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Faculty spotlight on Li Li - Understanding subsurface complexity for safe, long-term, geological carbon sequestration

While many are focusing on atmospheric solutions to reduce greenhouse gases, some researchers are setting their sights on the ground—deep underground. Li Li, an assistant professor of energy and mineral engineering at Penn State, is investigating geologic carbon sequestration as a way to store the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide deep in the Earth's subsurface.

May 11, 2012

Graduate student Dutta awarded first place at 2012 Society of Petroleum Engineers' competition

Riteja Dutta, a graduate student in the petroleum and natural gas engineering option, won the master's division of the 2012 Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) Rocky Mountain/Mid-Continent/Eastern Region Student Paper/Presentation competition.

April 30, 2012

EME graduate student wins third place in student poster competition at the 2012 SME Annual Meeting and Exhibit

Ehsan Alavi Gharahbagh, a doctoral candidate in energy and mineral engineering, recently was awarded third place in the Educational Sustainability Graduate Student Poster Contest for his poster, "Development of Soil Abrasivity Testing for Soft Ground Tunneling Using Shield Machines."

April 11, 2012

Olawoyin awarded SME scholarship

Richard Olawoyin, a doctoral candidate in energy and mineral engineering, has been awarded a 2012 scholarship from The Woman's Auxiliary to the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers, Inc. (WAAIME), a division of the Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration (SME).

April 10, 2012

Fernandez awarded Sloan Foundation grant

Alisha Fernandez, a doctoral candidate in energy and mineral engineering (EME), has been selected as a Penn State Sloan Scholar.

April 9, 2012

2012 G. Albert Shoemaker Lecture to focus on Marcellus Shale

The John and Willie Leone Family Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering is pleased to announce that Dr. David P. Russ, regional executive for the Northeast in the U.S. Geological Survey, will be the 2012 lecturer at the 21th annual G. Albert Shoemaker Lecture Series in Mineral Engineering. The lecture will be held at the Penn State University Park campus on Friday, April 27, 2012, beginning at 3:30 PM with a reception in the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences Museum Gallery on the ground floor of Deike Building.

March 19, 2012

Graduate Student Yu Noda takes first prize at student poster competition

Yu Noda, a graduate student in the John and Willie Leone Family Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering, was awarded first prize for his poster, Conversion of Lignocellulosic Biomass by Sequential Combination of Organic Acid and Base, at the 2012 Bioenergy Symposium.

March 13, 2012

Richard Hogg named to National Academy

Richard Hogg, professor emeritus of mineral processing and geo-environmental engineering, has been named as one of the 66 new members and 10 foreign associates elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 2012.

February 9, 2012

Read the Winter 2011 edition of the EME Connection Newsletter

December 16, 2011

Graduate student wins best paper award

Alisha Fernandez, a doctoral candidate in energy and mineral engineering and National Science Foundation (NSF) graduate fellow, was awarded the Dennis J O'Brien United States Association for Energy Economics (USAEE) Best Student Paper Award for her paper "Evaluating ecosystem and wind-following services for hydroelectric dams in PJM."

December 16, 2011

Mining Engineering alumnus John C. "Jack" Cosgrove passes away

John C. "Jack" Cosgrove, a 1938 graduate of the Penn State mining engineering program, died Tuesday, September 20, 2011, at The Fairways at Brookline Village.

November 29, 2011

Gas Flooding Joint Industry Project holds successful meeting in Denver

The Gas Flooding Joint Industry Project held it's sixth annual meeting in Denver on Nov. 2–3. This meeting is the first since Russell Johns, project director and professor of petroleum and natural gas engineering, brought the Gas Flooding Initiative to Penn State.

November 22, 2011

Radomsky receives award for mining education

The Pittsburgh Coal Mining Institute of America (PCMIA) has selected Mark Radomsky as the recipient of the 2011 Stephen McCann Award for Excellence.

November 3, 2011

Student Spotlight: Jeff Rayl

Sunshine. For most, it's what makes a beautiful day. But for Jeff Rayl, the sun is the key to our energy future. Rayl, a second year graduate student in Energy and Mineral Engineering, is fueling his passion for solar energy with studies on solar resource analysis.

November 1, 2011

André Boehman named SAE International Fellow

André Boehman, professor of fuel science and materials science and engineering, has been elected as a 2011 International Fellow by the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE).

October 28, 2011

Rep. Glenn Thompson Visits EMS Energy Institute

On October 11, U.S. Rep. Glenn Thompson spent the morning at the EMS Energy Institute. Penn State faculty and representatives from the U.S. Department of Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) were part of a briefing that highlighted NETL's Regional University Alliance and current research initiatives, especially in the area of fossil energy. After the briefing, faculty guided Rep. Thompson on laboratory tours.

October 17, 2011

Arnold and Benavides receive 2011 Penn State Alumni Fellow Awards

Barbara J. Arnold ('82 B.S. Mining Engineering, '85 M.S. and '89 Ph.D. Mineral Processing) and Raul G. Benavides ('87 M.S. Mineral Engineering - Management) have been named 2011 Alumni Fellows by the Penn State Alumni Association.

October 11, 2011

Students Garner Awards at International Conference

Enette Louw and Fidel Castro-Marcano, graduate students in the John and Willie Leone Family Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering, were recognized at the 28th Annual International Pittsburgh Coal Conference on September 12 – 15, 2011.

September 28, 2011

Chunshan Song recognized by the Catalysis Club of Philadelphia

The Catalysis Club of Philadelphia selected Dr. Chunshan Song, director or the EMS Energy Institute and distinguished professor of fuel science, as the recipient of the 2011 Excellence in Catalysis Award.

September 28, 2011

2011 GEMS Seminar on energizing society, Sept. 22

The College of Earth and Mineral Sciences will host the 2011 GEMS Seminar on "Energizing Society - A collaborative approach to resource management," featuring a panel discussion on the Marcellus Shale, at 1 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 22, in the HUB Auditorium on Penn State's University Park campus.

September 20, 2011

Castro-Marcano receives Graduate Travel Award

Fidel Castro-Marcano has received a Graduate Travel Award from the American Chemical Society's (ACS) Division of Fuel Chemistry to attend the 2011 ACS National Meeting in Denver, CO.

August 10, 2011

Fernandez and Sahraei-Ardakani receive Best Paper Award

The United States Association for Energy Economics (USAEE) has awarded EME graduate students, Alisha Fernandez and Mostafa Sahraei-Ardakani, a Dennis J. O'Brien USAEE Best Student Paper Finalist Award for their paper on energy economics.

August 10, 2011

Bembenic and Clifford to receive R. A. Glenn Award for Best Paper

Meredith Hill Bembenic, a graduate student in the John and Willie Leone Family Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering, and Caroline Burgess Clifford, senior research associate, EMS Energy Institute, were selected to receive the R. A. Glenn Award for best paper from the American Chemical Society (ACS) Fuel Chemistry Division.

August 8, 2011

Wind turbine installed at Penn State's Center for Sustainability

A 70-foot-tall wind turbine was installed Friday, July 22, at Penn State's nine-acre Sustainability Experience Center. Serving as both a source of clean, renewable energy and a research tool, the turbine is being funded by a Pennsylvania Energy Development Authority (PEDA) grant awarded to Penn State's Center for Sustainability in 2007 for development of the Hybrid Residential Energy Systems (HyRES) Laboratory.

July 29, 2011

Blumsack named Ryan Faculty Fellow

On July 1, 2011, Seth Blumsack, assistant professor of energy policy and economics in the John and Willie Leone Family Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering, was named a Ryan Faculty Fellow.

July 13, 2011

Dr. Harold Schobert, Professor of Fuel Science, Retires

Dr. Harold Schobert, Professor of Fuel Science in the John and Willie Leone Family Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering and leading researcher in fuel chemistry in the EMS Energy Institute, has retired from Penn State after twenty-five years. His retirement was effective June 30, 2011.

July 7, 2011

Probing Material Structure with Synchrotron Radiation

Today, Yongsheng Chen, assistant professor of energy and mineral engineering, uses techniques based on that seminal paper to identify the chemical state and local atomic structure of atoms up and down the periodic table.

June 22, 2011

Read the Summer 2011 edition of the EME Connection Newsletter

June 16, 2011

Ityokumbul receives Fulbright Award

M. Thaddeus Ityokumbul, associate professor of mineral processing, has been awarded a Fulbright Scholar grant to conduct research and teach in Africa during the 2011-12 academic year.

May 26, 2011

Energy Engineering students place first in the Lockheed Martin Design Awards

Two teams of energy engineering students walked away with top prizes at the Penn State College of Engineering's spring 2011 Design Project Showcase, held April 28 at the Bryce Jordan Center. The teams won first place Lockheed Martin Design Awards in the best project and best poster categories.

May 9, 2011

Green Roof Keeps PV Modules Cooler for More Power

May 5, 2011

Electricity Markets Initiative Holds Successful First Conference

The Penn State Electricity Markets Initiative (EMI) held its first conference on April 12, 2011 at the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission in Harrisburg.

May 2, 2011

Alexis places second at the 2011 Eastern Regional SPE Student Paper/Presentation Contest

Dennis Arun Alexis earned second place in the master's division of the of the 2011 Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) Rocky Mountain/Mid-Continent/Eastern Region Student Paper/Presentation competition on Saturday, April 16 at the University of Kansas.

April 27, 2011

EME graduate student awarded UCA of SME scholarship

Ehsan Alavi Gharahbagh, Ph.D. candidate in mining and mineral process engineering, has been selected as the 2011 recipient of the Underground Construction Association of the Society of Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration Engineers (UCA of SME) Scholarship.

April 26, 2011

EME students take honors in Earth and Mineral Sciences paper competition

Thomas Rauch, B.S. student in mining engineering and energy business and finance, won first place at the annual Grundy Haven paper competition for his paper, China's Conundrum: Coal Mine Safety.

April 21, 2011

Environmental Systems Engineering alumnus receives 2011 Penn State Alumni Achievement Award

Patrick J. Flynn ('01 B.S. Environmental Systems Engineering and '03 M.S. Geo-Environmental Engineering), founder/CEO of Enersol, Inc. and environmental engineer with Environmental Resources Management (ERM), has been honored with a 2011 Penn State Alumni Achievement Award.

April 19, 2011

Dudeks' $2.5 million gift to benefit Penn State students and research

Several Penn State academic units will benefit as the result of a gift from the future estate of Penn State alumni Frank J. and Janet Glasgow Dudek. The couple has committed approximately $2.5 million to create endowments in support of scholarships and fellowships, graduate and faculty research, and laboratory enhancements in the College of Agricultural Sciences, the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences, the Eberly College of Science, and the Institutes of Energy and the Environment.

April 18, 2011

Innovate: Fueling Change - Watch as the 2009 Penn State Solar Decathlon Team is highlighted in this video to introduce high school students to careers in science and engineering

April 6, 2011

EME graduate student places second in student poster competition at the 2011 SME Annual Meeting and Exhibit

Ehsan Alavi Gharahbagh, Ph.D. candidate in mining and mineral process engineering, recently was awarded second place in the Educational Sustainability Graduate Student Poster Contest for his poster, "Impact of Abrasion on Soft Ground Excavation Machinery and Development of a Reliable Soil Abrasivity Index."

March 25, 2011

Cronin named recipient of 2011 Eric A. Walker Award

Michael B. Cronin, a senior with a dual major in geosciences and petroleum and natural gas engineering, has been named the 2011 recipient of the Eric A. Walker Award.

March 25, 2011

André Boehman to be honored with Colwell Merit Award

André Boehman, professor of fuel science and materials science and engineering, has been selected to receive the 2009 Arch T. Colwell Merit Award in recognition of a technical paper he co-authored, "An Experimental Investigation of the Origin of Increased NOx Emissions when Fueling a Heavy-Duty Compression-Ignition Engine with Soy Biodiesel."

March 16, 2011

Penn State Fayette to offer degree in mining technology

March 15, 2011

ConocoPhillips, Penn State rev up 2011 Energy Prize Competition

For the fourth year in a row, ConocoPhillips and Penn State kick off the ConocoPhillips Energy Prize. Their goal is to see who can develop the most original and actionable solutions that can help improve the way the United States develops and uses energy.

March 9, 2011

Earth and Mineral Sciences exhibition attracts crowd

"It was the reason I came to Penn State. I loved how students felt connected to the College," said Steven Curtis, student council president, remembering the influence the Earth and Mineral Sciences Exposition (EMEX) had on his college-choice decision. All students who are considering an Earth and Mineral Science (EMS) major are invited to attend the annual recruiting event. This year, EMEX was held on Feb. 25-26.

March 3, 2011

Chunshan Song to receive 2011 Faculty Scholar Medal

Chunshan Song has been selected to receive a 2011 Faculty Scholar Medal for Outstanding Achievement. Established by the University in 1980, the award recognizes scholarly or creative excellence represented by a single contribution or a series of contributions around a coherent theme.

February 24, 2011

Pennsylvania schools sought to participate in Wind for Schools program

The Wind Application Center at Penn State is now accepting applications for Pennsylvania's new Wind for Schools project. The program aims to engage rural elementary and secondary school teachers and students in wind energy education while educating college students about wind energy applications.

February 17, 2011

EME changes name to the John and Willie Leone Family Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering

The Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering has changed its name to the John and Willie Leone Family Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering, effective immediately.

February 14, 2011

EME faculty to present "brown bag" lectures at the Marcellus Center for Outreach and Research

Seth Blumsack, assistant professor of energy policy and economics, and John Yilin Wang, professor of petroleum and natural gas engineering, will be presenting the next two lectures of the Marcellus Center for Outreach and Research brown bag series.

February 10, 2011

Boehman's research highlighted in video

February 9, 2011

Director of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health to deliver 2011 G. Albert Shoemaker Lecture

The John and Willie Leone Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering is pleased to announce that Dr. John Howard, director of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), will be the 2011 lecturer at the 20th annual G. Albert Shoemaker Lecture Series in Mineral Engineering. The lecture will be held at the Penn State University Park campus on Friday, April 15, 2011, beginning at 3:30 PM with a reception in the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences Museum Gallery on the ground floor of Deike Building.

February 1, 2011

Mining engineering student Drew Mason awarded scholarship from Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration (SME)

Drew Mason, B.S. student in mining engineering, has been selected by the Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration (SME) as a recipient of the 2010-2011 Coal & Energy Division Scholarship.

January 27, 2011

Mining engineering students awarded scholarships from the Society for Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration

Two Penn State mining engineering students have been selected as recipients of two national scholarships awarded by the Society for Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration (SME).

January 13, 2011

Mining industry posts big gain in employment in 2010

January 10, 2011

Professor Emeritus Francis Vastola passes away

Francis Vastola, Professor Emeritus of Fuel Science, passed away on Friday, December 17th.

December 20, 2010

Read the Winter 2010 edition of the EME Connection Newsletter

December 17, 2010

Environmental Systems Engineering student named EMS College student marshal for fall 2010 commencement

Representing the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences at the fall 2010 commencement ceremony will be Michael John Shreve, who will earn a B.S. in Environmental Systems Engineering with highest distinction.

December 17, 2010

EME students named EMSAGE Laureates

Three undergraduate students from the Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering have been selected to join the fall 2010 class of Earth and Mineral Sciences Academy for Global Experience (EMSAGE) Laureates.

December 17, 2010

Mining engineering student Drew Mason awarded Syd S. Peng Ground Control in Mining Scholarship

Drew Mason, B.S. student in mining engineering, has been selected as a recipient of the 2010 Syd S. Peng Ground Control in Mining Scholarship. The scholarship is awarded annually to graduate and undergraduate students to encourage the development of ground control engineers.

December 16, 2010

Oyewole paper lands atop the 25 hottest articles list from the International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics

A research paper co-authored by Samuel A. Oyewole, assistant professor of environmental health and safety engineering, has been recognized as the most read article from the International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics during the months of July - September.

December 7, 2010

Penn State Mine Rescue Team competes at Ruff Creek

On October 19, 2010, the Penn State student mine rescue team pitted its skills against 12 professional mine rescue teams from the state of Pennsylvania at the annual Mine Emergency Response Development (MERD) contest. It was only the second mine rescue competition that Penn State has competed in since the team's inception.

December 1, 2010

Watch for Energy Engineering student Dan Conner in the new Global Renewable Energy Education Network (GREEN) video

November 29, 2010

Energy Day will be Washington showcase for Penn State research

Energy research at Penn State will be the focus of a daylong series of presentations by University faculty along with government and industry representatives at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 19.

November 15, 2010

Mining engineering alumni and students shine at 2010 PCMIA/SME Annual Joint Meeting

George R. Desko, P.E. ('67 B.S. Mining Engineering) and Jeffrey L. Kohler, Ph.D., C.M.S.P. ('74 B.S. Engineering-Science, '77 M.S., '83 Ph.D. Mining Engineering) both were awarded top honors at the 2010 Pittsburgh Coal Mining Institute of America (PCMIA)/ Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration (SME) Pittsburgh Section Annual Joint Meeting in Canonsburg, PA.

November 15, 2010

Safety engineering students take field trip to CDC/NIOSH facility to learn about mine safety and health

On Friday, November 5, 2010, Samuel Oyewole, assistant professor of environmental health and safety engineering, led a group of 28 engineering students currently enrolled in his Safety Engineering undergraduate course on a field trip to the U.S. Center for Disease Control (CDC)/National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) facility in Pittsburgh, PA.

November 11, 2010

Energy Business and Finance students win bronze at Alberta Energy Challenge

Despite missing the first day of competition, a team of four senior Energy Business and Finance students roared to a third place finish in the inaugural Albert Energy Challenge. Hosted in September by the University of Alberta's School of Business in Canada, the Alberta Energy Challenge is a case-study competition in which teams of commerce students are presented with a real-life problem facing an energy company.

October 28, 2010

ConocoPhillips, Penn State Award Energy Prize to Rural Cogeneration

Electricity and hot water for remote, off-the-grid health clinics and schools is the focus of the "Small Scale Solar Organic Rankine Cycle for Rural Cogeneration" project that is the winner of the 2010 ConocoPhillips Energy Prize, awarded by ConocoPhillips and Penn State.

October 20, 2010

Yu Zhang has feature article in Combustion and Flame

Combustion and Flame, the official journal of the Combustion Institute, chose an original research paper from Yu Zhang as the feature article for the October 2010 issue. Zhang recently finished a PhD in Energy and Mineral Engineering in the spring of 2010.

October 18, 2010

Mining engineering students compete in national mine rescue competition

A team of Penn State mining engineering students traveled to Missouri at the end of September to compete in the 28th annual Southeast Missouri Mine Rescue Competition. Making its debut appearance at the underground mine contest, Team Penn State consisted of seven undergraduate students including, Robert Burns, Thomas Cook, Patrick D'Elia, Evan Garfield, Ben Klein, Drew Mason (team captain), and Ryan Mauser.

October 15, 2010

Penn State Miner Training Program Director Mark Radomsky pens piece on miner safety for CNN.com

October 14, 2010

New Blumsack article explores hot topic of electricity infrastructure vulnerability

A recent article by Seth Blumsack, assistant professor of energy policy and economics, entitled, "Do topological models provide good information about electricity infrastructure vulnerability?" is generating online buzz.

October 13, 2010

View the winning photographs from the 2010 EME Student Photo Contest

October 11, 2010

Vander Wal's presentation at the American Chemical Society's fall 2010 meeting available online

A presentation given by Randy Vander Wal, associate professor of energy and mineral engineering, at the Fall 2010 American Chemical Society (ACS) National Meeting and Exposition now is available online.

October 7, 2010

Mineral Economics alumnus receives 2010 GEMS Alumni Achievement Award

Steven P. Evans ('80 B.S. Mineral Economics), general manager of Chevron North America Exploration, was chosen to receive the 2010 Graduates of Earth and Mineral Sciences (GEMS) Alumni Achievement Award.

September 30, 2010

Petroleum and natural gas engineering students take first and second place at international student paper contest

Christopher Landry, M.S. student in energy and mineral engineering, won second place in the master's division of the international student paper/presentation contest at the 2010 Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition.

September 21, 2010

Karpyn awarded Wood Fellowship

Professor Zuleima Karpyn has been selected as the Quentin E. and Louise L. Wood University Endowed Fellow in Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering.

September 17, 2010

Mining engineering student receives two scholarships from the Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration (SME)

Robert Burns, B.S. student in mining engineering, has been selected as a recipient of two scholarships offered by different divisions of the Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration (SME).

September 3, 2010

Petroleum engineering - the best paying college degree in 2010

August 24, 2010

Penn State launches new education, research center on Marcellus Shale

Penn State has announced the formation of an education and research initiative on the Marcellus Shale to work with state agencies, elected officials, communities, landowners, industry and environmental groups to protect the Commonwealth's water resources, forests and transportation infrastructure while advocating for a science-based and responsible approach to handling the state's natural gas deposits.

August 24, 2010

Brownson and Kimel receive Gladys Snyder Grant

Jeffrey R. S. Brownson, assistant professor of energy and mineral engineering, and Allen Kimel, assistant professor and associate head for undergraduate studies in materials science and engineering, have received a 2010-2011 Gladys Snyder Education Grant from the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences. The purpose of Gladys Snyder Grants grant is to promote undergraduate instruction and student learning in the College.

August 4, 2010

Chunshan Song Elected to the 2010 Class of ACS Fellows

Chunshan Song, distinguished professor of fuel science in the Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering and director of EMS Energy Institute at Pennsylvania State University, has been elected to the 2010 class of Fellows of the American Chemical Society (ACS).

July 28, 2010

EME welcomes new faculty to the department

The Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering is pleased to welcome three new faculty members this summer.

July 26, 2010

Harold Schobert elected to the 2010 class of ACS Fellows

Harold Schobert, professor of fuel science in the Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering and leading researcher in fuel chemistry in the EMS Energy Institute, has been elected to the 2010 class of Fellows of the American Chemical Society (ACS).

July 16, 2010

New online degree focuses on both energy and sustainability

A new Penn State program aims to prepare people for a role in policy making and communications. “Our goal is to develop students who understand the energy industry and what it will take to transform it into a sustainable structure,” said Jeffrey R. S. Brownson, program officer for the new degree program and assistant professor of energy and mineral engineering, College of Earth and Mineral Sciences (EMS).

July 16, 2010

EME graduate student places second in student competition at the 2010 North American Tunneling Conference

Ehsan Alavi Gharahbagh, Ph.D. candidate in mining and mineral process engineering, was awarded second place in the 2010 North American Tunneling (NAT) Conference student paper competition. Ehsan was presented with a $1,000 scholarship at the June conference in Portland, Oregon for his paper entitled, "Tool Wear Issue in Soft Ground Tunneling, Developing a Reliable Soil Abrasivity Index."

July 12, 2010

Paper co-authored by William Groves nominated for 2010 Charles C. Shepard Science Award

A paper co-authored by William Groves, associate professor of industrial health and safety, is one of nine articles to be nominated by researchers from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) for the 2010 Charles C. Shepard Science Award.

June 22, 2010

Donohues establish trustee’s scholarship in EMS

Energy entrepreneur Dr. David A. T. Donohue and his wife, Pamela, recently committed $100,000 to establish the “David and Pamela Donohue Trustee Scholarship” in the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences (EMS) at Penn State.

June 17, 2010

Penn State solar-powered home gets new life at Bayer MaterialScience

Natural Fusion, the solar-powered home designed and constructed by a student-led Penn State team for the 2009 Solar Decathlon, will be dedicated and commissioned Wednesday (May 26) by Bayer MaterialScience LLC as its new EcoCommercial Building Conference Center at the company's campus in Robinson Township, Pa.

May 25, 2010

EME Graduates to Shine at Commencement

Several EME students will be receiving additional accolades during the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences spring commencement ceremony on Friday, May 14, 2010.

May 13, 2010

EME Alumnus Raul Benavides to Give Spring Commencement Speech at EMS College Graduation Ceremony

Raul Benavides ('87, EME) will be the alumni guest speaker at tomorrow's College of Earth and Mineral Sciences spring commencement ceremony.

May 13, 2010

EME Faculty to Be Guests on Special WPSU Call-In Show on Gulf Oil Spill

Join WPSU for an inside look at the Gulf Oil Spill. Host Patty Satalia welcomes guests Turgay Ertekin, petroleum and natural gas engineer; Robert Brooks, aquatic wetlands ecologist; and R.J. Briggs, energy economist, to examine the April 20th accident.

May 6, 2010

Leones Endow Energy and Mineral Engineering with $5 Million Gift

John and Willie Leone have committed a leadership gift of $5 million to endow the Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering in Penn State's College of Earth and Mineral Sciences. The University will name the department in recognition of the couple's generosity.

May 4, 2010

EME Associate Professor Angela Lueking Part of Team Awarded $2.85 Million Grant

The National Science Foundation has awarded a $2.85 million grant to a team of Penn State faculty for a carbon research/science education collaboration with two Pennsylvania school districts.

April 22, 2010

Mining Engineering Mucking Team Takes 9^th Place in International Competition

The Mining Engineering Mucking Team placed 9th overall in the 32nd Annual International Collegiate Mining (Mucking) Competition in Kalgoorlie, Australia on April 15-16, 2010. They also took third place in the gold panning event.

April 19, 2010

EME Shines at the EMS College Wilson Awards Banquet

Congratulations to the faculty from the Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering who recieved awards at the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences' Wilson Awards Banquet on April 11, 2010.

April 14, 2010

Chunshan Song Named 2010 Recipient of Henry H. Storch Award in Fuel Chemistry

Chunshan Song, distinguished professor of fuel science and director of the EMS Energy Institute in the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences, has been named the winner of the 2010 Henry H. Storch Award in Fuel Chemistry for his outstanding contributions to fuel science.

April 5, 2010

André Boehman to Receive Award for Outstanding Technical Paper

André Boehman, professor of fuel science and materials science and engineering, has been chosen to receive the 2009 SAE John Johnson Award for Outstanding Research in Diesel Engines in recognition of a paper he co-authored, "An Experimental Investigation of the Origin of Increased NOx Emissions when Fueling a Heavy-Duty Compression-Ignition Engine with Soy Biodiesel."

April 2, 2010

Initiative to Study Pennsylvania Electricity Markets and Economics

Producers, distributors and regulators have joined with Penn State to form the Penn State Electricity Economics Initiative, a cooperative project to investigate possibilities and challenges surrounding electricity restructuring in the Commonwealth.

March 26, 2010

Penn State Sweeps Top Honors at the 2010 Eastern Regional SPE Student Paper/Presentation Contest

Penn State placed first in all three divisions of the 2010 Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) Rocky Mountain/Mid-Continent/Eastern Region Student Paper/Presentation competiion on Saturday, March 20 at University Park, PA.

March 23, 2010

ConocoPhillips, Penn State Launch 2010 ConocoPhillips Energy Prize

ConocoPhillips and Penn State today (March 17) launched the 2010 ConocoPhillips Energy Prize, a competition that recognizes original and viable solutions that can help improve the way the United States develops and uses energy.

March 18, 2010

Raja V. Ramani Receives Honorary Membership Award from The American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers (AIME)

On March 3, 2010, Raja V. Ramani, professor emeritus of mining and geo-environmental engineering, was presented with an honorary membership award from the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers (AIME). The award was presented during the 2010 AIME banquet at the annual meeting of the Society for Mining Metallurgy and Exploration (SME) in Phoenix, AZ.

March 10, 2010

New Trustee Scholarship Honors Memory of Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering Student

Penn State alumni Steven and Brenda Schlotterbeck of Gibsonia, PA have established a new Trustee Scholarship to honor the memory of Cory A. Wincek, a Penn State petroleum and natural gas engineering student who unexpectedly passed away on November 15, 2009, just one month shy of completing his bachelor degree studies.

March 3, 2010

Penn State Teams with Volvo as Academic Partner

The Volvo Group has chosen Penn State as its first academic preferred partnership in North America to explore and resolve some of the serious issues in commercial transportation markets around the world.

February 25, 2010

Look for Jeffrey R. S. Brownson, Assistant Professor of Energy and Mineral Engineering, in the new 'Engaging Scholars' video from Penn State Outreach

February 2, 2010

Follow EME Student Thomas Rauch as He Studies Abroad in China

Follow the adventures of Thomas Rauch, B.S. student in energy engineering and energy business and finance, on the Good Traveler Blog as he spends the spring 2010 semester in China. Thomas is participating in the Shanghai, China in a Global Context program, a four-month study abroad opportunity developed by the Council on International Educational Exchange (CIEE) and offered through the Penn State Office of Global Programs.

February 17, 2010

Chunshan Song Named Distinguished Professor of Fuel Science

Chunshan Song has been named Distinguished Professor of Fuel Science by Penn State's Office of the President.

February 10, 2010

Speaker Chosen for 2010 G. Albert Shoemaker Lecture Series in Mineral Engineering

The Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering is pleased to announce that Mr. Fredrick D. Palmer, senior vice president of government relations for Peabody Energy, will be the 2010 lecturer at the 19th annual G. Albert Shoemaker Lecture Series in Mineral Engineering.

February 3, 2010

2010 College of Earth and Mineral Sciences Exposition to be Held on Saturday, February 27, 2010

All high school students, current Penn State students, and transfer students who are considering an EMS major are invited to attend the 2010 College of Earth and Mineral Sciences Exposition to be held on Saturday, February 27, 2010 on the Penn State University Park Campus. There you can meet current students, faculty, staff, and alumni, discuss majors and careers, tour the EMS facilites, including the EMS Library and EMS Museum, and more.