Environmental
Solutions for the Environment
Environmental degradation of water, land, and air are critical problems for the 21st Century. Over the next 50 years, global economic activity is expected to grow by 500%, while world population will increase by 50%. Materials research has the potential to mitigate the impact of human activity on the environment by creating new methods to detect, prevent, and remove pollution, as well as by improving industrial processes through new environmentally friendly materials, more selective catalysts, and nanotechnology based green engineering that reduces waste products.
Environmental Research:
- Applied Research Laboratory (ARL)
- Materials Characterization Laboratory (MCL)
- Materials Simulation Center (MSC)
- Nanofabrication Laboratory
- National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network at Penn State (NNIN@Penn State)
Environmental News:
- New Book by MRI Researchers Fuels Solar Hydrogen Development
- Creating Systems that Mimic Nature
- Seminar on Climate Change
Research Nuggets:
Environmental Faculty:
Allara, David L.
- Professor of Chemistry and Professor of Materials Science
- 814-865-2254 - Validate to view contact info
- http://www.chem.psu.edu/faculty/dla3
Heaney, Peter J.
- Professor of Geosciences
- 814-865-6821 - Validate to view contact info
- http://www.geosc.psu.edu/people/faculty/personalpages/pheaney/index.html
Komarneni, Sridhar
- Distinguished Professor of Clay Mineralogy
- 814-865-1542 - Validate to view contact info
- http://cropsoil.psu.edu/people/faculty/komarnenis.cfm
Logan, Bruce E.
- Kappe Professor of Civil Engineering
- COE Environmental Institute
- 814-863-7908 - Validate to view contact info
- http://www.engr.psu.edu/ce/enve/logan/
Lueking, Angela
- Associate Professor of Energy & Geo-Environmental Engineering
- 814-863-6256 - Validate to view contact info
- http://www.eme.psu.edu/faculty/lueking.htm
Manias, Evangelos
- Associate Professor of Materials Science and Engineering
- 814-863-2980 - Validate to view contact info
- http://www.matse.psu.edu/fac/profiles/manias.htm
Sen, Ayusman
- Professor of Chemistry
- Head, Department of Chemistry
- 814-863-2460 - Validate to view contact info
- http://www.chem.psu.edu/faculty/axs20
Song, Chunshan
- Professor of Fuel Science
- Director, The Energy Institute
- 814-863-4466 - Validate to view contact info
- http://www.eme.psu.edu/faculty/song.html
