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Veer Nagda, a sophomore student at Penn State, joined a research-based startup at University Park this summer to help graduate students determine the best way to remove critical minerals from e-waste, such as solar panels.

Osaro Egharevba, a graduate student in petroleum and natural gas engineering, interned at DTE Energy this summer to develop a CO₂ injection nodal analysis software tool for carbon capture and storage (CCS). His project could support safer, more efficient storage by improving estimates of injection capacity, operating pressures, and well design requirements

Faris Alsaif, a senior majoring in petroleum and natural gas, spent the summer in the Northern Area Gas Reservoir Management Department at Saudi Aramco in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.

Sekhar Bhattacharyya used an opportunity grant from the Center for Faculty Development and Advancement to support professional development and advance his approach to educating mining engineering students.

Penn State’s highly ranked mining engineering program is slated to be among the recipients of a proposed $100 million investment from the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Critical Minerals and Energy Innovation.

Connor Casewell, a junior mining engineering major, spent this summer with Robindale Energy Services, traveling between job sites to conduct water and soil sampling and to learn the ropes in data management and recordkeeping. 

Hamad Hussain will represent both the Penn State College of the Liberal Arts and the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences as college marshal at the University’s summer 2026 commencement ceremony on Aug. 15 at the Bryce Jordan Center.

Kaleah Moran, who earned an undergraduate degree in environmental systems engineering, has been spending the summer working at Rio Tinto’s Kennecott Copper Mine in Utah, learning how industries mitigate the byproduct selenium, which poses risks to aquatic ecosystems.

Zain Mohammed Alabbad, a senior majoring in petroleum and natural gas engineering, spent his summer as an intern with Aramco Americas in the research and development upstream technical support department.

Fuad Deen, a senior majoring in mining engineering, is interning at University Park with Barbara Arnold.