consortiums, institutes, centers, & laboratories and initiatives
University-level Consortia
The Penn State Institutes of Energy and the Environment is one of six consortia established to fulfill initiatives outlined by University President Graham Spanier in his 1997 State-of-the-University Address for selective investment in areas that promise to have significant impact on society.
- Children Youth and Family Studies
- Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences
- Institute for the Arts and Humanities
- Materials Research Institute
- Penn State Institutes of the Energy and the Environment
- Social Science Institute
main college-level energy and environment institutes
- Enviroment and Natural Resources Institute (ENRI) - College of Agricultural Sciences
- Earth and Environmental Systems Institute (EESI) - College of Earth and Mineral Sciences
- EMS Energy Institute - College of Earth and Mineral Sciences
- Engineering Environmental Institute - College of Engineering
- Rock Ethics Institute - College of the Liberal Arts
alphabetical list of institutes, centers, & laboratories and initiatives
Institutes, centers, laboratories, consortia, initiatives, and research groups at Penn State related to energy and the environment are listed below. To view a comprehensive list of Penn State institutes and centers visit the Penn State Industrial Research Office.
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- Advanced Energy Storage Center (Pa Transportation Institute)
- Advanced Power Generation
- AfricaArray
- Agricultural Analytical Services Laboratory
- Agricultural Law Research and Education Center
- Air Pollution~Forest Effects Laboratory
- Alliance for Earth Sciences, Engineering, and Development in Africa (AESEDA)
- Applied Research Laboratory: Air and Water Quality Laboratory
- Arboretum at Penn State
- Astrobiology Research Center
- Atlantic Slope Consortium
- Center for Acoustics and Vibration
- Center for Advanced Power Generation
- Center for BioDiversity Research (K.C. Kim)
- Center for Bioremediation and Detoxification
- Center for Comparative Genomics and Bioinformatics
- Center for Dirt and Gravel Road Studies
- Center for Economic and Community Development
- Center for Economic and Environmental Risk Assessment
- Center for Energy and Environmental Risk
- Center for Environmental Chemistry and Geochemistry
- Center for Environmental Informatics
- Center for Environmental Kinetics Analysis
- Center for Chemical Ecology
- Center for Geographic Information Services (Capital College)
- Center for Green Roof Research
- Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics
- Center for Molecular Immunology and Infectious Disease
- Center for Molecular Toxicology and Carcinogenesis
- Center for NanoCellulosics
- Center for Nanofabrication and Devices
- Center for Nanoscale Science
- Center for Nanotechnology Education and Utilization
- Center for Plasticulture
- Center for Public Policy Research in Environment, Energy, and Community Well-Being
- Center for Statistical Ecology and Environmental Statistics
- Center for Sustainability
- Center for Turfgrass Science
- Center for Watershed Stewardship
- Chemical and Biological Systems Optimization Lab
- Computational Epidemiology and Aerobiology Laboratory
- Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
- Cooperative Wetlands Center
- Consortium for Atlantic Regional Assessment
- e-Education Institute
- Electrochemical Engine Center
- Energy Institute (College of Earth and Mineral Sciences)
- Earth and Environmental Systems Institute (College of Earth and Mineral Sciences)
- Engineering Environmental Institute (College of Engineering)
- Environment and Natural Resources Institute
- Environmental Molecular Science Group
- Environmental Training Center (Capital College)
- Finance and Business Environmental Stewardship
- Foot and Mouth Disease Information Center
- Forestland Management Office
- Freeman Biogeochemistry Group
- Frost Entomological Museum
- Fruit Research and Extension Center
- Fuel Cell Dynamics and Diagnostics Laboratory
- Fusarium Research Center
- Generic Mineral Technology Center for Respirable Dust
- Geographic Information System (GIS) Support Center
- Geospatial Information Systems (GIS) Council
- GeoVista Center
- Gould Center for Geography Education and Outreach
- Grazing Research and Education Center
- Greenhouse Gas Reduction Initiative
- Green-PSU
- Gypsy Moth Research Center
- Hamer Center for Community Design Assisance
- High Pressure Combustion Laboratory
- Horticulture Trial Gardens
- Human-Environment Regional Observatory
- Hydrogen Energy Center
- Hydrowiki
- Ice and Climate Research Group
- Indoor Environment Center
- Institute of Molecular Evolutionary Biology
- Integrated Pest Management Program
- Interinstitutional Consortium for Indigenous Knowledge
- Land Analysis Laboratory
- Landscape Management Research Center
- Laurel Haven Conservation Education Center
- Materials Research Institute
- Cement and Concrete for a Sustainable Environment
- Center for Glass Surfaces, Interfaces and Coatings Research
- Center for Innovative Sintered Products
- Environmental Chemistry
- Green Materials and Green Processing
- Materials for a Nuclear Environment
- Mine Land Reclamation
- Waste Utilization
- Materials Simulation Center
- Master Well Owner Network
- Metal Casting Laboratory
- Mid-Atlantic Regional Assessment
- Modular Curriculum for Hydrologic Advancement
- Mushroom Spawn Laboratory
- nano@PENN STATE
- Nanotechnology Education and Utilization (Center for)
- Natural Resources Cooperative Extension and Outreach
- Northeast Regional Center for Rural Development
- Northeastern IPM Center
- Nutrient and Water Policy Update
- Office for Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Resources
- Optical Remote Sensing Lab
- Organic Materials Processing and Education Center
- Pasto Agricultural Museum
- Pasture Systems and Watershed Management Research Unit
- PennTAP - Pennsylvania Techical Assistance Program
- Penn State Blue, White and Green
- Penn State Green Tour
- Penn State Office of the Physical Plant Energy Website
- Penn State Recycling
- Penn State Zetachron Center for Science and Technology
- Pennsylvania IPM Program
- Pennsylvania Spatial Data Access (PASDA)
- Pennsylvania Water Resources Research Center
- Pest Management Information Center
- Poultry Education and Research Center
- Radiation Science and Engineering Center
- Rock Ethics Institute
- Russell E. Larson Agricultural Research Center
- Schatz Center for Tree Molecular Genetics
- Science, Medicine and Technology in Culture
- Sea Grant Pennsylvania
- Shaver's Creek Environmental Center
- Small Business Development Center: Environmental Management Assistance Program
- Small Public Water Systems Training Assistance Center (Capital College)
- Southeast Agricultural Research and Extension Center
- Space Grant Consortium
- Stone Valley Experimental Forest
- Sustainable Ag Working Group
- Sustainable Forestry Partnership
- Susquehanna River Basin Hydrologic Observing System
- Valentine Turfgrass Research Center
- Vegetation Dynamic Lab
- Visible Emissions Training Programs: Smoke School