Welcome to the Spring 2021 edition of the EMS Energy Institute (EI) newsletter. This edition showcases faculty research in several topical areas, introduces new faculty, and highlights the honors received by our students, faculty, and staff.
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — A region famous for the coal that once fueled a growing nation is now the focus of a $1.2 million project, led by Penn State researchers, aimed at establishing domestic supplies of critical minerals needed to produce modern technology from cell phones to fighter jets.
EMS Energy Institute Awards by Source
(Fiscal Year 2018/2019)
Total Awards 46
EMS Energy Institute Projects by Program Area
(Fiscal Year 2018/2019)
EMS Energy Institute Funding by Source
(Fiscal Year 2018/2019)
Total Funding $10.9 million
EMS Energy Institute Funding by Program Area
(Fiscal Year 2018/2019)
Date
December 13, 2025
Time
2:59 am to 2:59 am
Description
The 38th Annual Virtual International Pittsburgh Coal Conference will be held September 20, 2021. Details about this event can be found at https://www.engineering.pitt.edu/pcc/.
Cost
Free
Penn State alumna Elana Chapman, senior fuels and biofuels engineer at General Motors (GM), has been recognized for her impacts within the fuel industry.
The Penn State Materials Research Institute (MRI) has announced the 2021 recipients of seed grants that will enable University faculty to establish new collaborations with partners outside their own units for exploration of transformative ideas for high-impact materials science and engineering. There are four research themes for the seed grants, with 12 grants totaling more than $500,000 which were awarded by MRI in partnership with Penn State’s Applied Research Laboratory and the Pennsylvania Recyclin
Fiber-optic cables run underneath nearly all city grids across the United States and provide internet and cable TV to millions, but what if those systems could also provide valuable information related to hazardous events such as earthquakes and flooding? A team of researchers at Penn State have found they can do just that.
Chiara Lo Prete, associate professor of energy economics in Penn State’s College of Earth and Mineral Sciences, received a Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) award from the National Science Foundation to investigate electricity market structures to provide efficient incentives for generation capacity investment under increasing renewable penetration.
Date
December 13, 2025
Time
2:59 am to 2:59 am
Description
ACS Resilience of Chemistry Meeting will be held Aug. 22-26, 2021
https://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/meetings/national-meeting/about/futu…
Cost
Free
Date
December 13, 2025
Time
2:59 am to 2:59 am
Description
The 45th International Technical Conference on Clean Energy will take place June 20 to 25, 2021, at the Sheraton Sand Key in Clearwater, Florida. What is unusual for us is that we have a Call for Papers and Program Announcement at the same time. We will continue to revise the program as we add additional papers and sessions. For more information, visit their official website at: https://clearwatercleanenergyconference.com/
Cost
Free