2023 Wilson Banquet and Awards Presentation
The College of Earth and Mineral Sciences’ annual celebration of accomplishments was hosted virtually on April 23, 2023. The following EI students, affiliates, and researchers were honored.
Gladys Snyder Junior Faculty Grant |
Wilson Award for Outstanding Service |
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| The Gladys Snyder Junior Faculty Grants are given to young faculty for the development of new courses or the improvement of current offerings; for travel to professional meetings special course and seminars; to broaden the studies of junior faculty members; and/or to recognize significant contributions of faculty in their first five years in research efforts. | Created in 1999, the Wilson Service Award honors exceptional achievement in service and expresses the gratitude and appreciation of the college. | ||
 Ashish Ranjan Kumar, assistant professor in energy and mineral engineering“Development of a Virtual Reality System for Classroom Teaching of Complex Mining Operations” |
 Elizabeth Hajek, associate professor and associate head for diversity, equity, and inclusion, geosciences |
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Paul F. Robertson Award for
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E. Willard and Ruby S. Miller Faculty Fellow |
The Paul F. Robertson Award for the EMS Breakthrough of the Year was created in 2012 with support from a generous gift by EMS alumnus Paul F. Robertson. | ||
 Luis Ayala, William A. Fustos Family Professor of Energy and Mineral Engineering“Pore-scale investigation of multicomponent, multiphase flow of geofluids: A fugacity-based mesoscopic approach” |
 Mort Webster, professor of energy engineering |
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George H. Deike, Jr. Research Grant |
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| The George H. Deike, Jr. Research Grant promotes innovative research of high scholarly merit. The award recipient receives $50,000 from the George H. Deike, Jr. Research Endowment Fund and a recognition memento. |
Spring 2022 EMSAGE Laureates |
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 Barbara Arnold, professor of practice in mining engineering“Revalorization of mine tailings” |
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Promotion and Tenure |
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| Derek Hall, associate teaching professor of energy and mineral engineering | Arash Dahi Taleghani, professor of energy and mineral engineering | Xiaoxing Wang, research professor in the EMS Energy Institute | Tieyuan Zhu, associate professor of geosciences |
2023 Institutes of Energy and the Environment Seed Grants
The following EME Energy Institute researchers were 2023 Institutes of Energy and the Environment (IEE) seed grant recipients:
| Elizabeth Hajek, associate professor of geosciences for the project “CoRe at PSU: Growing Cold Regions Research Capabilities at Penn State University” |
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 Nelson Yaw Dzade (left), assistant professor in the John and Willie Leone Family Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering; Derek Hall (right), assistant teaching professor in the John and Willie Leone Family Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering for the project “Rational Design of Bio-Inspired and Earth-Abundant Catalysts for Carbon Dioxide Reduction into Fuels and Fine Chemicals” |
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  Yashar Mehmani (left), assistant professor in the John and Willie Leone Family Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering; Anne Menefee (right), assistant professor in the John and Willie Leone Family Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering for the project “Impact of CO2 Mineralization on the Evolution of Storage-Rock Microstructure” |
2022-23 Department of Energy and
Mineral Engineering student awards
The 2022 and 2023 John and Willie Leone Family Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering awards banquets recognized students and faculty in the department. The banquet is held in conjunction with the G. Albert Shoemaker Lecture. EMS Energy Institute students who received awards are listed below.
2022 Graduate Teaching Assistant of the Year |
2022 Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistants |
2022 Graduate Merit Award in Mining and Mineral Process Engineering |
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 Shubhadeep Banik Graduate student |
 Mpila M. Nkiawete Graduate student |
 Jiayi Yu Graduate student |
 Akshay Pradip Gharpure, Graduate student |
2023 Graduate Teaching Assistant of the Year |
2023 Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistants |
2023 Old Timers Club Award |
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 Hanif Yoga Graduate student |
Mpila M. Nkiawete Graduate student |
 Elham Rahimi Graduate student |
 Evan Antonacci Undergraduate student |
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2023 EME Good Citizenship Award |
2023 Careers in Coal
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 Mufaddal Gheewala Energy Engineering |
 Tristin Findlay Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering |
 Mark Hovingh Graduate student |
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