Associate Research Professor, Leonhard Center for the Enhancement of Engineering Education
Top research keywords: Engineering, Entrepreneurship, Economic And Social Development, Engineering Students, Education

Douglas Wrenn

Associate Professor, Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education
Top research keywords: Economic And Social Development, Housing Prices, Taxation, Pennsylvania, Shale Gas Development

Jennifer Baka

Associate Professor and John T. Ryan, Jr. Faculty Fellow, College of Earth & Mineral Sciences
Top research keywords: Economic And Social Development, USA, Pennsylvania, Hydraulic Fracturing, Biofuel

Adri van Duin

Distinguished Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Top research keywords: ReaxFF, Molecular Dynamics Simulation, ReaxFF Reactive Force Field, Reactive Molecular Dynamics, Reactive Force Field

Kathleen Sexsmith

Assistant Professor, Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education
Top research keywords: Farmworkers, Immigrant, USA, Agriculture, New York

James Freihaut

Professor, Architectural Engineering
Top research keywords: Ultraviolet Germicidal Irradiation, Resuspension, Lamp, Case Study, Duct

Timothy Ryan

Professor, Anthropology
Top research keywords: Trabecular Bone, Primates, Hominin, Bone Volume Fraction, Talus

Joseph Ranalli

Professor, Penn State Hazleton
Top research keywords: Transfer Function, Irradiance, Heat Release Rate, Advection, Flame Transfer Function

Ida Djenontin

Assistant Professor, Geography
Top research keywords: Malawi, Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, Forest Landscape Restoration, Central Malawi

Mihyun Kang

Director of Sustainability, Stuckeman School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture
Top research keywords: USA, Older Adults, Economic And Social Development, Design Methodology, Energy Saving

Thomas Litzinger

Assistant Dean for Educational Innovation and Accreditation, College of Engineering
Top research keywords: Soot, Fuel, Students, Flame, Flames

Xun Cao

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

Randy L. Vander Wal

Professor, John and Willie Leone Department of Energy & Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Soot, Nanostructures, Nanomaterial, Soot Nanostructure, High-resolution Transmission Electron Microscopy (HRTEM)

Hannah Wiseman

Associate Professor, Penn State Law (University Park)
Top research keywords: USA, United States, Energy Law, Economic And Social Development, Federalism

Hong Wu

Associate Professor, Landscape Architecture
Top research keywords: Green Stormwater Infrastructure, China, Chinese, Public Perception, Green Infrastructure

Kathryn Brasier

Professor, Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education
Top research keywords: USA, Pennsylvania, Economic And Social Development, Agriculture, Women Farmers

Shihui Shen

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

Jeffrey Catchmark

Professor, Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Top research keywords: Bacterial Cellulose, Cellulose, Pullulan, Mechanical Property, Cellulose Nanowhiskers

Sanjay Srinivasan

Department Head and Professor, John and Willie Leone Department of Energy & Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Reservoir Model, Carbon Dioxide, Seismic Data, Geostatistics, Dynamic Data

Rui Shi

Assistant Professor, Chemical Engineering
Top research keywords: Life Cycle Assessment, Rare Earth Elements, Techno-economic Analysis, Lifecycle, Greenhouse Gas Abatement

Olumide Ogunmodimu

Assistant Professor, John and Willie Leone Department of Energy & Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Nigeria, Concentrated Solar Power, Vibrating Screen, Power Engineering, Granular Flow

Jeff D. Yanosky

Associate Professor, Department of Public Health Sciences
Top research keywords: PM2.5, Particular Matter 2.5, Atmospheric Aerosol, PM10, Particulate Matter

Erica Smithwick

Distinguished Professor, Geography
Top research keywords: Climate Change, Pinus, Prescribed Fire, Lodgepole Pine, Pennsylvania

Emily Pakhtigian

Assistant Professor in School of Public Policy, School of Public Policy
Top research keywords: Public Health, Coal-fired Power Plant, Cholera, Nepal, Bangladesh

Christopher Scott

Maurice K. Goddard Chair of Forestry and Environmental Conservation, Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
Top research keywords: Mexico, Economic And Social Development, India, Water Security, United States Of America

Charles Anderson

Professor, Biology
Top research keywords: Cellulose, Pectin, Arabidopsis Thaliana, Arabidopsis, Cell Wall

Mook Bangalore

Assistant Professor, School of Public Policy
Top research keywords: Poverty, Climate Change, Poor People, Climate Change Impacts, Poverty Alleviation

Thandazile Moyo

Assistant Professor, Leone Family Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Chalcopyrite, Ammonia, Ammoniacal Solution, Leaching, Printed Circuit Board

Peter Stempel

Associate Professor in Landscape Architecture, Landscape Architecture
Top research keywords: Coastal Hazards, Rhode Island, Barrier System, Sea Level Rise, Emergency Managers

Lauren McPhillips

Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Top research keywords: Stormwater, Hydrology, United States Of America, Green Stormwater Infrastructure, Climate Change

Stephanie Law

Associate Professor and Norris B. McFarlane Faculty Career Development Associate Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
Top research keywords: Molecular Beam Epitaxy, Film, Topological Insulator, Thin Films, Bismuth Telluride

Nathaniel Warner

Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Top research keywords: Gasses, Produced Water, Radium, United States Of America, Hydraulic Fracturing

Kimberly Lau

Assistant Professor, Geosciences
Top research keywords: Permian, Carbon Cycle, Uranium Isotopes, Uranium Isotope, Seawater

Margaret Busse

Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Top research keywords: Geothermal Energy, Salton Sea, Geothermal Brine, Lithium, Known Geothermal Resource Area

Meghan Hoskins

Director of Operations and Partnerships, Sustainability Institute

Michael Janik

Distinguished Professor, Chemical Engineering
Top research keywords: Density Functional Theory, Catalyst, Formation, First Principle, Density Functional Calculations

Mark Miller

Assistant Professor, Aerospace Engineering
Top research keywords: Reynolds' Number, Reynolds Number, High Reynolds Number, Compressed Air Motors, Rotors

Eliza Pennypacker

Top research keywords: Stormwater Management, Rain Water, Rainwater, Stormwater, Rain

Esther Obonyo

Professor, School of Engineering Design and Innovation
Top research keywords: Construction Workers, Posture Recognition, Case Study, Deep Neural Network, Building Materials

Li Li

Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Top research keywords: Reactive Transport, United States Of America, Carbon Dioxide, Streamflow, Transport Theory