$4.5M grant to fund 3D-printed high-performance ceramics project
Robert Hickey, assistant professor of materials science and engineering, is co-leading a five-year, $4.5 million Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative grant to use light energy to create high-performance ceramic materials at lower temperatures than previously possible.
New MatSE Safety Fund to support safety training for students, labs
Elizabeth “Libby” Kupp, who retired as an associate teaching professor from Penn State in 2022, established the MatSE Safety Fund.
David Just to discuss lottery selection and probability weighting on Oct. 9
David Just, will give the talk, “Lottery selection and probability weighting: testing robustness to extremes using the New York State Lotto,” at noon on Wednesday, Oct. 9, in 157 Hosler Building.
EarthTalks: Helbing to discuss sustainable aviation fuel on Oct. 7
Michael Helbing, executive director of the Center for Energy Law and Policy, will give the talk, “Flying into the future: sustainable aviation fuel and the policies impacting its development,” at 4 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 7, in 112 Walker Building.
Atmospheric, climate researcher named IEE 'Person of the Year'
Kenneth Davis has been names as Person of the Year for 2024 by IEE. Davis will also become an IEE Fellow.
Geography Coffee Hour to discuss LGBTQ+ workplace inequalities on Oct. 4
Natalie Oswin, associate professor in the Department of Human Geography at the University of Toronto Scarborough, will give the talk, “Capital contradictions in the age of incorporation: queer and trans materialism at work."
Climate Consortium workshop leads to speak at Millennium Café this fall
This fall, the Millennium Café at Penn State will feature researchers who were awarded Climate Solutions Accelerator workshops by the Penn State Climate Consortium. The talks will occur at 10 a.m. on Oct. 1, Oct. 22 and Dec. 3 on the third floor of the Millennium Science Complex.
Waste heat to green energy: Approach boosts thermoelectric generator efficiency
Thermoelectric generators that can convert waste heat to clean energy could soon be as efficient as other renewable energy sources, like solar, according to a team led by Penn State scientists.
EarthTalks: Discussion of land acquisition for carbon sequestration on Sept. 30
Tara Righetti, Occidental Chair in Energy and Environmental Policies and professor of law the University of Wyoming, will give the talk “Land acquisition for carbon sequestration,” at 4 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 30, in 112 Walker Building at Penn State University Park.
Energy and Environmental Economics and Policy seminar series continues Sept. 25
Praharsh Patel, doctoral candidate in energy, environmental, and food economics at Penn State, will give the talk, “Behavioral responses to two-part tariffs: evidence from the introduction of volumetric water pricing,” at noon on Wednesday, Sept. 25, in 157 Hosler Building at Penn State University Park.