| Established | 1896 |
|---|---|
| Dean | Lee R. Kump |
| Location | , , U.S. |
| Website | ems |
The College of Earth and Mineral Sciences is a constituent, semi-autonomous part of Pennsylvania State University in University Park, Pennsylvania.
The College was founded in 1896 as a School of Mines, but, over time, diversified becoming the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences. The college has five departments: Energy and Mineral Engineering, Geography, Geosciences, Materials Science and Engineering, and Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences.[1]
The Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering, as of fall 2007, now offers an undergraduate program in energy engineering, the first of its kind in the country.[2]
The College also includes The Alliance for Earth Science, Engineering, and Development in Africa (AESEDA), The Energy Institute, The Earth and Environmental Systems Institute (EESI), The John A. Dutton e-Education Institute, and The Peter R. Gould Center for Geography and Outreach.
It is currently the smallest college (in terms of student enrollment) at the University Park campus.
Five employees (Michael E. Mann, Klaus Keller, Anne Thompson, Richard Alley, and William Easterling) contributed to the efforts of the IPCC that won the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize.
YouTube Encyclopedic
-
1/2Views:4 5992 962
-
Evolution of an Atoll
-
Gyres
Transcription
Many reefs develop in shallow, tropical, volcanic islands. In this situation, the reef evolves in a manner first described by Charles Darwin. Initially, very few coral polyps will settle upon the volcanic island, but once the volcano becomes dormant, the reef will rapidly colonize the island in a manner called a fringing reef. In the fringing reef, the reef lies right next to the island itself. As the island becomes further eroded, the reef becomes a barrier reef and is separated from the island by a shallow lagoon. This is often what we think about when we think about a tropical island with a reef. When the island itself becomes completely eroded, we have what is known as an atoll, in which the reef lies along a ring separated by a shallow lagoon in the middle. Many reefs that lie along continents are either fringing reefs, where the reef is right next to the land, or barrier reefs, like the Great Barrier Reef in Australia, where the continent and the reef are separated by some distance.
Rankings
According to the latest United States National Research Council rankings (1995), The Department of Geography is ranked number one in the United States.[3] The U.S. News Best Graduate Schools 2007 ranked the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences' Meteorology graduate program number one in the US. According to U.S. News rankings for 2009, the Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering program ranks 5th in the nation and the Geology program ranks 3rd in the nation.
Alumni
- Alexandra Tillson Filer, metallurgist, mineral collector, bookseller
- Gregory S. Forbes - Weather Channel Severe Weather Expert
- Elliot Abrams - Accuweather
- Jay Hammond - Governor of Alaska
- Joel N. Myers - Founder of Accuweather
References
- ^ "Penn State College of Earth and Mineral Sciences". www.ems.psu.edu.
- ^ "Energy Engineering | Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering". Archived from the original on 2008-03-11. Retrieved 2008-02-26.
- ^ "NRC Rankings in Each of 41 Areas". www.stat.tamu.edu.
External links
| International | |
|---|---|
| National | |
30°47′42″N 88°07′23″W / 30.795°N 88.123°W
This page was last edited on 20 June 2024, at 19:56