Welcome!
About Us

On behalf of the EMS Energy Institute, I welcome you.

The demand for clean, reliable, affordable energy continues to grow in the United States. The Institute has a rather straight forward approach by which we conduct our research and view the complex energy issues that confront the U.S. We believe that the nation needs to diversify its energy production, while simultaneously improving the efficiency by which it generates and utilizes that energy. We must strive to expand the use our limited indigenous resources while relying less on non-domestic sources of energy. The development and commercialization of new energy technologies will assist the nation in meeting its energy needs while spurring economic growth.

At the Institute, we have structured our research efforts to mirror this philosophy. We have significantly diversified our research activities over the last five years. We hope to provide you with numerous program and project overviews, a listing of our expanded facilities, and a quick peek at some of our emerging initiatives at our web site. I think you will be impressed by the breadth of our activities and our commitment to maintaining some of the most sophisticated energy research facilities in the nation.

Please consider using the Institute as your one-stop energy resource whenever you have questions or ideas pertaining to energy. I invite you to visit the EMS Energy Institute to meet with our staff and to tour our facilities.

Dr. Chunshan Song, Director
EMS Energy Institute,
A unit of the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences (EMS),
One of Penn State Institutes of Energy and the Environment