Student Receives Best Paper Award at International Conference
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| Laura Bradley receives Best Paper Award from Conference co-chairmen Klaus R.G. Hein (left) from the University of Stuggart and Stanley J. Vecci from The Babcock & Wilcox Company. |
Laura C. Bradley, an undergraduate student in Chemical Engineering and working at the EMS Energy Institute, received a Best Student Paper Award at the 2009 Clearwater Clean Coal Conference for her paper, The Effect of Fuel Composition on Pyrolysis Kinetics.
She received the award during the 34th International Technical Conference on Clean Coal and Fuel Systems held from May 31 to June 4, 2009. The Best Student Paper Award Committee evaluated the students on the manuscript they submitted and the presentation of the material during conference technical sessions.
Nine students participated in the award representing Penn State, University of Stuggart, The Ohio State University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Illinois Institute of Technology, and University of Utah. Laura, who recently completed her sophomore year, was the sole undergraduate student in the competition while the others were graduate students. Two students were awarded Best Paper and Laura shared the honor with a PhD student from the University of Utah.
Rep. Glenn Thompson Visits Penn State
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At left, Bruce Miller, senior research associate in energy fuels at
Penn State's Earth and Mineral Sciences Energy Institute, gave an overview of the research taking place at the facility to U.S. Rep.
Glenn Thompson, of Pennsylvania's 5th District.
Photo: L. Reidar Jensen |
On Tuesday, June 30, U.S. Rep. Glenn Thompson paid a daylong visit to Penn State’s University Park campus and was briefed on the University’s progress in teaching, research and development across a variety of programs, from food science to fuel science.
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| At left, Alan Scaroni, associate dean for research and professor of fuel science at the EMS Energy Institute, speaks to U.S. Rep. Glenn Thompson (right) as Bruce Miller listens. Photo: L. Reidar Jensen |
Thompson finished the day with tours of the food science building, led by Robert Steele, former dean of the College of Agricultural Sciences; various laboratories at the Earth and Mineral Sciences Energy Institute, led by Alan Scaroni, associate dean for research and professor of fuel science; and the Breazeale Nuclear Reactor, led by David Wormley, dean of the College of Engineering.
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| Bruce Miller (left) talks to U.S. Rep. Glenn Thompson about the research currently taking place at the facility. Photo: L. Reidar Jensen | Andre Boehman (left) professor of fuel science and engineering, leads Thompson on a tour of a facility where work on fuel mixtures and engine efficiency is taking place. Photo: L. Reidar Jensen |