As we continue to navigate through the pandemic, different vaccines have produced in an attempt to combat the deadly COVID-19. With its fast production and emergence, there are loads of information being populated online about the vaccine.  Along with the web, many people have expressed uncertainty about the vaccine. Therefore we have put together a…

https://youtu.be/0QeTMAa48Ck   As part of our STEM Workshops, Dr. Ola Rashwan, Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Penn State Harrisburg, graciously agreed to lead an engaging workshop with our students based on her current research. Dr. Rashwan’s research focuses on micro and nanotechnology, specifically on the optimization of micro and nano surface features to improve…

This past Thursday, February 25th we kicked our STEM workshop series for the 2020-2021 academic year. The workshop titled, “Smart Water, Energy Systems, and their resilience in Global warming” was led by Penn State Harrisburgh Faculty Dr. Javad Khazaei, Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering, and Dr. Faegeh Moazeni, Adjunct Lecturer of Environmental Engineering.  Please click…

Due to the spread of COVID-19, social distancing measures were taken by the university and the state, which resulted in all Penn State campuses and most businesses being shut down. Consequently, our EnvironMentors students found themselves having to continue courses online and transition to completing their research projects virtually.  Dealing with the isolation of quarantine,…

As part of our EnvironMentors program’s efforts to engage our students during this period of social distancing, we have organized a webinar on COVID-19 in order to discuss the current pandemic and learn more about the virus. We hosted the first webinar, entitled “COVID-19: The Virus and its Health Disparities” last Friday, May 2nd and…

Due to the fast-spreading of the COVID-19 virus, NCSE, the parent organization of the EnvironMentors program has decided to cancel this academic year’s  National Science Fair and has left it to individual chapters across the country to cancel or continue the program on their campuses for the remainder of this year. At Penn State EnvironMentors,…

Penn State Harrisburg campus is located in Middletown, Pennsylvania. Harrisburg is one of two campuses that will work with University Park in the EnvironMentors Program. This academic year, we have officially started our EnvironMentors chapter group at the Harrisburg branch campus. We have successfully recruited high school student participants from two high schools in the…

  February is Black History Month and to commemorate the contributions and impact of African Americans to the STEM field, we invited Dr. Aziza Baccouche to give a lecture to members of the student body at University Park. Dr. Aziza Baccouche is a nuclear physicist by training and is currently working as a science media…

  As the Spring semester resumed last month, our students took a short break to focus on meeting with their mentors and making progress on their research projects. We resumed program our activities this week with a workshop led by Penn State Professor of Architecture and Design DK Osseo-Asare. Professor Osseo-Asare guided our students through…

  On November, 21st, we took our EnvironMentors students to visit the Penn State’s Center for Nanotechnology Education and Utilization (CNEU) at University Park. Through a partnership with the Pennsylvania Nanofabrication Manufacturing Technology (NMT), Penn State created CNEU to tackle the needs of Pennsylvania’s skilled nanofabrication workers industry. Since its creation, CNEU has been dedicated…