Bruce Logan, Kappe professor of environmental engineering and director of the Hydrogen Energy Center, will discuss fuel cells at Research Unplugged at noon April 5 in the Downtown Theatre in State College.
Research Unplugged is free to the public. Based on Cafe Scientifique, a university-town phenomenon that began a few years ago in the United Kingdom, Research Unplugged creates an informal atmosphere for academics and researchers to discuss issues with the general public.
The hourlong event is titled "Future Fuel? On the road to a hydrogen economy." Free light refreshments will be provided.
Logan has been a member of the Penn State faculty since 1997. Before coming to Penn State, he was a professor at the University of Arizona.
Logan's research interests include bioenergy production, environmental transport processes, and bioremediation and treatment.
His awards and honors include the inaugural Association of Environmental Engineering Professors' Malcolm Pirnie Frontiers of Research Award, the 2004 Paul L. Busch Award from the Water Environment Research Foundation Endowment for Innovation in Applied Water Quality Research, the Popular Mechanics 2005 Breakthrough Award and the 2005 Frank Annunzio Award in Alternative Energy Sources, sponsored by the Christopher Columbus Fellowship Foundation.
He earned his bachelor of science in chemical engineering and a master of science in environmental engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Logan earned his doctoral degree in environmental engineering from the University of California, Berkeley. He is a former Fulbright Scholar and Leverhulme Fellow.
The event is sponsored by the Office of the Vice President for Research.