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FACULTY RESEARCH
Wei Peng
Congratulations to the following civil and environmental engineering faculty for receiving seed grants in 2020
Pinlei Chen
2020 Institute for Computational and Data Sciences (ICDS) seed grants
A Novel Computational Framework for Large-Scale Dam Structural Analysis
PI: Pinlei Chen, assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering
Solving Surface Shallow Water Equations using Machine Learning Algorithms
PI: Xiaofeng Liu, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering and ICDS co-hire
Co-PI: John Harlim, professor of mathematics and meteorology and atmospheric science, and ICDS co-hire
Identifying Robust Near-Term Renewable Energy Policies to Ensure a Healthy and Climate-Friendly Future
PI: Wei Peng, assistant professor, School of International Affairs and Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Co-PIs: Klaus Keller: professor of geosciences; Vivek Srikrishnan: assistant research professor, Earth and Environmental Systems Institute
Machine Learning of Massive Real-Time Environmental Monitoring Data from Penn State Fiber-Optic Array for Mitigating Urban Geohazards
PI: Tieyuan Zhu, assistant professor of geosciences
Co-PI: Chaopeng Shen, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering, and ICDS co-hire
College of Engineering’s 2020 Research Opportunities for mid-Career Knowledge EnhancemenT (ROCKET) seed grants
Design Synthesis through Deep Reinforcement Learning
PI: Gordon Warn, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering
Penn State Ecology Institute 2020 Flower Grant
Freshwater Mussel Soft Tissue Incorporates Strontium and Radium Isotopic Signatures of O&G Produced Water
PI: Nathaniel Warner, assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering
Xiaofeng Liu
Chaopeng Shen
Gordon Warn
Nathaniel Warner
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