Energy Innovation - Summer 2022

Welcome to the Summer 2022 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.

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Features

Upcycling plastic waste into graphite provides possible alternative to landfills

Upcycling plastic waste into graphite, used in electric vehicles and renewable energy storage...

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Eco-friendly carbon-dioxide conversion process may revolutionize existing method

A new, environmentally friendly, single-step process has been developed to convert carbon dioxide...

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Penn State awarded $3.4 million contract to target plastic waste

Penn State was awarded a $3.4 million contract from the REMADE Institute, a public-private partnership established by the United States Department of...

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Grant to reduce, eliminate toxicity of coal mine dust

Increases in lung diseases have been related to respirable coal mine dust. Penn State has been...

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EMS Energy Institute seed grants

In Spring 2019, the EMS Energy Institute announced a new call for seed grant proposals to encourage exploratory and collaborative research...

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Welcome New Faculty and Staff

The EMS Energy Institute welcomes the following new members who have joined the Institute since our last publication...

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Letter from the Interim Director

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Recent and Upcoming Events

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End of Year Awards

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Summary of Projects and Funding

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Honors and Awards

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• Penn State recognized for green power leadership
• Karpyn named inaugural Donohue Family Professor
• Rezaee selected for professorship designed to boost early career

• Institute awards computational and data sciences seed grants
• Materials Research Institute announces seed grant recipients
• Mining engineering faculty member named a Henry Krumb Lecturer

• Associate professor recognized as rising star in energy research
• Sanjay Srinivasan named distinguished member by Society of Petroleum Engineers

 

News

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• Battery metals from mine waste: Potential economic benefits for the commonwealth
• Coal creation mechanism uncovered
• New, environmentally friendly method to extract and separate rare earth elements

• Seismic study will help keep carbon underground
• Penn State to lead critical minerals consortium powered by $1.2 million from DOE
• Institutes of Energy and the Environment director to step down

• Researchers awarded grant to advance geothermal energy science
• Grant to fund new processing techniques for Gallium extraction