Affiliated Researchers: Press

Mary Frecker

Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Top research keywords: Compliant Mechanisms, Compliant Mechanism, Actuators, Shape Optimization, Elastomers

Ali Memari

Professor and Bernard and Henrietta Hankin Chair in Residential Building Construction, Architectural Engineering
Top research keywords: Sealants, Glass, Earthquakes, Mockups, Curtain

Priya Sharma

Associate Professor, Learning & Performance Systems
Top research keywords: Students, Weblog, Blogs, Learning, Student

Kathy Kelley

Professor, Plant Science
Top research keywords: Edible Flowers, Consumer Preferences, Wine, Purchasing, Gardeners

Emily Rosenman

Assistant Professor, Geography
Top research keywords: Geography, Finance, Poverty, Profit, Monetary Policy

Lara Fowler

Senior Lecturer, Penn State Law (University Park)
Top research keywords: Stakeholder, Water Resources Management, Behavioural Change, Neutral Third Party, Social Change

Scott H. Medina

Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering
Top research keywords: Peptides, Peptide, Cells, Proteins, Membranes

Ashkan Negahban

Associate Professor of Engineering Management, Engineering Division (Great Valley)
Top research keywords: Agent-based Simulation, New Products, Hybrid Simulation, Problem-Based Learning, Sales

Trevor Birkenholtz

Professor, Geography
Top research keywords: India, Farmer, Irrigation, Groundwater, Water

Yuefeng Xie

Professor, School of Science, Engineering & Technology (Harrisburg)
Top research keywords: Disinfection, Haloacetic Acid, Byproducts, Byproduct, Potable Water

Melanie Hetzel-Riggin

Professor, School of Humanities & Social Sciences (Behrend)
Top research keywords: Post-Traumatic Stress Disorders, Dissociative Disorders, Trauma, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Wounds And Injuries

Fariborz Tavangarian

Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering, School of Science, Engineering & Technology (Harrisburg)
Top research keywords: Scaffolds, Tissue Engineering, Mechanical Activation, Powders, Nanostructures

Elizabeth Ransom

Associate Professor, School of International Affairs
Top research keywords: Food, Local Food Systems, Global Commodity Chains, Gender, Rural Communities

Anil Kumar Chaudhary

Assistant Professor, Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education
Top research keywords: Evaluation, Water Conservation, Irrigation, Programming, Education

Joseph Ranalli

Associate Professor, Penn State Hazleton
Top research keywords: Flames, Flame, Students, Transfer Functions, Advection

Paola C. Ferreri

Associate Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
Top research keywords: Salvelinus Namaycush, Lake, Great Lakes, Salvelinus Fontinalis, Salmo Trutta

Thomas Litzinger

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

Mark E. Patzkowsky

Professor, Geosciences
Top research keywords: Ordovician, Extinction, Brachiopod, Mass Extinction, Biofacies

George Young

Professor, Meteorology and Atmospheric Science
Top research keywords: Boundary Layer, Synthetic Aperture Radar, Convection, Weather, Forecast

Miriam Freedman

Professor, Chemistry
Top research keywords: Aerosol, Aerosols, Phase Separation, Nucleation, Ammonium Sulfate

Saptarshi Das

Associate Professor, Engineering Science and Mechanics
Top research keywords: Field Effect Transistors, Field Effect, Monolayers, Transition Metals, Graphene

Bruce Logan

Evan Pugh University Professor and Kappe Professor of Environmental Engineering, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Top research keywords: Microbial Fuel Cells, Cathodes, Fuel Cell, Cathode, Regenerative Fuel Cells

Robert Voigt

Professor, Marcus Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
Top research keywords: Foundry, Nodular Iron, Foundries, Cast Iron, Heat Treatment

Zuleima Karpyn

Associate Dean for Graduate Education and Research; Professor, John and Willie Leone Department of Energy & Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Rocks, Permeability, Fluids, Fluid, Oil Well Flooding

Jason Keagy

Assistant Research Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
Top research keywords: Mating Success, Gasterosteidae, Gasterosteus Aculeatus, Smegmamorpha, Sexual Selection

Vincent Meunier

Professor, Engineering Science and Mechanics
Top research keywords: Nanoribbon, Electronic Properties, Graphene Nanoribbon, Graphene, Density Functional Theory

Jessica Conway

Associate Professor, Mathematics
Top research keywords: HIV, Therapy, Virus, HIV Infection, Infection

John E. Carlson

Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
Top research keywords: Genome, Magnoliopsida, Populus, Genes, Coleoptera

Ralph Colby

Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
Top research keywords: Ionomers, Ionomer, Polymers, Polyelectrolytes, Ions

Sulin Zhang

Professor, Engineering Science and Mechanics
Top research keywords: Lithiation, Carbon Nanotubes, Lithium-ion Batteries, Lithium, Electric Batteries

Jill Hamilton

Associate Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
Top research keywords: Picea, Hybrid Zone, Pinus Torreyana, Picea Glauca, Climate

Michela Centinari

Associate Professor, Plant Science
Top research keywords: Vineyards, Vines, Vitis, Cover Crops, Fruit

Amir Sheikhi

Assistant Professor, Chemical Engineering
Top research keywords: Nanocellulose, Hydrogels, Hydrogel, Cellulose, Cellulose Nanocrystals

Hongtao Sun

Assistant Professor, John and Willie Leone Department of Energy & Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Graphene, Atomic Layer Deposition, Lithium-ion Batteries, Anodes, Atomic Layer Epitaxy

Asok Ray

Distinguished Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Top research keywords: Finite Automata, Time Series, Control Systems, Sensors, Formal Languages

Kelli Hoover

Professor, Entomology
Top research keywords: Anoplophora Glabripennis, Coleoptera, Insecta, Larva, Baculoviridae

Matthew Jones

Research Assistant, Biology
Top research keywords: Culicidae, West Nile Virus, Wolbachia, Aedes, Parasites

Yiqi Zhang

Associate Professor, Marcus Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
Top research keywords: Driver, Performance, Traffic Behavior, Field Dependence-Independence, Alarm Systems

Richard Alley

Evan Pugh University Professor, Geosciences
Top research keywords: Ice, Ice Stream, Ice Sheet, Antarctica, Ice Core

Helene Hopfer

Associate Professor, Food Science
Top research keywords: Wine, Wines, Odorants, Chocolate, Odors