Starting fall 2020, the college will be hosting numerous celebratory events to commemorate the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences' 125th anniversary and they will be posted below when details are confirmed. Please check back often as this page will be updated frequently.
Honorary Lectures and Symposia
- Oct. 18, 2021: Lattman Lecture
Melissa Lee, founder and CEO of the GREEN Program
Time TBD; "Training the Next Generation Workforce for a Sustainable Future" - Oct. 29 - 30, 2021: “Carbon: From Fuels to Materials” - 125th Anniversary Symposium
A series of invited lectures, primarily by PSU alumni, that illustrates the history, the progress and the synergism of fuels/materials connections with a view toward an even brighter future.
Previous Events
- May 19: Panel - "Getting to Negative: strategies, ethics, and co-benefits of carbon capture and sequestration." Panel is part of IEE's Energy Days and will feature the below panelists:
- Wei Peng, School of International Affairs and Dept of Civil and Environmental Engineering
- Jennifer Baka, Department of Geography
- Jacqueline O'Connor, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Director, Center for Gas Turbine Research, Education, and Outreach
- Bruce Logan, Dept of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Assoc Director IEE
- Erica Smithwick, Department of Geography, Assoc Director IEE
- Tom Richard, Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Director IEE
- Xiaoxing Wang, Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering
- April 15, 2021: 125th EMS Anniversary Steidle Café
Speakers: Amit Das, State-of-the-Art; Long-Qing Chen, MatSE; George Kotsoni, Ph.D. Candidate.
Time: 10:30 a.m. via Zoom - April 14-15, 2021: "Reflections and Future Perspectives of Polymer Science in EMS" (virtual event)
Series of lectures by both Penn State and non-Penn State faculty and keynote and pleanary speakers, Geoffrey Coates and Thomas Epps III
(DAY 1) Wednesday, April 14: 1-6 p.m.
(DAY 2) Thursday, APRIL 15: 1-6 p.m. - April 14, 2021: Department of Meteorology and Atmospheric Science's Hussey Lecture (virtual event)
Speaker: Harry Campbell, Chesapeake Bay Foundation - Friday, April 9, 2021: 2021 G. Albert Shoemaker Lecture in Mineral Engineering
4:00 p.m. EST; Mr. William E. (Bill) Cobb, Vice President and Chief Sustainability Officer – Freeport-McMoRan Americas
“Meeting Escalating Stakeholder Expectations of the Mining Sector” - March 18: 125th EMS Anniversary Steidle Café
Speakers: Doug Wolfe, ARL; Trevor Clark, Materials Characterization Lab; Conghang Qu, Ph.D. Candidate.
Time: 10:30 a.m. via Zoom - Feb. 19, 2021: Geography 125th Anniversary Coffee Hour Speaker
Speaker: Karen Seto, Yale University
Talk: Contemporary Urbanization: Problem or Panacea for the Planet?
Time: 4-5:00 p.m. via Zoom - Feb. 18: 125th EMS Anniversary Steidle Café
Speakers: Alumnus: Tim Hsu, Ph.D., President, Polymics, Ltd.; Faculty: Urara Hasegawa, Ph.D., Assistant Professor; Graduate Student: Hari Padmanabhan, Ph.D. candidate
Time: 10:30 a.m. via Zoom