Geosciences

2/1/24 → 1/31/25

Project: Research project

IUCRC Planning Grant, Pennsylvania State University: Center for CO2 Storage Modeling, Analytics, and Risk Reduction Technologies (CO2-SMART)

Srinivasan, S. (PI), Zhu, T. (CoPI), Morgan, E. C. (CoPI) & Menefee, A. (CoPI)

7/1/23 → 6/30/24

Project: Research project

The International Geobiology Course 2023

Freeman, K. H. (PI)

3/1/23 → 2/29/24

Project: Research project

CIVIC-PG Track A: Leveraging Existing Fiber-Optic Cables to Identify and Manage Urban Environmental Hazards

Zhu, T. (PI), Lei, Z. (CoPI) & McPhillips, L. (CoPI)

10/1/22 → 9/30/23

Project: Research project

Genesis of Harrat Basalts in Western Saudi Arabia

Furman, T. (PI)

8/1/22 → 6/30/25

Project: Research project

Can martian fluvial ridges be used to measure structural tilt?

Cardenas, B. (PI)

7/20/22 → 6/19/25

Project: Research project

EAGER: Collaborative Research: Enhancing Asian American and Pacific Islander Participation and Belonging in the Geosciences

Lau, K. (PI)

1/1/22 → 12/31/23

Project: Research project

Collaborative Research: Constraining transient magma intrusion processes in the Nyiragongo-Kivu continental rift zone

1/1/22 → 12/31/24

Project: Research project

Collaborative Research: Using Ca, Sr, Mg, and Fe isotope proxies to constrain redox and continental weathering during Ocean Anoxic Event 2

Lau, K. (PI)

10/1/21 → 7/31/24

Project: Research project

Collaborative Research: GP-UP: A near surface geophysics field experience to improve the recruitment and retention of under-represented minority students in the geosciences

Dibiase, R. A. (PI)

9/1/21 → 8/31/24

Project: Research project

Determining the rates and conditions of subduction initiation beneath the Samail Ophiolite

Garber, J. M. (PI) & Smye, A. J. (CoPI)

8/1/21 → 7/31/24

Project: Research project

Collaborative Research: Behavior of Boron During Prograde Diagenesis and Metamorphism of Pelagic Sediments from the Nankai Trough

Feineman, M. (PI)

7/1/21 → 6/30/25

Project: Research project

Collaborative Research: Behavior of Boron During Prograde Diagenesis and Metamorphism of Pelagic Sediments from the Nankai Trough

Saffer, D. (PI)

7/1/21 → 6/30/25

Project: Research project

Illuminating the dark genome in cancer

Burgos, W. D. (PI), Macalady, J. (CoPI) & French, A. J. A. J. (PI)

6/1/21 → 5/31/24

Project: Research project

Collaborative Research: GreenDrill: The response of the northern Greenland Ice Sheet to Arctic Warmth - Direct constrains from sub-ice bedrock

Anandakrishnan, S. (PI)

10/1/20 → 9/30/24

Project: Research project

How Are Ultrahigh Temperatures Attained in Continental Crust? A Petrochronological Investigation of the Basin and Range Lower Crust

Smye, A. J. (PI)

9/1/20 → 4/30/25

Project: Research project

MODELING SOURCES OF FLANK DISPLACEMENT AND THEIR IMPACT ON SLOPE STABILITY AT PACAYA VOLCANO, GUATEMALA

9/1/20 → 8/31/22

Project: Research project

MRI: Acquisition of a Purpose-Built Deep Learning Compute System to Advance Fundamental Research and Education at Penn State

Cowen, N. F. (PI), Van Duin, N. C. (CoPI), Shen, C. (CoPI), Wauthier, C. (CoPI) & Gervais, M. (CoPI)

8/15/20 → 7/31/23

Project: Research project

Collaborative Research: Community tools for automated paleoenvironmental interpretation from sedimentary field data

Hajek, E. A. (PI)

6/1/20 → 5/31/25

Project: Research project

Geophysical Imaging of Flank Instability and Magma Processes at Pacaya Volcano, Guatemala

6/1/20 → 5/31/23

Project: Research project

Collaborative Research: Using Ca, Sr, Mg, and Fe isotope proxies to constrain redox and continental weathering during Ocean Anoxic Event 2

Lau, K. (PI)

6/1/20 → 3/31/21

Project: Research project

Collaborative Research: Reconstructing paleo-sediment flux from river deposits: toward quantifying sediment discharge from bedform to basin scale

Hajek, E. A. (PI)

5/1/20 → 4/30/25

Project: Research project

The NASA Pennsylvania Space Grant Consortium (PSGC)

House, C. H. (PI)

Langley Research Center

5/1/20 → 4/30/24

Project: Research project

GEMT: Collaborative research: From grain to rock and back again: Elucidating the coordinated evolution of exhumation pathways, rock strength and topography in the Taiwanese orogen

Dibiase, R. A. (PI) & Fisher, D. M. (CoPI)

Goddard Space Flight Center

4/1/20 → 3/31/24

Project: Research project

Particle Energization by and Analysis of Transient Ion Foreshock Phenomena

Kasting, J. (PI)

4/1/20 → 3/31/23

Project: Research project

A Predictive Framework for Micro-scale Carbonate Diagenesis: Towards More Accurate Reconstructions of Global Climate and Environmental Change

Ingalls, M. (PI)

1/2/20 → 8/31/23

Project: Research project

Collaborative Research: Unlocking the secrets of slow slip by drilling at the northern Hikurangi subduction margin, New Zealand: CORK observatory development and installation

Saffer, D. (PI)

1/1/20 → 8/31/21

Project: Research project

Full waveform modeling and inversion of seismic attenuation and application to characterizing near-surface fractures at Susquehanna Shale Hills Critical Zone Observatory

Zhu, T. (PI) & Nyblade, A. A. (CoPI)

12/1/19 → 6/30/22

Project: Research project

Collaborative Research: Controls on along-strike variations in locked and creeping megathrust behavior at the Hikurangi convergent margin

Saffer, D. (PI)

11/15/19 → 7/31/22

Project: Research project

Workshop Proposal: Mapping a Future for Management of Low-Temperature Geochemical Data: Atlanta, GA or Charlotte, NC - February 2020

Brantley, S. L. (PI)

10/1/19 → 9/30/21

Project: Research project

Structural controls on Fe oxide formation: A crystallographic analysis of the growth of hematite versus goethite

Heaney, P. J. (PI), Kubicki, J. D. (CoPI) & Post, J. E. (CoPI)

8/15/19 → 1/31/25

Project: Research project

Modeling of Crater Floor Deformation in Relationship with Lava Lake Activity

Goddard Space Flight Center

8/1/19 → 7/31/23

Project: Research project

The Venusian Plasma Environment as an Analog for Exo-Venus Conditions: Ultra-Low Frequency Waves from the Solar Wind to the Ionosphere

Kasting, J. (PI)

7/1/19 → 3/31/20

Project: Research project

Belmont Forum Collaborative Research: Abrupt Change in Climate and Ecosystems: Where are the Tipping Points?

Ivory, S. (PI)

7/1/19 → 6/30/24

Project: Research project

Collaborative Research: How Does Lower Continental Crust Form? A Petrochronological Investigation of the Ivrea Zone

Smye, A. J. (PI)

7/1/19 → 6/30/23

Project: Research project

Collaborative Research: Hominin diversity, paleobiology, and behavior at the terminal Pliocene

Dimaggio, E. N. (PI)

6/15/19 → 5/31/23

Project: Research project

Collaborative Research: Deciphering upper plate deformation and faulting processes in Central America with integrated geodetic and seismic analyses

Feineman, M. (PI) & Lafemina, P. C. (CoPI)

1/1/19 → 12/31/23

Project: Research project

EAGER SitS: Emergent Properties during Soil Formation

Brantley, S. L. (PI), Nyblade, A. A. (CoPI) & Regan, J. (CoPI)

9/15/18 → 8/31/21

Project: Research project

NRT-INFEWS: Landscape-U, Impactful partnerships among graduate students and managers for regenerative landscape design

Smithwick, E. (PI), Baka, J. E. (CoPI), Kaye, J. P. (CoPI), Hunt, C. A. (CoPI), Glenna, L. L. (CoPI), Grady, C. (CoPI), Keller, K. (CoPI) & Graefe, A. R. (CoPI)

9/1/18 → 8/31/24

Project: Research project

Collaborative Research: Evaluating the contribution of crustal deformation to the present-day tectonics of convergent margins: the southern Cascadia forearc

Furlong, K. P. (PI)

7/15/18 → 6/30/22

Project: Research project

Rutford Ice Stream Cooperative Research Program with British Antarctic Survey

Anandakrishnan, S. (PI)

7/1/18 → 6/30/22

Project: Research project

Collaborative Research: Geochemical and Geodynamic investigation of lithospheric drip viability beneath the East African Rift

Furman, T. (PI)

7/1/18 → 6/30/23

Project: Research project

RAPID: Collaborative: Geodetic and Seismic Observations of Volcanic Unrest at Sierra Negra volcano, Galapagos Islands

Lafemina, P. C. (PI)

7/1/18 → 6/30/19

Project: Research project

Collaborative Research: East African Rift Tephra Database [EARThD]: a compilation documenting and analyzing explosive volcanism in East Africa

Dimaggio, E. N. (PI) & Fontijn, K. K. (CoPI)

5/1/18 → 4/30/23

Project: Research project

THE ORIGINS OF MOLECULES IN DIVERSE SPACE AND PLANETARY ENVIRONMENTS AND THEIR INTRAMOLECULAR ISOTOPE SIGNATURES

Freeman, K. H. (PI)

4/19/18 → 4/18/23

Project: Research project

THE ORIGINS OF MOLECULES IN DIVERSE SPACE AND PLANETARY ENVIRONMENTS AND THEIR INTRAMOLECULAR ISOTOPE SIGNATURES

Freeman, K. H. (PI)

4/19/18 → 4/18/24

Project: Research project

Collaborative Research: Investigating the interplay between creeping and seismogenic fault sections using large-scale laboratory experiments and high-resolution numerical models

Marone, C. J. (PI)

4/15/18 → 3/31/21

Project: Research project

NSF-NERC: Melting at Thwaites Grounding Zone and its Control on Sea Level (THWAITES-MELT)

Holland, D. M. (PI), Anandakrishnan, S. (CoPI), Rignot, E. (CoPI), Schmidt, B. B. E. (CoPI) & Anandakrishnan, S. S. (CoPI)