Affiliated Researchers: State Capacity

Mohamad Darayi

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

Lilliard Richardson

Professor, College of the Liberal Arts
Top research keywords: Law, Narcotic Drugs, American States, Cannabis Policy, USA

Christopher Rahn

Associate Dean for Innovation, College of Engineering
Top research keywords: Fluidics, Actuator, Lithium-Ion Batteries, Fluidic Flexible Matrix Composites, Piezoelectric

Travis Flohr

Associate Professor, Landscape Architecture
Top research keywords: Environmental Justice, Methods Courses, Urban Trees, Mean Radiant Temperature, Virtual Field Trips

Sean Brennan

Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Top research keywords: Road, Vehicle Dynamics, Robotics, Vehicle Localization, Kalman Filter

Ali Memari

Professor and Bernard and Henrietta Hankin Chair in Residential Building Construction, Architectural Engineering
Top research keywords: Curtain Wall, Curtain Wall Systems, Glazing System, Residential Building, Glazing Systems

Jia Li

Professor, Statistics
Top research keywords: Annotation, Hidden Markov Model, Information Retrieval, Content-based Image Retrieval, Image Database

Carolyn Mahan

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

Herschel Pangborn

Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Top research keywords: Predictive Control Model, Zonotopes, Model Predictive Control, Hierarchical Control, Thermal Management System

Trevor Birkenholtz

Professor, Geography
Top research keywords: India, Rajasthan, Groundwater, Household, Water Supply

Fernando Soto

Assistant Professor of Energy Engineering, Penn State Greater Allegheny
Top research keywords: Surface (Surface Science), Solid Electrolyte, Density, Solid Electrolyte Interphase, Density Functional Theory

Xun Cao

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

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)

Christopher Scott

Maurice K. Goddard Chair of Forestry and Environmental Conservation, Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
Top research keywords: Mexico, India, Water Security, Water Scarcity, Climate Change

Robert Beelman

Professor Emeritus of Food Science; Director, Center for Plant and Mushroom Foods for Health
Top research keywords: Nutritional and medicinal properties of mushrooms, Antioxidants-selenium and ergothioneine, Vitamin D-enrichment of mushrooms

Hongtao Sun

Assistant Professor, Harold and Inge Marcus Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
Top research keywords: Graphene, Anode, Composite Material, Lithium Ion Battery, Density

Rebecca Napolitano

Assistant Professor, Architectural Engineering
Top research keywords: Masonry Structure, Structural Health Monitoring, Masonry Building, Masonry Structures, Historic Structures

Tanya Furman

Associate Vice President and Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education, The Pennsylvania State University
Top research keywords: Lava, Lithosphere, Basalt, Magma, Magmatism