Upcoming Events
June 3 - 7, 2012: The 37th International Technical Conference on Clean Coal & Fuel Systems will be held in Clearwater, FL.
August 14-16, 2012: Ag Progress Days, Pennsylvania's largest oudoor agricultural expo, will be held at the Russell E. Larson Agricultural Research Center at Rock Srpings near State College, PA.
August 19-23, 2012: The Fall 2012 American Chemical Society National Meeting & Expo will be held in Philadelphia, Pa.
October 8-10, 2012: The Society for Petroleum Engineers 2012 Annual Technical Conference will be held in San Antonio TX.
June 23 - 27, 2013: The International Conference on Carbon Dioxide Utilization will be held in Washington D.C. Abstracts are due December 15, 2012.
eNews
PSIEE: Faculty Spotlight on Li Li
May 11, 2012 - Li Li, an assistant professor of energy and mineral engineering at Penn State, is investigating geologic carbon sequestration as a way to store the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide deep in the Earth’s subsurface.
Student receives 1st place in the SPE regional student paper contest
April 27, 2012 - Riteja Dutta, a master’s student in petroleum and natural gas engineering, won the 2012 Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) Rocky Mountain/Mid-Continent/Eastern Region student paper completion with her presentation, Laboratory Study of Fracturing Fluid Migration due to Spontaneous Imbibition in Fracture Tight Formations.
Institute Researcher's Work Mentioned in Online Publication
April 19, 2012 - Bruce Miller, senior scientist and associate director at the EMS Energy Institute, was quoted in a story published by Keystone Edge, a weekly online magazine. The feature story details American Eagle Paper Mill's quest to replace some of the coal it uses with a recycled fuel source. Read the story.
Third Joint Center for Energy Research Workshop a Success
April 3, 2012 - On March 21-23 Penn State and Dalian University of Technology held the third workshop for the Joint Center for Energy Research (JCER). The workshop was held in Dalian, China and was attended by over 80 faculty, students, and administrators from both universities.
Graduate Student Yu Noda takes first prize at student poster competition
March 6, 2012 - Yu Noda, a graduate student in the Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering was awarded first prize for his poster, Conversion of Lignocellulosic Biomass by Sequential Combination of Organic Acid and Base, at the 2012 Bioenergy Symposium.
PSU-DUT Joint Center for Energy Research Releases Report
February 29, 2012 - The PSU-DUT Joint Center for Energy Research has released its first report detailing the Center’s activities to date, research focus areas, and joint publications.
Chinese Delegation Visits Institute
January 16, 2012 - A Chinese delegation visited the EMS Energy Institute to discuss current energy research and issues. The group, whose primary research interests are in clean coal and clean carbon-based energy, met with University leaders in the morning and listened to presentations by EMS Energy Institute faculty in the afternoon.
Institute Research Helps Woman Link Pollutants to Coal Plant
January 16, 2012 - Intern Edition from NPR, an intern-run multimedia newsmagazine, recently ran the story Battle to Breathe: One Woman’s War on Coal Pollution. The story details Elizabeth Chimento’s fight to shut down the GenOn coal plant in Alexandria, Va.
EMS Energy Institute 2011 Celebration of Accomplishments
December 15, 2011 - The EMS Energy Institute held its 2011 Celebration of Accomplishments banquet on Saturday, December 10. Several faculty, staff and students received awards for their achievements and service to the Institute. Below is a list of the awards presented and their recipients. Congratulations to all!