Affiliated Researchers: Sustainable Development

Theodore R. Alter

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

Elizabeth Ransom

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

Paul Shrivastava

Professor, Management and Organization
Top research keywords: Sustainable Development, Sustainable Development Goals, Strategic Management, Anthropocene, Crisis Management

Rui Shi

Assistant Professor, Chemical Engineering
Top research keywords: Greenhouse Gas, Feedstock, Life Cycle Assessment, Life Cycle Engineering, Jet Fuel

Lisa Bolton

Professor, Marketing
Top research keywords: Price, Price Fairness, Consumer Response, Price Increase, Diseases

Andrew Warner

Top research keywords: River, Rivers, Prescription, Freshwater Conservation, Planning

Rick Bates

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

Yuan Xuan

Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Top research keywords: Aromatics, Soot, Sooting Tendency, Flamelets, Pyrolysis

Ken Tamminga

Distinguished Professor, Landscape Architecture
Top research keywords: Rivers, River, Learning, Climate Change, Sustainable Development

Jeffrey Catchmark

Professor, Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Top research keywords: Bacterial Cellulose, Cellulose, Surface (Surface Science), Composite Material, Pullulan

Kathleen Sexsmith

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

Peter Idowu

Assistant Dean for Graduate Studies, Penn State Harrisburg
Top research keywords: Power Engineering, Energy Conversion, Energy Systems, Power System, Stabilizer

Ali Demirci

Professor, Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Top research keywords: Biofilm Reactor, Pulsed UV Light, Fermentation, Plastic Composite Support, Electrolyzed Oxidizing Water

Daniel Foster

Associate Professor, Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education
Top research keywords: Educators, Communities Of Practice, Discourse, Agriculture, Global Learning

Mihyun Kang

Director of Sustainability, Stuckeman School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture
Top research keywords: Older Adults, Lighting System, Oklahoma, Field Study, Interior Design

Lisa Emili

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

José Duarte

Professor and Stuckeman Chair in Design Innovation, Stuckeman School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture
Top research keywords: Shape Grammar, Grammar, Design System, Urban Design, Three Dimensional Printing

Eric Zenner

Associate Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
Top research keywords: Beech, Basal Area, Old-growth, Skid Trail, Overstory

Rachel Brennan

Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Top research keywords: Chitin, Crab Shell, Duckweed, Mine-impacted Water, Spent Mushroom Compost

Stephen Mainzer

Assistant Professor, Landscape Architecture
Top research keywords: Chesapeake Bay Watershed, Chesapeake Bay, USA, Collective Identity, Collective Action

Robert D. Weaver

Professor, Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education
Top research keywords: Innovation Capacity, Pesticides, Relationship Quality, Markets, Price

Herschel Elliott

Professor, Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Top research keywords: Biosolids, Biosolid, Phosphorus, Soils, Manures

Christine Costello

Assistant Professor, Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Top research keywords: United States, Missouri, Climate Change, Land Use, Waste Management

James Freihaut

Professor, Architectural Engineering
Top research keywords: Ultraviolet Germicidal Irradiation, Resuspension, Duct, Commercial Building, Lamp

Mohammad Rezaee

Associate Professor, John and Willie Leone Department of Energy & Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Rare Earth Elements, Coal Mine, Acid Mine Drainage, Respirable Coal Mine Dust, Coal Preparation Plant

Sarma Pisupati

Professor, John and Willie Leone Department of Energy & Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Gasification, Fluidized Bed, Pyrolysis, Fluid Viscosity, Agglomeration

Jose Ventura

Professor, Marcus Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
Top research keywords: Supplier Selection, Programming Model, Refuelling Station, Transportation Cost, Price-dependent Demand

Mallika Bose

Professor, Landscape Architecture
Top research keywords: India, Transport, United States, Low Income, Focus Group

Karl Zimmerer

Distinguished Professor, Geography
Top research keywords: Agrobiodiversity, Bolivia, Andes, Environmental Impact Assessment, Geography

Jennifer Baka

Associate Professor and John T. Ryan, Jr. Faculty Fellow, College of Earth & Mineral Sciences
Top research keywords: Biofuel, Wasteland, USA, Hydraulic Fracturing, India

Elizabeth W. Boyer

Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
Top research keywords: United States, Atmospherics, United States Of America, Headwater, Dissolved Organic Carbon

Lara Fowler

Teaching Professor, Penn State Law (University Park)
Top research keywords: Stakeholder Engagement, Water Resources Management, Water Management, Climate Change, Non-point Source

Erica Smithwick

Distinguished Professor, Geography
Top research keywords: Climate Change, Pinus, Carbon Sink, Pennsylvania, Prescribed Fire

Dave Biddinger

Associate Professor, Entomology
Top research keywords: Pollinator, Apoidea, Pennsylvania, Pollinators, Osmia

Thandazile Moyo

Assistant Professor, Leone Family Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Leaching, Electronic Waste (E-waste), Chalcopyrite, Electrochemistry, Urban Mining

Ida Djenontin

Assistant Professor, Geography
Top research keywords: Malawi, Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, Decision Making, Southern Burkina Faso

Farshad Rajabipour

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

Greg Krawczyk

Research Professor, Entomology
Top research keywords: Lepidoptera, Oriental Fruit Moth, Tortricidae, Hemiptera, Pentatomidae

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, Irrigation

Joseph Ranalli

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