Sharon Miller: Inspiring Students for Careers in Science

Miller's mission is to facilitate students' educational experience beyond the classroom.

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.

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."

Nyblade leading AfricaArray initiative
Dr. Andrew Nyblade, associate professor of geosciences, is leading an initiative to create more highly trained scientists in Africa.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.