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Alliance for Earth Sciences,
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MISSION
The mission of the Alliance is to develop and
foster interdisciplinary research and education
initiatives on science and engineering issues
in the African environment through working relationships
established among African universities, the Pennsylvania
State University, and Historically Black Colleges
and Universities (HBCUs).
GOALS
—To stimulate a greater institutional focus
on developing and/or adapting earth, engineering,
and materials resources technologies for the African
environment
—To develop a new undergraduate minor in
African Earth Resources Science and Engineering
—To stimulate graduate education and interdisciplinary
research on the Human Dimensions of Energy Production
and Global Environmental Change in the African
context
CORE FACULTY
Faculty members from the Departments of Geosciences,
Meteorology, Energy and Geo-Environmental Engineering,
Materials Science and Engineering, and Geography
at Penn State are involved in this endeavor.
UPCOMING ACTIVITIES
In October 2003, a
symposium to be held at the Penn Stater
Hotel and Conference Center on the Penn State
University Park Campus, will identify key issues
for the Alliance. Participants will include African
intellectuals, leaders of thought on science and
engineering, higher education leaders from Africa,
western business leaders who operate in African
countries, and others involved with the topics
of this discourse who are in a position to help
implement solutions or improvements.
PRELIMINARY DESCRIPTION
Click
here to download a .pdf document giving
additional details on the Alliance. This description
will be further developed following our Inaugural
Symposium, with input from our partner institutions.
CONTACT
Dr. Michael Adewumi
Professor and Quentin E. and Louis L. Wood Faculty
Fellow in Petroleum & Natural Gas Engineering
202 Hosler Building
University Park, PA 16802
(814) 863-2816
aeseda@ems.psu.edu
Dr. Eric Barron
Dean, College of Earth and Mineral Sciences
116 Deike Building
University Park, PA 16802
(814) 865-6546
barron@ems.psu.edu
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