Research Melissa Marshall to present 2024 Davis Ford McFarland Lecture on April 11 04/08/2024 Melissa Marshall will give the 2024 David Ford McFarland Award Lecture for Achievement in Metallurgy at 3:05 p.m. on Thursday, April 11, in 111 Wartik Laboratory on Penn State's University Park campus. |
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Faculty 'Growing Impact' podcast looks at climate youth leadership with Mark Ortiz 04/04/2024 Discussion with Mark Ortiz on the Global Youth Storytelling and Research Lab, which aims to become a pivotal transnational research hub, empowering young leaders to shape the future of climate and environmental justice. |
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Research ‘Surprising’ hidden activity of semiconductor material spotted by researchers 04/03/2024 New research suggests that materials commonly overlooked in computer chip design actually play an important role in information processing, a discovery which could lead to faster and more efficient electronics. |
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Research Silicon Carbide Innovation Alliance to drive industrial-scale semiconductor work 04/03/2024 Penn State recently launched the Silicon Carbide Innovation Alliance (SCIA), a coalition of industry leaders, academic institutions and government support with a focus on becoming the nation's central hub for research, development and workforce training in silicon SiC crystal technology. |
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Sustainability Duke ecologist Emily Bernhardt to talk coastal impacts of climate at 'Coffee Hour' 04/03/2024 Emily Bernhardt, ecosystem ecologist and biogeochemist at Duke University, will present "Resist, adapt or retreat? The consequences of rapid climate change for coastal landscapes and communities," at the Department of Geography's Coffee Hour lecture series. |
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Research NSF grant awarded to manage salt contamination of tidal river water supplies 04/03/2024 Penn State researchers were recently awarded funding from the U.S. National Science Foundation to develop a new coupled watershed-estuary model that simulates the transport and fate of major salt ions. |
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Faculty Enrique Gomez awarded 2004 Faculty Scholar Medal 03/26/2024 Enrique Gomez, professor of chemical engineering in the College of Engineering and by courtesy materials science and engineering in the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences was awarded a 2004 Faculty Scholar Medal. |
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McCandless named 2024 Staff Excellence Award winner 03/26/2024 ane McCandless, academic adviser in the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences (EMS), has been named the 2024 Staff Excellence Award winner. |
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Sustainability Critical minerals’ role in green energy topic of 2024 Shoemaker Lecture 03/25/2024 Edward C. Dowling Jr. will give the 2024 G. Albert Shoemaker Lecture in Mineral Engineering. His talk, “Challenges and Opportunities of the Critical Minerals Revolution,” will be held at 4:30 p.m. on Friday, April 19, in the Hub-Robeson Center’s Freeman Auditorium. |
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Research April 1 EarthTalks: Environmental health exposure assessment using sensor data 03/25/2024 Kirsten Koehler, associate professor in the Bloomberg School of Public Health at Johns Hopkins University, will give the talk, “Low-cost sensors for environmental health applications,” at 4 p.m. on Monday, April 1, in 112 Walker Building on the University Park campus. |