Winter 2007
In This Issue:
Focus On Energy
Features:
Energy at the Crossroads
Penn State responds to the energy challenge
Fuel Cells and Energy Storage Systems
Batteries and fuel cells for transportation and mobile devices
The Biomass Approach to Energy Independence
Replacing fossil fuels with green materials
Solar Energy at the Tipping Point
Penn State Researchers hunt for affordable solar materials
Director's Message
Energy is a very broad topic that touches on materials in many different ways.
Scaroni on Energy
An interview with the Energy Institute's interum director
Going Nuclear
A visit to Penn State's source for neutron radiation
Seminar on Climate Change
Dr. William Easterling: Response to the perfect storm of climate change and oil instability
Excerpts: Report of the 2006 Energy Task Force
The challenge of sustaining national and global energy security in sharp focus.
Method for Making Ultra-Clean Transportation Fuels
Working on ways to make the use of fossil fuels less harmful.
Faculty Spotlight: Dr. Yaw Yeboah
Dr. Yeboah says Penn State is poised to become Energy U.
Conference Reviews
A photo gallery of CrossOver 2006 and Hydrogen Day
