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Calendar of Events

Activities For the Fall 2008 Semester


The Department of EME has a variety of activities and opportunities for EME students to participate in. Here is a list of the events happening this semester.


Leadership and Professional Development Series


EGEE/PNGE 590 Colloquia


Recruiting Visits from Companies






Leadership and Professional Development Series


The Leadership and Professional Development program was created to offer EME students practical hands-on advice and training in professionalism and business etiquette.


All seminars will be held in 157 Hosler Building.


Watch this space for upcoming leadership development seminar announcements.



EGEE/PNGE 590 Colloquia


Unless otherwise noted, all EGEE/PNGE 590 Colloquia will be held in 157 Hosler Building on the following dates:


Thursday, May 1, 2008 - 1:00pm - 2:15pm

"Latin Hypercube Simulation of Oil Reserve and Undiscounted Net Cash Flow for a Petroleum Property"

Presented by Temi Phillips, Ph.D. Student in Petroleum and Mineral Engineering



Thursday, April 17, 2008 - 1:00pm - 2:15pm

"An Overview of the Land Development Process in Pennsylvania: Civil Site Engineering Simplified"

Presented by Jeffrey Sparks, M.S. Candidate in Petroleum and Mineral Engineering



Thursday, April 10, 2008 - 1:00pm - 2:15pm

"Conception of an Excel Based Tool to Optimize the Monitoring of the Distillation Column 31C01"

Presented by Annick Nago, M.S. Candidate in Petroleum and Mineral Engineering



Thursday, April 3, 2008 - 1:00pm - 2:15pm

"Biodiesel Impact to Emissions and Lubricant: A Proposal"

Presented by Peng Ye, Ph.D. Candidate in Energy and Geo-Environmental Engineering



Thursday, March 27, 2008 - 1:00pm - 2:15pm

"Drilling Through Depleted Zones for Deeper Prospects in the Gulf of Mexico"

Presented by Najeem Adeleke, Masters Candidate in Petroleum and Mineral Engineering



Thursday, March 20, 2008 - 1:00pm - 2:15pm

"A Comparative Study of Different Materials for Adsorption Desulfurization"

Presented by Nicole Reed, Ph.D. Candidate in Energy and Mineral Engineering



Thursday, March 6, 2008 - 1:00pm - 2:15pm

Development and Testing of an Expert System for Coalbed Methane Reservoirs Using Artificial Neural Networks"

Presented by Karthik Srinivasan, Masters Candidate in Petroleum and Mineral Engineering



Thursday, February 28, 2008 - 1:00pm - 2:15pm

"Mesoporous Oxide for Photocatalytic Water Splitting"

Presented by Yu Noda, Ph.D. Candidate in Energy and Mineral Engineering Program



Thursday, February 21, 2008 - 1:00pm - 2:15pm

"Fungal Biomodification of Sulfides and Carbonaceous Matter in Refractory Gold Ores"

Presented by Grace Sarpomah Darabor, Ph.D. Candidate in Energy and Mineral Engineering Program



Thursday, February 14, 2008 - 1:00pm - 2:15pm

"Analyzing Water and Sediment Samples in the Mississippi and Niger Delta"

Presented by Kenneth Ken-Worgu, Ph.D. Student in Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering



Thursday, February 7, 2008 - 1:00pm - 2:15pm

"Study on the Effect of Operational Temperature and Time on the Characteristics of Melting Process Slag Aggregate"

Presented by Po-Fu Shih, Ph.D. Student in Energy and Geo-Environmental Engineering



Thursday, January 31, 2008 - 1:00pm - 2:15pm

"Engineering Analysis of a Natural Gas Gathering and Production Systems for Determination of Optimum Operating Conditions"

Presented by Jayanth Krishnamurthy, Masters Student in Petroleum and Mineral Engineering



Recruiting Visits from Companies


Throughout each semester, recruiters from various companies across the United States visit campus to meet with and interview EME students for internship and employment opportunities.


The department's recruitment procedures and calendar can be viewed at http://www.eme.psu.edu/recruiting/index.html.

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