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The Big Ten Academic Alliance (BTAA) Department Executive Officers (DEO) program has gained five additional fellows from the Penn State ranks, including Luis F. Ayala H., head of the Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering.

Ten interdisciplinary research teams, including several involving researchers from EME, have received funding through the Institute of Energy and the Environment’s 2025 Seed Grant Program.

Nelson Dzade, assistant professor of energy and mineral engineering and chair of the undergraduate energy engineering program has been awarded the prestigious U.S.-Africa Frontiers Fellowships by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine (NASEM) to build high-impact research collaboration and strengthen capacity building with African scientists.

x Penn State students recently won a first-place award in the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Solar District Cup division, the second consecutive first-place division win for the University.  There were 81 teams participating in the competition.

Gabriel Schaefer, who earned his degree in energy engineering at Penn State, helps build solar plants from the Eastern to the Midwestern United States.

Thirteen Penn State engineering students from the John and Willie Leone Family Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering (EME) in the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences took home several awards and scholarships from the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) and the American Association of Drilling Engineers (AADE) this spring.

Penn State is offering two new graduate certificates in its energy and sustainability portfolio that can help professionals who want to contribute to the global shift toward sustainable energy solutions. The two new certificates are Energy Transition Strategies (ETS) and Sustainable Energy Development (SED), both part of the online Renewable Energy and Sustainable Energy Systems (RESS) master’s degree program at Penn State.

 For high school sophomores, juniors, and seniors interested in real-world lab experiences with automation technology or watching a blasting at a limestone quarry, there are only so many places they can go. If they want to learn the fundamentals from a top mining program in the United States, there is only one — the MINING ROCKS! Mining Summer Camp hosted by the John and Willie Leone Family Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering (EME). The camp will be held on the University Park campus on July 20–25. 

A new method, developed by Penn State researchers and recently granted patent rights, enables high-efficiency lithium extraction—in minutes, not hours—using low temperatures and simple water-based leaching.

Penn State will host the 20th North American Mine Ventilation Symposium (NAMVS) in collaboration with the Society of Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration (SME) and the SME Underground Ventilation Committee (UVC) on June 21–26 in Pittsburgh.