Student CAUSE trip to Colorado inspires future sustainability leaders 09/13/2022 For carving out a path towards a sustainable future where his children inherit a planet that’s better for it, Sean Collins knows that the solution isn’t in where we are, but where we want to go. |
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Faculty Penn State leads project to improve air quality models for state decision makers 09/13/2022 Improving states’ ability to address air quality issues is the focus of a new $1 million, Penn State-led project funded by NASA. |
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Faculty IEE leadership helps shape report to NSF on climate change, role of engineering 09/13/2022 Two Penn State researchers provided key leadership in the creation of a report to the National Science Foundation (NSF) on engineering research areas that need to be better developed to address climate change. |
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Faculty Designed to Adapt: Living materials are the future of sustainable building 09/13/2022 Working together across disciplines, researchers from Penn State and the University of Freiburg are applying materials that adapt, respond to the environment, self-power, and regenerate to meet the challenges of adaptive architecture. |
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Faculty ‘Coffee Hour’ to examine multi-pathway approach to societal transitions 09/13/2022 Antonia Hadjimichael, assistant professor of geosciences at Penn State, will discuss the research vision of the MultiSector Dynamics Community of Practice as well as planned activities and ways for researchers to interact with the community at a talk at 3:30 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 16. |
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Faculty New model to help reframe the transition to low-carbon electric power 09/13/2022 Mort Webster and a team of Penn State researchers developed a model to help reframe energy transition discussions. |
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Faculty Unique ferroelectric microstructure revealed for first time 09/08/2022 A team of researchers have observed and reported for the first time the unique microstructure of a novel ferroelectric material, enabling the development of lead-free piezoelectric materials for electronics, sensors, and energy storage that are safer for human use. |
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Faculty Ceramic material could improve MRIs by enabling faster times, better images 09/07/2022 An academic/enterprise partnership that includes Penn State researchers is developing a new dielectric material to enable magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) machines with shorter scan times and higher image resolutions, good news for cutting the cost of MRI scans for the hospitals and for patients who struggle with MRI-related anxiety. |
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Faculty Penn State Fayette weather station will benefit campus and community 09/07/2022 Penn State Fayette, The Eberly Campus has installed a weather station on campus as part of the Pennsylvania Environmental Monitoring Network, which includes 20 similar systems across the commonwealth. |
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Faculty Susan Sinnott recognized with 2022 AVS Medard W. Welch Award 09/06/2022 Susan Sinnott, head and professor of materials science and engineering at Penn State, has been selected to receive the 2022 Medard W. Welch Award, the top research award from the American Vacuum Society (AVS). |