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Sharon Miller: Inspiring Students for Careers in Science
Miller's mission is to facilitate students' educational experience beyond the classroom.
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Hydrogen fuel cells are
the wave of the future. At least that's what Angela Lueking hopes.
Lueking is currently
utilizing her interests in science and the environment to further the hydrogen initiative.
She is looking to develop a carbon material that will help to solve the problem with fuel
cell cars of how to store hydrogen in a practical way.
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Amy Glasmeier testifies on economic
development policy
Amy Glasmeier, the E. Willard Miller professor of economic geography and planning
at Penn State and the John D. Whisman Appalachian scholar, Appalachian Regional Commission,
testified Tuesday (Jan. 23) before the U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee
on "Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management."
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Nyblade leading AfricaArray
initiative
Dr. Andrew Nyblade, associate professor of geosciences, is leading an initiative
to create more highly trained scientists in Africa.
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K.C. Kim's efforts to
preserve Korea's DMZ
Kim's decade-long campaign to create a system of bioreserves in the Demilitarized Zone separating North
and South Korea.
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Logan honored with
Paul L. Busch Award
Dr. Bruce Logan, Kappe professor of environmental engineering, was presented with the fourth
annual Paul L. Busch Award during special luncheon ceremonies at the annual Water Environment
Federation Technical Exhibition and Conference (WEFTEC) held October 2-6, 2004 in New Orleans, Louisiana.
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Hudson Perspective
Published in Journal Science
Peter Hudson, Willaman Professor of Biology and affiliate of the Penn State Institutes
of the Environment (PSIE), and Ottar Bjornstad, professor of entomology and biology, coauthored
the perspective “Vole Stranglers and Lemming Cycles” published in the October
31, 2003 issue of Science.
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DeWalle Elected AWRA
Fellow
David R. DeWalle was elected as a Fellow Member of the American Water Resources Association (AWRA) at the Annual Conference
held November 3-6, 2003 in San Diego, California.
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Carlson Unveils Statewide
Map of Impervious Surface Areas for Pennsylvania
Toby Carlson, professor of meteorology, recently concluded a two-year mapping project
detailing the extent of impervious surface area (ISA) for the state of Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania
is the first state to have mapped ISA available at the state scale.
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