Spring/Summer 2010
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TAKING THE PLUNGE EME students participate in petroleum engineering training camp PLUS t
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See how our Mineral Economics alumni are “Looking to the Future�
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Find out how Penn State fared at the SPE Eastern Regional Student Paper Competition
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IN THIS ISSUE: Spotlight......................................3 Alumni and Friends Update.......4 EME Education...........................6 EME @ Your Service...................8 Research in Motion....................9 Professional Society and Club News..........................10 Faculty News............................12
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From The Department Head Dear Alumni and Friends, I am delighted to greet you with the news that John and Willie Leone of Bethlehem, PA, have decided to endow and name our department with a superb gift of $5 million. This means that we soon will be proudly known as the “John and Willie Leone Family Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering.” John is a 1956 graduate of our petroleum and natural gas engineering program. The Leone family gift will accomplish many things. It will fund undergraduate scholarships, graduate fellowships, and an endowed faculty chair. At its core is a celebration and expansion of our department’s ability to bring together engineering and business education for our students. You can read more about this tremendous gift on the next page. Please note that we also have another big announcement on page 3. In your hands you are holding the last printed copy of our Connection newsletter for the foreseeable future. Like many other organizations across the globe, the current economic situation is compelling the university and all its departments to find ways of cutting costs. One big savings can be found in the move to send all communication with our alumni and friends by email. Therefore, beginning with the winter 2010 edition, your Connection newsletter will be available solely online at www.eme.psu.edu. We would like to send you an email once each new edition is available so please take a minute to update your email address and contact information on the Penn State Alumni Association web site at: www.alumni.psu.edu/faq/address.htm. It is important that you keep Penn State’s records of your email address up-to-date because not only will we be using email to notify you of future editions of the newsletter, but we also will be sending out all department announcements and information about upcoming events electronically. And don’t forget to regularly log onto the EME web site (www.eme.psu.edu). There you will find all the latest department news and the latest schedule of events. We also have a link to our new EME Facebook page and Flickr photo gallery on the home page. All of these digital tools are a great way to follow the activities of our students, faculty, and alumni. Connection is a publication of the Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering in the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences at Penn State. CONTACT: 116 Hosler Building Penn State University University Park, PA 16802-5000 URL: www.eme.psu.edu Phone: 814-865-3437 E-mail to: eme@ems.psu.edu Editorial Director: Yaw Yeboah, YDY1@psu.edu Editor: Rachel Altemus, RLA7@psu.edu Writer/Designer: Anna Morrison, AMM277@psu.edu U.Ed. EMS 10-144 This publication is available in alternative media on request. Penn State is committed to affirmative action, equal opportunity, and the diversity of its workforce. 2
Speaking of activities, we’ve got a newsletter chock-full of adventures to tell you about. In the six short months since my last letter, we’ve had one group of mining engineering students travel to Australia for the International Mucking Competition (page 15), while a second group was invited to Arizona to compete in the SME/NSSGA Mine Design Competition (page 11); a group of petroleum and natural gas engineering students journeyed to Louisiana for a week’s training at the Shell Drilling and Production Camp (page 6); the Energy Engineering students formed a new Society for Energy Engineers (page 11); the Energy Business and Finance program faculty have created the new Energy Markets Initiative, a project designed to undertake industry-relevant academic research that will be influential in the ongoing debate about electricity restructuring in the state of Pennsylvania and elsewhere in the United States (page 9); and we held our annual G. Albert Shoemaker Lecture and annual Awards Banquet ceremony (page 5). Coinciding with the Shoemaker Lecture and Awards Banquet, we also hosted the annual meetings of our programs’ Industrial and Professional Advisory Committees (IPACs) and the department’s overall Industrial Advisory Committee (IAC). Our IPAC groups are a required part of our programs’ accreditation practices, and they provide guidance and advice on keeping our academic curricula current, relevant, and effective from an industrial perspective. The chair of each IPAC is invited to serve on the IAC, along with some additional members, who together serve as a volunteer outreach and advisory group that provides external counsel to the department in support of our teaching, research, and service missions. We truly appreciate the time and expertise put forth by all of the various committee members! Finally, I hope you enjoy reading about the Looking to the Future Networking Workshop that brought together some of our Mineral Economics alumni with current students in the Energy Business and Finance program (page 4). Held on campus, this was a great event that included a panel discussion in which our alumni were able to share their work experiences and knowledge on such topics as navigating the job market and the transition from school to work. Students were also given the opportunity to participate in mock interviews. After seeing the success of this workshop, we hope to schedule more events that bring together our students with alumni and friends from each of our programs.
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Spotlight Leones endow Energy and Mineral Engineering with $5 million gift By Kelly Henry, Manager of Communications and Marketing, College of Earth and Mineral Sciences John and Willie Leone have committed a leadership gift of $5 million to endow the Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering in Penn State’s College of Earth and Mineral Sciences. The University will name the department in recognition of the couple’s generosity. The gift is the largest from an individual or couple in the history of the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences, and will enable the John and Willie Leone Family Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering to create such opportunities as a faculty chair, undergraduate scholarships, and graduate fellowships. “John and Willie have been extremely generous to the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences, and this gift is yet another example of their commitment to Penn State, EMS and our students,” said Bill Easterling, dean of the college. “It will have a wide and lasting impact by providing a significant pool of resources to foster an innovative program that brings together engineering and business education.” John Leone is president and chief executive officer of Bonney Forge, with manufacturing operations in Mount Union, PA; Houston, Texas; Shanghai, China; and Bergamo, Italy. Bonney Forge, founded in 1876, is an industry leader in marketing and manufacturing forged steel fittings and unions, branch connections, forged steel valves, cast steel valves and specialty engineered products for the energy industries. “We are pleased to make this commitment,
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which provides a foundation for a program in the college, integrating engineering and business disciplines,” said John Leone. “I’m confident that graduates of this program will possess distinctive skills that will benefit their careers, industry, and the University.” John Leone graduated in 1956 from Penn State’s petroleum and natural gas engineering program and earned an MBA from Northern Illinois University in 1976. He is a life member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and a Pipe Valves and Fittings Industry Hall of Fame honoree. At Penn State, he was named an Earth and Mineral Sciences Centennial Fellow
in 1996, a recipient of the C. Drew Stahl Distinguished Achievement Award in Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering in 2006, and a Penn State Alumni Fellow in 2008. Willie Leone is a former professional ice skater. The couple resides in Bethlehem, PA. The Leones have a long history of supporting Penn State, dating from their first gift to the Department of Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering in 1984. Their philanthropy includes gifts for undergraduate scholarships in petroleum and natural gas engineering, theatre and dance, and Penn State athletics. The College of Arts and Architecture has an endowed scholarship, named for Willie Leone, that assists undergraduates majoring in musical theatre who are especially talented in the area of dance. The endowment for the John and Willie Leone Family Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering is part of a Universitywide fundraising initiative, For the Future: The Campaign for Penn State Students, which officially kicked off in April. The campaign’s top priority is keeping a Penn State education accessible for students and families. For the Future is the most ambitious effort of its kind in Penn State’s history, with the goal of securing $2 billion by 2014.
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Alumni and Friends Mineral economics alumni share their secrets to success Network. Be flexible. Stay determined. And don’t be afraid of good old-fashioned hard work. That is just some of the advice a panel of Mineral Economics (MNEC) alumni offered a group of current Energy Business and Finance (EBF) students looking to find the ingredients for success after graduation. The panel discussion was part of the Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering’s first Looking to the Future Networking Workshop held on May 1 at University Park, PA. The goal of the event was to introduce MNEC alumni to students in the EBF major, and to give these students a glimpse of their own futures through interaction with those who work in the field they hope to soon join. Along with the panel discussion, other workshop activities included mock interview sessions, a presentation on global market trends, a networking luncheon, and campus tours. Participating alumni included Greg Adams (’93 M.S. Mineral Economics), project manager, ICF Consulting, Inc.; Wayne Atwell (’69 B.S. Mineral Economics), managing director, Casimir Capital; David Krivonick (’91 B.S. Mineral Economics), database administrator, Diamond Pharmacy; Harrison Langley, Jr. (’85 B.S. Mineral Economics), analyst, Exelon Corporation; and Linda Trocki (’86 Ph.D. Mineral Economics, ’83 M.S. Geochemistry and Mineralogy), vice president and fellow (retired), Bechtel Corporation. “It was great to see mineral economics alumni working together with EBF undergraduates,” said Andrew N. Kleit, professor of energy and environmental economics and EBF program officer. “The event gave our students the opportunity to see what they need to do to succeed in
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today’s job market.” How to break into the job market was the main focus of the panel discussion on career opportunities in the energy and mineral economics field. Moderated by Seth Blumsack, assistant professor of energy policy and economics, the conversation also touched upon the transition from school to work, the types of positions held by MNEC and EBF professionals, industry trends, internships, and the dos and don’ts of job searches. “80 percent of jobs come from networking,” Atwell explained to the young audience. “A good cover letter will get people’s attention… [but] your resume will only be looked at for three to five seconds.” Added Langley, “a job isn’t going to chase you, you have to chase it…so it’s important to look everywhere to find a place where you fit in.” Recognizing that they were speaking to the first generation of students to grow up with online social networking, the panel was sure to make a dire warning about one dangerous pitfall to job searches. “Be careful and circumspect about what you post and say on Facebook,” Trocki suggested as she explained that employers do check the online profiles of potential recruits. Despite the fact that the job market is tough right now, the panel was quick to point out that students who graduate from programs specializing in energy and mineral economics, like EBF, have one distinct advantage. “There is huge demand for your major right now,” said Atwell. According to the panel, that demand can be found in the financial and investment
The MNEC Alumni Panel Discussion Participants (left to right): Greg Adams, Linda Trocki, Wayne Atwell, Moderator Seth Blumsack, Harrison Langley, Jr., David Krivonick
community, investment banks, consulting firms, commodities industries, and utility companies. At the same time, the intense global demand for more energy and a tidal wave of emerging technologies also are fueling the need for new recruits. All of these suggestions were welcomed by the EBF students in attendance. “The Looking to the Future workshop was a very valuable experience,” said Justin Zeh, B.S. student in EBF. “The whole event was much like an interview because the alumni supplied students with valuable information regarding their industry and working experiences, as well as advice and tricks they have picked up along their job route. The panel was diverse within the energy industry as well, which added to the depth of the experience.” The EBF program was originally created in 2004 and offered jointly by the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences and the Smeal College of Business. Acquired by the EME Department in 2007, the major combines training in business, finance, energy and mineral economics, and the physical sciences. It is considered the successor to Penn State’s MNEC program, which existed from 1950 to 2002. “When EBF became a part of EME, the department became the new Penn State home for the many distinguished alumni of the MNEC program,” explained Yaw D. Yeboah, head and professor of energy and mineral engineering. “It is with events like the Looking to the Future workshop that we hope to welcome them into the EME community.”
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Students and alumni honored at annual awards banquet On April 30, the department held its annual EME Awards Banquet at the Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel at University Park, PA. There, our distinguished scholarship and award sponsors joined students, faculty, and staff to celebrate the outstanding achievements of the EME community throughout this past year. More specifically, the department recognized over 200 graduate and undergraduate students with a variety of scholarships and awards during the 2009-2010 academic year. In addition, alumnus Martin S. Craighead (‘82 B.S. Petroleum and
Photos featuring highlights from the banquet: (back row, left to right) Senior Matthew Gray received the Old Timers Award from OTC member Mike McLanahan; the 2010 Robert Stefanko Distinguished Achievement Award recipient Joseph A. Sbaffoni with Yaw Yeboah and R. Larry Grayson; Senior Jason Reichart received the Careers in Coal Award from CiCoal member Joe Leonard (front row, left to right) Chunmei Wang was given the EME Graduate Assistant of the Year Award by Mark Klima; the 2010 C. Drew Stahl Distinguished Achievement Award recipient Martin S. Craighead with Turgay Ertekin; Thomas Motel, EME laboratory supervisor and recruiting coordinator, received the EME Outstanding Staff Award from Yaw Yeboah
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Natural Gas Engineering) was presented with the 2010 C. Drew Stahl Distinguished Achievement Award and alumnus Joseph A. Sbaffoni (‘73 B.S. Mining Technology) was presented with the 2010 Robert Stefanko Distinguished Achievement Award. Craighead currently serves as the Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer (COO) for Baker Hughes Incorporated while Sbaffoni is presently the Director of the Pennsylvania Bureau of Deep Mine Safety (DEP) and responsible for the Commonwealth’s mine safety program.
EME hosts the 2010 G. Albert Shoemaker Lecture Prior to the EME Awards Banquet celebrations, the Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering held the 19th annual G. Albert Shoemaker Lecture in Mineral Engineering on the afternoon of April 30 at University Park, PA. Mr. Fredrick D. Palmer, senior vice president of government relations at Peabody Energy, was the featured speaker. Mr. Palmer presented his lecture on “Green Coal: Limitless Global Energy for our Future” to a full audience of students, faculty, alumni, and visitors. The G. Albert Shoemaker Lecture Series in Mineral Engineering was established in 1992 by Mercedes G. Shoemaker to honor the memory of her husband, a Pittsburgh civic and industrial leader dedicated to the support of higher education. The Shoemaker Lectures are meant to bring outstanding leaders of the energy and mineral resource industries to the Penn State University Park Campus to discuss with students and faculty issues of critical importance to the mineral industry. 5
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Students visit the Shell Drilling and Production Camp In May, a group of Penn State students headed to Robert, LA, to participate in the 2010 Shell Drilling and Production Camp. Sponsored by Shell Oil, the camp offers a weeklong petroleum engineering training program to undergraduate and graduate students across the country. The goal is to introduce students to the latest sub-sea operations, state-of-the-art drilling techniques, training in exploration and production operations, and hands-on learning experiences at one of Shell’s world-class training facilities. All camp activities take place at the Shell Robert Training and Conference Center, which is designed to replicate life on an offshore oil rig. “The Shell Camp provides a lot of hands-on experience to teach students about survival skills, safety and health issues, and, in general, how daily operations take place on an offshore oil rig,” explained Li Li, assistant professor of petroleum and natural gas engineering. “The experience effectively complements what students learn in the classroom. Students also have the opportunity to interact with recruiters and high level Shell employees, which helps them to gain a better understanding of what it is like to work in a big oil company and what an oil company like Shell looks for in a potential employee.” Among the 40 participants from Penn State were students majoring in petroleum and natural gas engineering, energy and mineral engineering, chemical engineering, mechanical engineering, and geosciences. Li Li served as the Penn State camp facilitator. Once arriving at the camp, the students were split into four teams, each taking turns at the different learning opportunities offered by Shell. They attended classes focused on production operations, sub-sea operations, drilling and well control, and health, safety, and environmental issues. As part of the latter course, students were 6
A student receives instruction during the helicopter crash survival training
invited to participate in a helicopter crash simulation in which they had to extricate themselves from a hull that was submerged underwater in a swimming pool. “The helicopter crash survival training was the most memorable event of the camp,” recounts Phani Chintalapati, M.S. student in petroleum and natural gas engineering. “While in the ‘helicopter’, an instructor gave us directions on how to exit once the vessel ‘crashed’ into the water. The helicopter was then lowered into the pool and we abandoned it as per instructions. We repeated this exercise but now the helicopter was sunk and rolled over to an inverted position. To help people who did not know how to swim there were divers at the bottom of the pool. Though I do not know how to swim, I just reacted to the situation and floated to the surface without needing help. Maybe it was that survival instinct that made me survive the ‘crash’.” Other activities at the camp included video and animation presentations showing the latest technologies in drilling/well control and production, interactive and hands-on demonstrations with retired sub-sea and oil platform equipment, and evening lectures given by employees from various units at the Shell Oil Company. “From my point of view, the best part of the camp is our top-notch instruction from Shell camp faculty, most of whom have decades of experience in the oil and gas industry,” said Elizabeth Desser, a graduate student in geosciences. “Not only are we learning about the technical aspects of the oil and gas business, but we are also getting the accumulated wisdom from people who have seen major transitions in the industry, technology, and science that we might never get from a university classroom.” www.eme.psu.edu
New trustee scholarship established in memory of petroleum and natural gas engineering student Penn State alumni Steven and Brenda Schlotterbeck of Gibsonia, PA, have established a new Trustee Scholarship to honor the memory of Cory A. Wincek, a Penn State petroleum and natural gas engineering student who unexpectedly passed away on November 15, 2009, just one month shy of completing his bachelor degree studies. The Cory Anthony Wincek Memorial Trustee Scholarship will support students enrolled in the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences who have a demonstrated need for financial aid to meet their college expenses. The Schlotterbecks have committed $50,000 to endow the scholarship. The first award was presented this spring to Monsunmola Ogunmola, a B.S. student in petroleum and natural gas engineering. “We are grateful that Mr. and Mrs. Schlotterbeck stepped forward and established a new scholarship to honor the achievements of Cory,” said Turgay Ertekin, professor of petroleum and natural gas engineering, George E. Trimble chair in earth and mineral sciences, and undergraduate program officer of petroleum and natural gas engineering. “We are most appreciative of the Schlotterbecks’ meaningful gesture and invite all of our petroleum and natural gas engineering alumni and friends to participate in this campaign that will carry Cory’s accomplishments to the generations of
students to come.” During his studies at Penn State, Cory received the C. Drew Stahl Scholarship in Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering twice and the ConocoPhillips Scholarship in Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering. He completed two internships with Rex Energy in State College, PA, and Equitable Resources in Pittsburgh, PA, and was a member of the Society for Petroleum Engineers. On December 19, 2009, his father, Ronald T. Wincek, research assistant at the Penn State EMS Energy Institute, accepted his posthumous degree at the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences commencement ceremony at the Bryce Jordan Center. “We are very deeply saddened that we lost a wonderful individual, an excellent student, and a very good friend with Cory Wincek’s untimely departure,” Ertekin said. “Cory was a role model to all of us, students, faculty and staff, and we miss him dearly. “ Steven Schlotterbeck is a 1987 Penn State graduate in petroleum and natural gas engineering. His wife, Brenda, graduated that same year from Penn State with a degree in microbiology. Steven is currently the President of Production at Equitable Resources. He previously held the positions of managing director of E&P planning and development, executive and senior vice president of production management and
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planning, and vice president and director of engineering. The Trustee Scholarship program is designed to keep a Penn State education accessible to all qualified students, regardless of their financial means. The program features a unique matching element in which the University matches 5 percent of the principal of each gift annually and combines these funds with income from the endowment to increase the financial impact of the scholarship. For more information about the Trustee Matching Scholarship program, visit: http://www.giveto.psu.edu/Trustee.
Congratulations, Class of 2010! On May 14, the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences held demonstrated significant accomplishment in three areas: Scholarship, its spring graduation ceremony at Eisenhower Auditorium on the Experiential Learning and Global Literacy, and Service. Marie, JuliUniversity Park campus. A total of 97 undergraduate students and anne, and Roy were formally recognized at commencement and were 24 graduate students from the Department of Energy and Mineral awarded a crystal Laureate memento and certificate. Engineering received their degrees. In addition to being handed their At the same time, several EME students graduated with distincdiplomas, several EME students tion, as their grade point averages received additional accolades durplaced them in the top 12% of the ing the presentation. EMS College’s graduating class. Congratulations went to Marie Students graduating with highest Gildow (environmental systems distinction include Mary Grace engineering), Julianne Hagarty Flannery (energy business and (environmental systems engineerfinance) and Marie Gildow (enviing), and Roy Borkhocke (petroronmental systems engineering). leum and natural gas engineerStudents graduating with high ing), who all were named 2010 distinction include Hassan Abdu2010 EMSAGE Laureates: (left to right) Roy EMSAGE Laureates. The Earth and Mineral laziz Aljama (energy engineering), Borkhoche, Marie Gildow, and Julianne Hagarty Sciences Academy for Global Experience Roy Borkhoche (petroleum and natural gas (EMSAGE) was formed by the EMS Colengineering), and Andrew Heatley (energy lege in 2009 as a vehicle to foster students’ global competence and business and finance). Students graduating with distinction include to promote a spirit of integrity, service, and leadership. The selection Kevin Dean (energy business and finance), Julianne Hagarty (environprocess is rigorous. A minimum grade point average of 3.0 is required. mental systems engineering), Ian Myers (petroleum and natural gas In addition, Laureate status is reserved for those students who have engineering), and Adam Picketts (energy business and finance). Connection
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EME @ Your Service Penn State Miner Training Program continues its mine safety series
Scenes from “Escape & Evacuation: A Miners’ Education and Training Tool Box,” a mine emergency preparedness video provided by the Penn State Miner Training Program
The Penn State Miner Training Program has received a third BrookwoodSago Mine Safety Grant from the Mine Health and Safety Administration (MSHA) to continue providing a series of mine safety seminars and accompanying training materials. The series is designed to offer miners, trainers, responsible persons, safety people, and supervisors easy access to different types of training and education events and resources such as webcasts, videos, training modules, instructor guides, and video clips. Since 2007, the MTP has completed two such projects, “Escape and Evacuation: a Miners’ Education and Training Tool Box” in 2008-09 and “Do You Understand Mine Emergencies? Are You Prepared for a Mine Emergency?” in 2007-08. The newest project is entitled “Seek Refuge: Your Third Line of Defense” and focuses on refuge alternatives. When imminent dangers arise as a result of mine emergencies, best practice dictates that miners don self-rescuers and evacuate or escape the mine. However, in those cases where leaving the mine is not possible, refuge alternatives can provide a safe haven of last resort. Refuge alternatives must be designed to maintain miners with breathable air, water,
and food for 96 hours. The “Seek Refuge” project consists of a technology training seminar and a town hall meeting. Organized by Mark Radomsky, director of the Miner Training Program, and Joseph Flick, field instructor, the seminar was held on May 27, 2010, in Greensburg, PA. There, attendees listened to various speakers from MSHA, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), mining companies, Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs), and state agencies. Topics of discussion included updates on mine emergency preparedness, types of refuge alternatives, units, systems, and features from OEMs, recent emerging research, and “Notes from the Field” – mine operators’ reports on experiences so far with refuge alternatives. The supplementary town hall meeting is scheduled for July 14, also to be held in Greensburg, PA. A webcast will follow in the fall, along with a full-length video simulation of how a crew of miners use a refuge alternative to survive a mine emergency. The Brookwood-Sago Mine Safety Grant program was established as part of the MINER Act of 2006. The program awards grants to states and non-profit organizations to develop training materials and present training programs that focus on identifying and preventing unsafe working conditions in and around mines and improving emergency preparedness and escape/survivability of mine emergencies.
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Seth Blumsack talks energy at Penn State City Lights event Seth Blumsack, assistant professor of energy policy and economics, was the featured speaker at the Penn State Alumni Association’s City Lights event on April 13 at the Whitaker Center for Science and the Arts in Harrisburg, PA. Blumsack’s lecture, entitled, “Pennsylvania’s Energy Future,” focused on the research, economics, and policy that are shaping Pennsylvania’s energy future. The discussion also touched upon some of Pennsylvania’s most pressing energy issues, which include increasing the use of wind en8
ergy, the end of electricity rate caps, and reducing emissions. City Lights events are open to all Penn State alumni and friends. They are sponsored by the Penn State Alumni Association in cooperation with Penn State’s colleges and alumni groups. The goal of City Lights is to engage Penn State alumni with programs that include lectures by Penn State professors and expert alumni on current topics, coupled with a social/networking aspect. Most City Lights events occur in the five cities with the highest numbers of Penn Staters: Pittsburgh; Philadelphia; Harrisburg, PA; New York City and Washington, D.C. For information, please visit: www.alumni.psu.edu/events/. www.eme.psu.edu
Research in Motion Energy Institute scholars explore new electricity markets Written, in part, by Shea Winton, EMS Energy Institute Amidst Pennsylvania’s continued efforts to restructure its retail electricity market, a new initiative has been formed at Penn State to address concerns about affordability, reliability, and efficiency. The Electricity Markets Initiative (EMI), under the direction of Energy Institute Scholar Andrew Kleit, professor of energy and environmental economics, has been created to undertake industry-relevant research that examines important policy questions in electricity restructuring and electricity markets throughout Pennsylvania and across the United States. Along with Kleit, other faculty from the EME Department who are part of the initiative include Seth Blumsack, assistant professor of energy policy and economics; R.J. Briggs, assistant professor of energy and environmental economics; and Zhen Lei, assistant professor of energy and environmental economics. Electricity restructuring refers to the reorganization of the traditional electric service to allow charges to be separated into generation, transmission, distribution and other services. This restructuring opens the marketing and purchase of electricity to competition. Distribution and transmission of electricity are considered natural monopolies and continue to be regulated by the government. Restructuring gives electricity generators incentives to invest in generation, which could lead to improvements in efficiency and extended use of alternative energy. On the retail side, restructuring gives customers the opportunity to shop for power from a variety of firms based on price and product offerings. While there are many advantages to the
restructuring of electricity, challenges still remain in designing policies consistent with other goals for the electricity industry, including reliable infrastructure and minimizing environmental impacts. In addition, since many aspects of retail electricity restructuring are relatively new, it is unclear how customers will respond to increased choice in purchasing electricity supplies. EMI will engage industry and regulatory partners in research studies that are designed to influence the ongoing debate about how the U.S. electricity market should address these challenges. The EMI is funded by a consortium of electricity market participants, and includes regulators and consumer representatives on its Advisory Board. Research proposals will be submitted to the EMI advisory board by Energy Institute scholars and are subject to the Advisory Board’s approval. Currently, there are three active projects. The first, entitled, “Are Competitive Markets Green?,” seeks to identify and measure changes in total emissions and emission factors from power plants in PJM, a regional transmission organization
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Graduate students experience work in a synchrotron facility When Yongsheng Chen, assistant professor of energy and mineral engineering, first began working in a synchrotron facility, - a synchrotron is a gigantic device that can accelerate charged particles to a very high speed (e.g., near speed of light for electrons) - he knew the stakes were high. You see, free admission to synchrotron facilities is granted only through well-rated user proposals and entry Connection
his usual three to five day entry is strictly scheduled. If you are into a synchrotron facility, Chen unable to use the equipment during your allocated access time brings along two to three graduate students to carry out the for whatever reason, even if the experiments with him. That way, machine malfunctions, making they can work shifts if necessary up that lost time is not allowed. Instead of relying on good luck to ensure that they can maximize their time and complete as many to avoid experiencing a fruitless journey, Chen has been able to Continued on page 15 make the most out of each visit by creating a learning Photo: Graduate student Pengyu Zhu opportunity for his students. loads a sample for x-ray experiments Now, when he is granted at the Argonne National Laboratory 9
Professional Society and Club News Penn State sweeps top honors at the 2010 Eastern Regional SPE Student Paper/Presentation Contest
Left to Right: Yogesh Bansal, Roy Borkhoche, Chris Landry, Chung-Hao Lee, and Prob Thararoop, all placed in the top three of their divisions.
Penn State placed first in all three divisions of the 2010 Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) Rocky Mountain/Mid-Continent/ Eastern Region Student Paper/Presentation competition on Saturday, March 20, at University Park, PA. Roy Borkhoche, B.S. student in petroleum and natural gas engineering, was awarded first place in the undergraduate division for his presentation entitled, Reactivation Project. Competing in the master’s division, Chris Landry, M.S. student in energy and mineral engineering, landed first place for his presentation entitled, Pore-Scale Experimental Analysis of Interfacial Areas in Oil-Wet and Water-Wet Media. Prob Thararoop, Ph.D. candidate in petroleum and natural gas engineering, completed the sweep by scoring first place in the doctorate division for his
presentation entitled, Numerical Studies on the Effects of Water Presence in the Coal Matrix and Coal Shrinkage and Swelling on CO2-Enhanced Coalbed Methane Recovery Process. Roy, Chris, and Prob now will advance to compete against the first place winners from other regional contests at the SPE International Student Paper/Presentation contest to be held at the annual SPE Technical Conference and Exhibition in Florence, Italy in September 2010. Other Penn State students to receive a placement were Yogesh Bansal, M.S. student in petroleum and mineral engineering, who was awarded third place in the master’s division for his presentation entitled, Conducting In-Situ Combustion Tube Experiments Using Artificial Expert System, and Chung-Hao Lee, Ph.D. candidate in
petroleum and mineral engineering, who won second place in the doctorate division for his presentation entitled, Experimental Investigation of Spontaneous Imbibition in Naturally Fractured Reserves. The purpose of the SPE student paper contests is to give students at the undergraduate, master’s, and doctorate level the opportunity to demonstrate their knowledge and research in the field of petroleum engineering. Students compete with their peers from other universities within the same region in one of the nine SPE regional contests held each year. The winners from each division in each region then are invited to participate in the International Student Paper/Presentation competition. Along with Penn State, the Eastern Regional competition included students from the University of Oklahoma, University of Tulsa, and University of Wyoming. Online Exclusive
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Students form new Society for Energy Engineers
Society for Energy Engineers President Daniel Conner talks about the energy engineering program with a high school student at the 2010 Earth and Mineral Sciences Exposition in University Park, PA. Two years ago, the Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering rolled out its new undergraduate program in energy engineering. Now firmly established and highly popular with a strong enrollment of over 150 students and counting, a new student Society for Energy Engineers (SEE) has been created. The goal of the society
is to provide energy engineering students with a forum to meet and discuss various educational and employment opportunities, network with peers, and share internship and co-op experiences. In addition, students have the opportunity to meet with and attend lectures given by industry professionals. The SEE’s first meeting was held at
the beginning of the fall 2009 semester, whereby a society charter was drawn up. A constitution quickly followed along with the election of the first society officers. Daniel Conner, a sophomore majoring in both energy engineering and energy business and finance, was selected as the first SEE president. “This was a very important moment and a historical event in the lives of our students,” said Sarma V. Pisupati, energy engineering program officer and associate professor of energy and mineral engineering. “In future, this society will expand to other campuses as the energy engineering major is adopted at other universities.” Given the newness of the energy engineering major, one of the top priorities of SEE members is to spread the word about the program and the skills its graduates will acquire. This effort already began in February when members from the SEE participated in the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences Exposition, a one-day open house for younger students interested in science and engineering. There, the SEE set up two informational booths with practical demonstrations and discussed the energy engineering program with dozens of high school students and their parents. It was the first of what they hope will be many outreach activities with both prospective recruits and potential employers.
Mining engineering students compete in SME mine design competition Adding another first for the mining engineering program, a group of Penn State students competed against 14 other universities this year in the annual SME/NSSGA Student Design Competition. Members of the Penn State mine design team included Ian Dehart, Ryan Mauser, Timothy Nolan, Mark Rotz, and Patricio Terrazas Prado. “Our mining engineering students are amazing; first they create a mucking team, then a mine rescue team, and now they have begun competing in this national student design contest,” said R. Larry Grayson, professor of energy and mineral engineering and George H., Jr., and Anne B. Deike chair in mining engineering. The competition, which began in 2004, is intended to give students a chance to work on a real-world engineering problem and solution while still in school. There are two stages, the first involving a technical design and the second an oral presentation. Stage one takes place in the fall at the campus locations of each participating team. Under the superviConnection
sion of a faculty adviser, teams are given an aggregate mining industry design problem for which they must prepare a viable engineering solution. Once scoring is complete from this first round, the teams with the top six scores are invited to participate in stage two of the competition, which is held at the spring SME Annual Meeting and Exhibit. Here, a wrinkle is added to the first phase problem and each team has a set amount of time to evaluate the new information and formulate a solution The Penn State Mine Design Team (left to right): Patricio before being asked to give an oral Terrazas Prado, Ian Dehart, Mark Rotz, Timothy Nolan, presentation of their design. and Ryan Mauser. This year’s problem was based in the competition, Team Penn State’s first on a site acquisition of an aggregate quarry located in the Southeast of the United States. round technical design scored well enough to place them among the top six teams. This Each team was expected to produce plans garnered them entry into the second stage for mine development, a production increase of the contest, which was held in March at strategy, and an environmental impact statement. Despite this being their first entry Continued on page 15 11
Faculty News Chunshan Song named Distinguished Professor; receives 2010 Henry H. Storch Award in Fuel Chemistry In January, Chunshan Song was named Distinguished Professor of Fuel Science by Penn State’s Office of the President. Song is professor of fuel science in the Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering and Director of the EMS Energy Institute in the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences. He is also professor of chemical engineering (courtesy) and Associate Director of the Penn State Institutes of Energy and the Environment. Distinguished professors at Penn State are recognized as a select group of faculty who have achieved exceptional accomplishments in teaching, research and service. They are acknowledged leaders in their fields of research; demonstrate significant leadership in raising the University standards with respect to teaching, research and service; and demonstrate excellent teaching skills and contribute significantly to the education of students who subsequently have achieved recognition of excellence in their fields. In March, Song was named the winner of the 2010 Henry H. Storch Award in Fuel Chemistry for his outstanding contributions to fuel science. He was presented the award at the American Chemical Society’s (ACS) national meeting in San Francisco. Sponsored by the Division of Fuel Chemistry, ACS and by Elsevier Ltd., the Henry H. Storch Award is given annually to an individual who has made outstanding contributions to research in the field of fuel science. This includes research on all aspects of the chemistry and utilization of all hydrocarbon fuels, with
the exception of petroleum. Special consideration is given to innovation and novelty in the use of fuels, characterization of fuels, and advances in fuel chemistry that benefit the public welfare or the environment. The award was established in 1964 by the Division of Fuel Chemistry, ACS. Song is internationally known for his original and innovative contributions to clean fuels, catalysis, and CO2 capture and utilization research. He has designed shape-selective alkylation catalysts for synthesis of advanced polymers from naphthalene; and developed a new method for hydrothermal synthesis of nano-sized ultra-high-surface sulfide catalysts, both of which have been patented and licensed to industry. For ultra-clean fuels and fuel cells, he devised an innovative approach to removing sulfur by selective adsorption from hydrocarbon fuels over solid surface without using hydrogen, which has also been licensed to industry. His group recently developed a novel approach to CO2 capture by “molecular-basket sorbents” consisting of nanoporous matrix and functional polymers with superior capacity and selectivity. In addition, his group developed sulfur-tolerant and carbon-resistant bimetallic and trimetallic catalysts for low-temperature steam reforming of liquid fuels and non-pyrophoric catalysts for oxygen-assisted water gas shift. He recently proposed a new design concept of sulfur-tolerant noble metal catalysts for low-temperature hydrotreating and dearomatization. In addition to his research accomplish-
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ments, Song has made major contributions to teaching, advising and service at Penn State. He has taught many classes and advised over 35 graduate students at the Ph.D. and M.S. level. Song has served the university effectively in various committees at the department, college and university levels. He has played a major role in developing the collaborative partnerships between Penn State and Chevron, ConocoPhillips, and National Energy Technology Laboratory of US DOE, and most recently he has been leading the Penn State efforts in developing an international joint energy research center.
EME’s Angela Lueking part of faculty team awarded $2.85 million NSF grant for K-12 education By Renee Diehl, Penn State Live The National Science Foundation has awarded a $2.85 million grant to a team of Penn State faculty for a carbon research/science education collaboration with two Pennsylvania school districts. The five-year Carbon Educators and Researchers Together for Humanity (CarbonEARTH) project teams Penn State Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) graduate students with elementary and middle school science teachers from the rural Phillipsburg and the urban 12
Harrisburg school districts. CarbonEARTH will use the interdisciplinary theme of carbon, broadly construed, as a unifying platform for investigation, discovery, training and education. According to principal investigator Renee Diehl, professor of physics, graduate fellows and teachers together will develop innovative open-inquiry science curriculum elements related to energy, matter and materials, earth processes and ecosystems. This work will foster the collaboration and communication skills of STEM graduate fellows while facilitating their interactions with other carbonrelated researchers in different fields of study.
The graduate fellows will work with teachers to strengthen grade four to eight students’ understanding of science and to broaden teachers’ application of science content. Diehl will lead CarbonEARTH along with Elizabeth Boyer, associate professor water resources; Angela Lueking, associate professor of energy and mineral engineering; Erica Smithwick, assistant professor of geography; and Annmarie Ward, associate director, Center for Science, Math and Schools. They received the award from the NSF’s Graduate STEM Fellows in Education (GK-12) Program. www.eme.psu.edu
Yongsheng Chen, assistant professor of energy and mineral engineering, was elected treasurer of the fuel chemistry division of the American Chemical Society. Chen also received a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Young Faculty Award from the United States Department of Defense. DARPA Young Faculty Awards are given to junior faculty at U.S. academic institutions to develop their research ideas in the context of Department of Defense needs. Recipients of the award are considered by DARPA to be the “best and brightest” young faculty in core technology areas. Jamal Rostami, assistant professor of energy and mineral engineering, is the new recipient of the Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering Centennial Career Development Professorship in Mining Engineering.
Antonio Nieto, associate professor of mining engineering, is the new recipient of the Thomas V. and Jean C. Falkie Mining Engineering Faculty Fellowship in Earth and Mineral Sciences. This past winter, Nieto also gave a presentation in Banff, Canada, about Real-Time Monitoring and Optimization of Safety and Productivity in Mining Operations using a real-time Graphical Information System (Real-Time GIS) he developed with his students. Raja V. Ramani, professor emeritus of mining engineering and geo-environmental engineering, received Honorary Membership from the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers (AIME) . The honor was given to Ramani at the 2010 Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration Inc. Annual Meeting “in recognition of his contributions to mining engineering education and practice, his research to improve mine health and safety and his more than 40 years distinguished service to SME and AIME.”
Dean Bill Easterling with R. Larry Grayson
Dean Bill Easterling with Zuleima Karpyn
R. Larry Grayson, professor of energy and mineral engieering and George H. Jr. and Anne B. Deike chair in mining engineering, received the EMS Faculty Mentoring Award at this year’s College of Earth and Mineral Sciences Wilson Banquet.
Zuleima Karpyn, assistant professor of petroleum and natural gas engineering, was presented with the 2010 Wilson Award for Excellence in Teaching at this year’s College of Earth and Mineral Sciences Wilson Banquet. Karpyn has also been named a new Associate Editor for the Society of Petroleum Engineers Journal.
Dean Bill Easterling, Associate Dean Alan Scaroni, and Li Li
Li Li, assistant professor of petroleum and natural gas engineering, was presented with the 2010 Wilson Research Initiation Grant at this year’s College of Earth and Mineral Sciences Wilson Banquet.
André Boehman receives award for Outstanding technical paper André Boehman, professor of fuel science and materials science and engineering, was chosen to receive the 2009 SAE John Johnson Award for Outstanding Research in Diesel Engines in recognition of a paper he co-authored, “An Experimental Investigation of the Origin of Connection
Increased NOx Emissions when Fueling a Heavy-Duty Compression-Ignition Engine with Soy Biodiesel.” The paper was published in the October 2009 issue of SAE International Journal of Fuels and Lubricants. SAE International presented Boehman with the award on April 13. This award was established in 2008 with a contribution from Dr. John H. Johnson, an expert in the field of diesel engines, to recog-
nize the author(s) of an outstanding technical paper presented at an SAE meeting. The paper must address research advancements in diesel engines in the on- or off-road industries. The paper’s lead author was Charles J. Mueller, Sandia National Laboratories. Coauthors included André Boehman and Glen C. Martin, Sandia National Laboratories. 13
Student Voice Robert Burns, B.S. student in mining engineering, was presented with a 2009-2010 Coal & Energy Division Scholarship at the Annual Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration (SME) Meeting and Exhibit in Phoenix, AZ, in March. The SME Coal & Energy Division has been awarding scholarships since 1950 to deserving university students who have chosen as a career path the field of mining engineering with an emphasis on coal. In the fall, Daniel Conner, and Thomas Rauch, both B.S. students in energy business and finance and energy engineering, will begin their second year as members of the Penn State Presidential Leadership Academy at Penn State. Both were inducted into the inaugural class last year. A three-year leadership development Daniel Conner program, the academy was created by President Graham Spanier to develop critical thinking skills and have participating students apply those skills to decisions on complex public policy, societal and global issues that they may encounter in coming years as leaders in business, Thomas Rauch industry, government and communities.
Eunhye Kim, Ph.D. candidate in petroleum and mineral engineering, was selected as the first recipient of the Reg Hardy Memorial Award for Excellence in Mining. This award was established by Mrs. Margaret Hardy in memory of her late husband, Professor H. Reginald Hardy, Jr, a former Penn State mining engineering faculty member who passed away in 2008. Its purpose is to provide recognition and financial assistance to outstanding graduate students enrolled in the Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering who have achieved excellence in a mineral-related field. Eunhye was presented with the award at the 2010 EME Awards Banquet ceremony. Benjamin M. Tutolo, B.S. student in environmental systems engineering, received first place in the William Grundy Haven Student Paper Competition. The aim of the competition is to encourage excellence in writing by students in the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences. To enter the contest, students must submit an original paper based on a topic related to one of the majors represented in the EMS College. The award ultimately goes to a student who is able to communicate well to an educated audience on his/her chosen topic.
Undergraduate student blogs his way across Asia Meet Thomas Rauch. He and a few hundred of his closest friends and followers have just spent six months in Asia. There’s just one catch. The only person to actually set foot in Asia was Thomas himself. So, what about the others? They followed Thomas from country to country as he blogged his way across the eastern continent. Thomas, a double major in energy business and finance and energy engineering, just completed the Shanghai, China in a Global Context program, a four-month study abroad opportunity developed by the Council on International Educational Exchange (CIEE) and offered through the Penn State Office of Global Programs. While in China, he attended the Eastern China Normal University to study the Mandarin language, Chinese culture, economics, and globalization. Throughout the journey, Thomas used his “Good Traveler” blog to chronicle his experiences and share his travels with the Penn State community. Following is an excerpt from his closing entry. At the end of January, I left an internship to spend the spring semester traveling and studying in Eastern Asia. My planned route was to go from Viet Nam to Hong Kong and then to mainland China, where I would stay until June. Viet Nam is filled with potential and open doors and I felt any number of times that I had chanced upon someone or something truly intriguing. Next, I was off to Hong Kong for a little more than a week, which was barely enough to get a taste of this eastern metropolis. Seeming as though I had just arrived, I was back on a plane connecting to Shanghai. While studying in Shanghai I lived with a Chinese family and focused my studies on Chinese language and economics. These, combined with my major studies of Energy Business and Finance and Energy Engineering, have provided me with an invaluable tool set for viewing the current growth period in China. This insatiable country is expanding so prominently that it seems improbable that any person in the modern world will remain untouched by China’s objectives. 14
Thomas Rauch against the Hong Kong skyline. Photo Credit: Thomas Rauch
Returning to complete my studies at Penn State, I look forward to drawing on my experiences abroad to shape the later stages of my education. Globalization is an incontestable force in today’s world that each of us must learn how to approach, that educational institutions around the globe will need to revolutionize to contend with, and that will provide as many challenges as boons to humanity. Ahead are times that will call for as much creativity and innovation as any time in the history of mankind. For my part, I am more aware, now than ever, of my curiosities and passion to learn, my ambitions and vision for the world. I can think of no more able community than Penn State and the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences to act as the foundation upon which I will pursue these passions and construct these visions. www.eme.psu.edu
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The mining engineering mucking team placed 9th overall in the 32nd Annual International Collegiate Mining (Mucking) Competition in Kalgoorlie, Australia on April 15-16, 2010. They also took third place in the Synchrotron...
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experiments as possible. “Well planned trips are usually productive; at one time we were able to collect nearly two thousand spectra in a three-day trip,” explained Chen. The current activities of Chen’s research group include sulfur speciation in sulfur poisoned steam reforming catalysts, determination of coordination structure of active catalyst (supported metal oxide and alloy catalysts), and identification and quantification of surface functional groups on carbon materials. Chen uses x-ray absorption spectroscopy extensively for materials characterization. This technique uses brilliant x-rays generated from a synchrotron. The two facilities that Chen’s group regularly visit are the National Synchrotron Light Source at Brookhaven National Laboratory in Upton, NY, and the Advanced Photon Source at Argonne National Laboratory in Argonne, IL. The most recent visit was in March, when Chen took Kyungsoo Kim, M.S. student in energy and mineral engineering, and Pengyu Zhu, Ph.D. student in energy and mineral engineering, to both facilities. Each trip is now a training ground for the participating graduate students. At first, they are educated extensively on how to work safely within a synchrotron facility. They also learn about specifics of the beamline they will be working on and how to perform an experiment. Chen then explains the working principles of Connection
gold panning event. Members of the Penn State team included Patrick D’Elia, Matthew Gray, Drew Mason, Ryan Mauser, Timothy Nolan, Patricio Terrazas Prado, and Frank Wallace. So what exactly is a mucking competition? The answer lies in the name. The term muck is used to describe the broken rock that has been blasted or excavated by a machine, while mucking is the process of clearing and loading the broken rock. While much of this process is mechanized today, the mucking competition events parallel the mining techniques of the Old West as they were performed in the 19th Century. Universities from around the world participated in the 2010 competition, which was split into four divisions: men’s, women’s, co-ed, and alumni. Teams in each division competed in seven individual trials that included hand steeling, mucking, track stand, jackleg drilling, gold panning, Swede saw, and surveying. the technique while experiments are running. Under supervision, students eventually are actively involved in almost every step of an experiment such as changing samples and checking on data quality. “Working in a synchrotron facility can be intense and sometimes even stressful,” said Chen. “However, knowing that we always make new discoveries in every trip, although exhausted and sleepy at the end of a trip, everybody still smiles.” Mine Design Team... Continued from page 11 the SME Annual Meeting and Exhibit in Phoenix, AZ. There, each remaining team was asked to analyze slope stability and to give a risk assessment of the entire acquisition. One by one, they then presented their findings in front of a panel of judges from industry and academia. Overall, teams were judged on their presentation skills, creativity, understanding of aggregate mining processes, and thoughtful methodology. When the final scores were tallied, Penn State unfortunately did not place in the top three. Nevertheless, explained Dr. Grayson, the experience was more than worthwhile. “Student involvement in this and other professional activities creates enthusiasm among their peers and helps attract other students across campus to the mining engineering program.”
Penn Stater Patrick D’Elia competes in the gold panning contest
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(RTO) that coordinates the movement of wholesale electricity in several states, due to the restructuring of the generation market. The intended purpose is to provide analysis of the effects of restructuring in Pennsylvania on CO2, SO2, and NOx emissions. The second project, entitled, “Non-Dispatchable Generation and Energy Storage in the PJM Market,” seeks to provide policymakers in Pennsylvania with suggestions for integration rules for renewable energies and energy storage that are consistent with consumers’ economic and environmental preferences. The third project, entitled, “Restructuring and the Retail Market for Power in Pennsylvania,” will evaluate the impact of the competitive market in Pennsylvania by examining the retail products available to consumers and analyzing the data on which customers switch electricity suppliers and why. EMI will focus research efforts on issues facing the state of Pennsylvania; however, the intent is that the work will have broader value across the United States and in other countries across the world considering or active in electricity restructuring. A full EMI conference is planned for April 2011 in which EMI researchers and invited guests will make presentations about the findings of various studies and current issues affecting restructured electricity markets. 15
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