Penn State Expert Database
Science, Engineering & Technology
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Astronomy
Biology, Animal
Coal
Energy
Fuels
Innovation/Inventions
Manufacturing
Materials
Mathematics
Microbiology
Physics
Statistics
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Astronomy

Gordon Garmire Ph.D.

The Evan Pugh Professor, Astronomy & Astrophysics, Eberly College of Science

Expertise

Experimental high-energy astrophysics; satellite observations of x-ray sources; Chandra ACIS experiment; supernova remnants; diffuse x-ray background; space-borne instrumentation

Contact Information

Email: garmire@astro.psu.edu

Phone: 814-865-1117

Website: http://www.astro.psu.edu/users/garmire/

Alexander Wolszczan Ph.D.

The Evan Pugh Professor, Astronomy & Astrophysics, Eberly College of Science

Expertise

Extrasolar planetary systems, radio astronomy, radio pulsars, interstellar medium

Contact Information

Email: awolszczan@astro.psu.edu

Phone: 814-863-1756

Website: http://www.astro.psu.edu/users/alex/

Darren Williams Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Physics and Astronomy, Science, Penn State Erie

Expertise

Origin and evolution of planet/satellite systems, planet habitability

Contact Information

Email: dmw145@psu.edu

Phone: 814-898-6008

Website: http://physics.bd.psu.edu/faculty/williams/

Stephane Coutu Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Eberly College of Science

Expertise

cosmic rays; high-energy particle astrophysics

Contact Information

Email: coutu@phys.psu.edu

Phone: 814-865-2015

Website: http://www.phys.psu.edu/people/display/index.html?pe...

Niel Brandt Ph.D.

Professor, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Eberly College of Science

Expertise

Active galactic nuclei; black holes; X-ray sources, X-ray astronomy

Contact Information

Email: nbrandt@astro.psu.edu

Phone: 814-865-3509

Website: http://www.astro.psu.edu/users/niel/

Pablo Laguna Ph.D.

Professor, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Eberly College of Science

Expertise

Black holes; gravitational waves; numerical relativity

Contact Information

Email: pablo@astro.psu.edu

Phone: 814-863-8470

Website: http://www.astro.psu.edu/users/pablo/

John A. Nousek Ph.D.

Senior scientist and professor, Astronomy & Astrophysics, Eberly College of Science

Expertise

X-ray astronomy hardware and software, unusual soft X-ray sources, gamma-ray bursts

Contact Information

Email: nousek@astro.psu.edu

Phone: 814-863-1937

Website: http://www.astro.psu.edu/main/index.php?module=pagem...

Donald Schneider Ph.D.

Professor, Astronomy & Astrophysics, Eberly College of Science

Expertise

Quasars; redshifts, Hubble Space Telescope, Brown Dwarfs

Contact Information

Email: dschneider@astro.psu.edu

Phone: 814-863-9554

Website: http://www.astro.psu.edu/main/index.php?module=pagem...

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Biology, Animal

Stam Zervanos Ph.D.

Professor of Biology Emeritus, Division of Science,

Expertise

Groundhogs and their physiology, hibernation and mating patterns

Contact Information

Email: smz1@psu.edu

Phone: 610-396-6166

Website: http://www.bk.psu.edu/faculty/zervanos/

Michael Gannon Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Biology, Mathematics & Natural Sciences, Penn State Altoona

Expertise

Bats and bat research; museum science; tropical ecology; zoology

Contact Information

Email: mrg5@psu.edu

Phone: 814 949 5210

Website: http://www.personal.psu.edu/mrg5/

Carolyn Mahan Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Biology, Mathematics & Natural Sciences, Penn State Altoona

Expertise

Wildlife issues regarding disease, damage, conservation and management, and natural history

Contact Information

Email: cgm2@psu.edu

Phone: 814 949 5000

Website: http://www.personal.psu.edu/cgm2/

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Coal

Harold Schobert Ph.D.

Professor, Fuel Science, Energy and Mineral Engineering, College of Earth & Mineral Sciences

Expertise

Structure and chemical reactions of coal and its derivatives for fuel; development of thermally stable jet fuels

Contact Information

Email: schobert @ems.psu.edu

Phone: 814-863-1337

Website: http://www.eme.psu.edu/Faculty/schobert.htm

Larry Grayson Ph.D.

George and Anne Deike Chair in Mining Engineering, Energy and Mineral Engineering, College of Earth & Mineral Sciences

Expertise

Mining engineering and safety, mine rescue, coal mine production and management

Contact Information

Email: rlg19@psu.edu

Phone: 814-863-1644

Website: http://www.eme.psu.edu/Faculty/grayson.html

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Energy

Mark C. Radomsky

Director, Field Services, Miner Training Program, Energy and Mineral Engineering, College of Earth & Mineral Sciences

Expertise

Mine safety, particularly coal mining; industrial safety and psychology; accident investigation

Contact Information

Email: mcr4@psu.edu

Phone: 814-865-6335

Website: http://www.eme.psu.edu/Faculty/radomsky.htm

Raja V Ramani Ph.D., P.E.

professor Emeritus, Mining Engineering/Geo-Environmental Engineering, Energy and Mineral Engineering, College of Earth & Mineral Sciences

Expertise

Flow mechanisms of air, gas, and dust in mining; health, safety, productivity, and human resource development issues; land use and environmental site planning for surface mining

Contact Information

Email: rvr@psu.edu

Phone: 814-863-1617

Website: http://www.eme.psu.edu/Faculty/ramani.htm

Andre Boehman Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Fuel Science, Energy and Mineral Engineering, College of Earth & Mineral Sciences

Expertise

Diesel fuels; diesel combustion and engine emissions; jet fuel formulation; alternative fuels, hydrogen

Contact Information

Email: boehman@ems.psu.edu

Phone: 814-865-7839

Website: http://www.eme.psu.edu/Faculty/boehman.htm

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Fuels

Harold Schobert Ph.D.

Professor, Fuel Science, Energy and Mineral Engineering, College of Earth & Mineral Sciences

Expertise

Structure and chemical reactions of coal and its derivatives for fuel; development of thermally stable jet fuels

Contact Information

Email: schobert @ems.psu.edu

Phone: 814-863-1337

Website: http://www.eme.psu.edu/Faculty/schobert.htm

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Innovation/Inventions

Kathryn Jablokow Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Great Valley School, Graduate Professional Studies,

Expertise

Creativity and problem solving in science and engineering, including invention, management of diversity, and the management of technological change

Contact Information

Email: KWL3@psu.edu

Phone: 610-648-3372

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Manufacturing

Michael Piovoso Ph.D.

Professor of Electrical Engineering, Great Valley School, Graduate Professional Studies,

Expertise

Control and monitoring of complex systems such as chemical plants including model-based predictive control and inferential control

Contact Information

Email: Piovoso@psu.edu

Phone: 610-648-3356

Robert L. Mueller Ph.D., P.E.

Assistant Professor, Engineering,

Expertise

Product liability; industrial accidents; industrial control systems

Contact Information

Email: rlm18@psu.edu

Phone: 724-334-6726

Website: http://www.nk.psu.edu/Academics/facprofile.aspx?cn21...

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Materials

Carlo Pantano Ph.D.

Distinguished Professor, Materials Science & Engineering, College of Earth & Mineral Sciences

Expertise

Glass surfaces, interfaces and thin films technology; manufacturing efficiency and mechanical reliability of glass products

Contact Information

Email: cgp1@psu.edu

Phone: 814-863-2071

Website: http://www.mri.psu.edu/faculty/pantano/

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Mathematics

George Andrews Ph.D.

Evan Pugh Professor, Mathematics, Eberly College of Science

Expertise

Renowned authority on the work of the late mathematical genius Srinivasa Ramanujan and the theory of partitions combined; number theory; partitions; calculus-reform movement

Contact Information

Email: andrews@math.psu.edu

Phone: 814-865-6642

Website: http://www.math.psu.edu/andrews/

Diane Henderson Ph.D.

Professor, Mathematics, Eberly College of Science

Expertise

Behavior of waves in fluids; experimental and computational water waves

Contact Information

Email: dmh9@psu.edu

Phone: 814-865-3712

Website: http://www.math.psu.edu/dmh/

Nigel Higson Ph.D.

Distinguished Professor, Mathematics, Eberly College of Science

Expertise

Operator algebra theory; Baum-Connes conjecture, a broad program that connects operator-algebra theory to problems in other areas of mathematics

Contact Information

Email: higson@psu.edu

Phone: 814-865-5764

Website: http://www.math.psu.edu/higson/

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Microbiology

Jean E. Brenchley Ph.D.

Professor, Microbiology and Biotechnology, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Eberly College of Science

Expertise

A leader in bacterial metabolism research. Studies cold-active enzymes that thrive at unusually low temperatures and the organisms that produce them.

Contact Information

Email: jeb7@psu.edu

Phone: 814-863-7794

Website: http://www.bmb.psu.edu/faculty/brenchley/brenchley.html

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Physics

Abhay Ashtekar Ph.D.

Eberly Professor, Physics, Eberly College of Science

Expertise

General relativity; quantum gravity; quantum mechanics

Contact Information

Email: ashtekar@gravity.psu.edu

Phone: 814-863-9601

Website: http://cgpg.gravity.psu.edu/people/Ashtekar/research...

Jayanth Banavar Ph.D.

Professor, Physics, Eberly College of Science

Expertise

Physics of protein folding; scaling of river and circulatory networks; subcontinuum fluid physics

Contact Information

Email: jayanth@phys.psu.edu

Phone: 814-863-1089

Website: http://www.phys.psu.edu/people/display/index.html?pe...

Moses H.W. Chan Ph.D.

Evan Pugh Professor, Physics, Eberly College of Science

Expertise

Condensed matter; phase transitions, supersolid, including recent discovery of a new phase of matter, a "supersolid" form of helium-4 with the extraordinary frictionless-flow properties of a superfluid

Contact Information

Email: chan@phys.psu.edu

Phone: 814-863-2622

Website: http://www.phys.psu.edu/people/display/index.html?pe...

Stephane Coutu Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Eberly College of Science

Expertise

cosmic rays; high-energy particle astrophysics

Contact Information

Email: coutu@phys.psu.edu

Phone: 814-865-2015

Website: http://www.phys.psu.edu/people/display/index.html?pe...

Vincent Crespi Ph.D.

Professor, Physics, Eberly College of Science

Expertise

nanoscale carbon materials; novel semiconductors; structural energies of materials; carbon nanotubes; molecular electronics

Contact Information

Email:

Phone: 814-863-0163

Website: http://www.phys.psu.edu/people/display/index.html?pe...

Mark Strikman Ph.D.

Professor, Physics, Eberly College of Science

Expertise

High-energy physics; momentum transfer; nuclear structure

Contact Information

Email: strikman@phys.psu.edu

Phone: 814-865-7382

Website: http://www.phys.psu.edu/people/display/index.html?pe...

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Statistics

Bruce Lindsay Ph.D.

Distinguished Professor, Statistics, Eberly College of Science

Expertise

statistics; probability

Contact Information

Email: bgl@psu.edu

Phone: 814-865-1220

Website: http://www.stat.psu.edu/people/faculty/lindsay.html

Calyampudi R. Rao Ph.D.

Professor Emeritus of teh Eberly Family Chair in Statistics, Statistics, Eberly College of Science

Expertise

Estimation in small samples; inferences; multivariate analysis; design of experiments

Contact Information

Email: crr1@psu.edu

Phone: 814-865-3194

Website: http://www.stat.psu.edu/people/faculty/crrao.html

James L. Rosenberger Ph.D.

Professor, Statistics, Eberly College of Science

Expertise

statistical methodology; statistical design of experiments; linear and non-linear modeling; calibration

Contact Information

Email: jlr@stat.psu.edu

Phone: 814-865-1348

Website: http://www.stat.psu.edu/people/faculty/rosenberger.html

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