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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. It also includes a comprehensive list of faculty affiliated with the Center and their areas of expertise. The report will be distributed as part of the Center’s third workshop in Dalian, China. The Joint Center for Energy Research is a research endeavor between Penn State and Dalian University of Technology (DUT) in China.

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. The completion was held during the April 16 conference at Missouri University of Science and Technology. SPE coordinates 10 regional student paper contests at the undergraduate, master's and doctorate level.