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Congrats to EME's Hamid Emami-Meybodi for being among the 46 inaugural recipients of an instructional innovation grant f...
09/04/2026

Congrats to EME's Hamid Emami-Meybodi for being among the 46 inaugural recipients of an instructional innovation grant from the AI Center of Excellence in Teaching and Learning to support web-based subsurface energy engineering education. https://ow.ly/1w3150ZJyQf

We are still riding high on all the attention our mining engineering program has received! https://ow.ly/oXYB50ZBtJo
09/04/2026

We are still riding high on all the attention our mining engineering program has received! https://ow.ly/oXYB50ZBtJo

08/31/2026

EME's Barbara Arnold is spreading the word about the need for mining engineers and !

— Veer Nagda, a senior majoring in mining engineering with a minor in energy business and finance, joined a research-b...
08/31/2026

— Veer Nagda, a senior majoring in mining engineering with a minor in energy business and finance, joined a research-based startup to remove critical minerals from e-waste.

Nagda helped prepare samples and learned more about mineral processing techniques and time management, which has already been helpful this semester. https://ow.ly/gUQc50ZHlL6

We are excited to welcome Qingwang Yuan to EME! Before joining Penn State, Yuan was a faculty member in petroleum engine...
08/28/2026

We are excited to welcome Qingwang Yuan to EME!

Before joining Penn State, Yuan was a faculty member in petroleum engineering at Texas Tech University. We can't wait to see how his research on subsurface hydrogen production will advance energy security, sustainable resource management, and innovation. https://ow.ly/CMUz50ZGGle

— Osaro Egharevba, a graduate student in petroleum and natural gas engineering, interned at DTE Energy in Detroit, Mic...
08/26/2026

— Osaro Egharevba, a graduate student in petroleum and natural gas engineering, interned at DTE Energy in Detroit, Michigan, developing a CO₂ injection nodal analysis software tool for carbon capture and storage.

His work has broad applicability in energy, climate, and environmental sustainability domains, including enhanced oil recovery, geological CO₂ sequestration, and hydrogen storage. https://ow.ly/M8iB50ZFRo2

EME's Sekhar Bhattacharyya prepared for the fall semester by visiting mining facilities and universities in Chile, Saudi...
08/25/2026

EME's Sekhar Bhattacharyya prepared for the fall semester by visiting mining facilities and universities in Chile, Saudi Arabia, and India this summer to advance his skills. The experience helped him strengthen his underground mining courses with new real-life examples of mining best practices. https://ow.ly/5A9Y50ZFnUu

Big smiles and laughs to celebrate the start of the new semester in EME! 😁🎉
08/24/2026

Big smiles and laughs to celebrate the start of the new semester in EME! 😁🎉

Congratulations to Mark Fedkin, EME's new Associate Head for Undergraduate Education. He’s excited for this fall semeste...
08/21/2026

Congratulations to Mark Fedkin, EME's new Associate Head for Undergraduate Education. He’s excited for this fall semester in his new role. https://ow.ly/bsyI50ZCv2e
"It is a very exciting time to be a student in Energy and Mineral Engineering, where our interdisciplinary programs give students the knowledge and skill sets to play leading roles in today’s evolving energy landscape," Fedkin said. "I look forward to welcoming our students this fall, supporting their success, and further working with the EME community to strengthen our educational mission.”

We are happy to have a new member of the EME community: Andres Valdez!Before joining EME, he served as an assistant rese...
08/21/2026

We are happy to have a new member of the EME community: Andres Valdez!

Before joining EME, he served as an assistant research professor in Penn State's College of Engineering, and we're excited to welcome him to the research cluster, where he'll help us pioneer the transformative solutions we need to tackle the global energy challenges our society faces.

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