Faculty Nuclear engineer appointed to national fusion energy advisory committee 10/27/2022 Jean Paul Allain, Huck Chair Professor and head of the Ken and Mary Alice Lindquist Department of Nuclear Engineering and an associate professor of materials science and engineering, was appointed to serve on the Fusion Energy Science Advisory Committee. |
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Faculty EarthTalks: Dzade to discuss engineering for enhanced thin-film solar cells 10/26/2022 Nelson Dzade will discuss advances in thin-film solar cells in his talk titled "The interface is still the device: engineering it for enhanced thin film solar cell performance." |
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Faculty Coffee Hour to discuss diversifying ag systems, increasing agrobiodiversity 10/26/2022 Kaitlyn Spangler, a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Geography at Penn State, will discuss issues with the diversity of crops in her talk "Beyond corn, soy and wheat? Re-imagining a diverse U.S. agricultural landscape.” |
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Faculty Witzig named director of Penn State's Center for Security Research and Education 10/25/2022 Lisa Witzig has been appointed director of Penn State’s Center for Security Research and Education. |
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Graduate Student NSF graduate fellow looks deep within caves for answers to origin of life 10/20/2022 Dani Buchheister, a doctoral student in geobiology and astrobiology, is among Penn State’s 21 new National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program recipients — six in the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences — for the 2022-23 academic year. |
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Faculty EarthTalks: Lexie Hain to discuss agricultural integration and solar facilities 10/19/2022 Lexie Hain, director of agrivoltaics and land management at Lightsource bp, will introduce solar grazing as an agrivoltaic practice, and discuss ecosystem service considerations, as well as aspects of performance, professionalism, and potential implementation in her talk "Agricultural integration and solar facilities: Agrivoltaics in context" at 4 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 24. |
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Faculty Penn State GIS Day celebrates a world of possibilities, Nov. 14–15 10/19/2022 Penn State University Libraries will observe GIS Day — an annual event celebrating the technology of geographic information systems (GIS) — with a two-day event Monday and Tuesday, Nov. 14 and 15. |
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Faculty Luis Ayala named distinguished member by Society of Petroleum Engineers 10/19/2022 Luis Ayala, professor of petroleum and natural gas engineering and holder of the William A. Fustos Family Professor in Energy and Mineral Engineering at Penn State, has been honored as a distinguished member by the Society of Petroleum Engineers. |
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Faculty Electric discharges on leaves during thunderstorms may impact nearby air quality 10/18/2022 When thunderstorms rumble overhead, weak electrical discharges — called corona — can occur on tree leaves. A new study found coronas create large amounts of atmospheric chemicals that could impact air quality around forests, according to a team of Penn State scientists. |
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Faculty NSF CAREER Award to study impact of petrochemical plant in western Pa. 10/18/2022 Jenn Baka, associate professor of geography at Penn State, received a National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) Award to examine the impact of a new ethane cracker plant in western Pennsylvania on humans’ relationship to the environment and environmental policymaking. |