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Materials Science and Engineering students hope to inspire future women in STEM

4/27/18

Tight-knit friendships have allowed a group of female students to excel in a field that has traditionally been male dominated, materials science and engineering. Throughout their time at Penn State, these students took on leadership roles, conducted research, represented Penn State at national conferences and prepared for the start of their careers.

Evan Galbimerti

Student wins first place in regional petroleum engineering paper contest

6/19/17

A paper written by Evan Galimberti, a rising Penn State senior pursuing a bachelor’s degree in petroleum and natural gas engineering, and a master’s degree in energy and mineral engineering through an integrated undergraduate-graduate program, won first place in the Eastern North America regional Society of Petroleum Engineers student paper contest. Galimberti will advance to the final, international round of the contest in October.

Kiernan Riley

Nursing student Kiernan Riley awarded University grant to continue research

6/19/17

Kiernan Riley, a senior honor’s nursing student at Penn State Worthington Scranton, was awarded a Penn State Student Engagement Network grant to study the effects of a teaching intervention about organ donation on high school students’ attitudes and intent to register as organ donors when applying for drivers’ licenses.

Kalei Kowalchik at the PSWS 2017 Undergraduate Research Fair

Grant to help nursing student pursue engaged learning experience

6/16/17

Kalei Kowalchik, a sophomore honor’s nursing major at Penn State Worthington Scranton, has been awarded a Penn State Student Engagement Network grant to pursue an engaged learning experience with the Visiting Nurses Association Home Health and Hospice of Lackawanna County.

Cullen Dixon with plants

Plant sciences student helps research natural fungicide

4/27/17

Cullen Dixon, a plant sciences major, participates in a lab that tests the effectiveness of secondary metabolite compounds produced by sorghum as potential biopesticides in combating foliar diseases of Zea mays, or corn.

Aarushi Rana

Student uses mushroom minor to benefit her home

4/17/17

Rana, an economics major, is minoring in mushroom science and technology, and plans to use what she has learned to improve living conditions for people in her home city of Mumbai, India.

Riley research at Geisinger

Nursing student presents research at Geisinger conference

2/21/17

Kiernan Riley, an honor’s nursing student at Penn State Worthington Scranton, has been researching end-of-life care and patients living with end-stage heart failure for over a year now with Dr. Michael Evans, PSWS assistant clinical professor. In January, she had the opportunity to present pieces of that research at a conference hosted by Geisinger Medical Center in Danville

Pen State Brandywine's Megan Povelones

Brandywine professor receives selective NSF research grant

1/5/17

Megan Povelones, assistant professor of biology at Penn State Brandywine, has been named recipient of the distinguished National Science Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) award by the National Science Foundation (NSF), a five-year grant to study mitochondrial structure and function.

EMS poster contest first place

Research on nuclear waste storage in glass takes top prize at poster exhibition

12/14/16

Collin Smyth shined with a $500 first place finish for his poster titled “Single-Pass Flow-Through Corrosion of Calcium Aluminosilicate Glass Powder” at the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences’ (EMS) fifth annual Undergraduate Poster Exhibition held on Nov. 30, but the path to success was months in the making.

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Berks student takes first place at GSA Poster Awards

12/13/16

Niahz Wince, a senior majoring in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Penn State Berks, received top honors at the Genetics Society of America’s poster awards presentation at the The Allied Genetics Conference in Orlando, FL.

Thomas Derby

New PubHub website helps students hone research-publishing skills

12/6/16

For students struggling with writing manuscripts for refereed journals, or even those who just want to hone their research-writing skills, help has arrived in the form of more than 50 online learning modules, collectively called PubHub and made available last spring by the Penn State Council on Engaged Scholarship.

First place winners for upward bound stand with Penn State staff and faculty

EMS Upward Bound Math and Science team wins more than just first place

8/16/16

Six weeks of hard work paid off for Miguel Santana and Cintia Vasquez, two high school students who participated in the Upward Bound Math and Science Summer Residential Program through the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences (EMS). They were awarded first place at the program’s awards ceremony, held July 2, at the Nittany Lion Inn on the University Park campus. But the students achieved much more than just an award, like learning how to conduct research in a lab and deliver a presentation to their peers.

Michael Cavazza

EMS student’s paper wins first in SPE contest, advances to international final

4/27/16

A paper written by Michael Cavazza, a Schreyer Scholar majoring in petroleum and natural gas engineering, won first place in the Eastern North America regional Society of Petroleum Engineers student paper contest, held April 9 at Louisiana State University. Cavazza will advance to the final, international round of the contest, which will be held Sept. 26-28 at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition in Dubai. His paper explores way to combine hydraulic fracturing and acid mine drainage to improve water quality in Pennsylvania streams.

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