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Zuleima Karpyn, associate professor and Quentin E. and Louise L. Wood Faculty Fellow in petroleum and natural gas engineering, will serve as the interim director of the EMS Energy Institute for one year while Director Chunshan Song is on sabbatical leave. Her appointment begins July 1, 2013.

Beginning in the fall of 2013, the Penn State John and Willie Leone Family Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering (EME) will be offering a new energy and land management option as part of the bachelor of science degree in energy business and finance (EBF).

Last year Professor Angela Lueking was awarded a highly competitive Marie Curie International Incoming Fellowship to partner with researchers at the University of Crete to study basics of hydrogen adsorption and diffusion on surfaces. The Marie Curie International Incoming Fellowship is open to...

Jeffrey Brownson, assistant professor of energy and mineral engineering and materials science and engineering, presented "Power Quest: Are We Solving the Sustainable Energy Puzzle?" at a recent Research Unplugged event in downtown State College.

John Leone ('56, BS Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering) will be the alumni guest speaker at this year's College of Earth and Mineral Sciences spring commencement ceremony. Leone is CEO, chairman and owner of Bonney Forge Corporation.