Poster Session

The Penn State Climate Solutions Symposium has announced a call for climate-related posters. Undergraduate and graduate students, postdoctoral researchers, extension educators, staff, faculty and symposium attendees are encouraged to present posters at an in-person poster session focused on climate solutions. All disciplines are welcome. The poster session will run in parallel with a reception from 5:15–6:30 p.m. (time subject to change) on Monday, May 19, 2025.

2025 Posters

In alphabetical order by last name (Name; Poster Title)

• Ayse Akyildiz; Spatiotemporal Examination of Social Vulnerability Change Due to Extreme Heat in Alaska
• Maryam Aman; Enhancing Energy Performance of Single-Family Housing in Islamabad, Pakistan
• Eli Andrews; Shifting Power: A Modern, Digital Approach for Building Support That Outpaces Opposition for Renewable Energy
• Krista Bailey; Penn State Sustainable Labs
• Zoe Baker; Psychological drivers of public support for water policies: A mixed-method study
• Carlin Blash; Evaluating the flood mitigation capacity of current and planned green infrastructure in Baltimore, MD
• Ana Bolivar; Applying high-frequency forcing data in statistical-dynamical models to better understand “gray swan” TC risks
• Nathan Bude; Stalled Indigenous Communal Land Titling in Northeastern Cambodia
• David Caballero Russi; Experimental testing of metamaterials for wave attenuation and damage estimation
• JungEn Choi; Sharing Sustainability Awareness is FUN
• Joseph Conklin; Understanding Electricity Generation
• Brendan Culleton; Penn State Radiocarbon (PSUAMS): Carbon Applications for Climate, Environment and Industry
• Julia Elman; Climate change increasing pregnancy risks around the world due to extreme heat
• John Garber; Calibrating and Utilizing Low-Cost Clarity Node S Sensors to Monitor Local PM Concentrations Across the City of Lubbock
• Lara Garcia; Comparing Urban Heat Exposure in Favelas and Public Housing with Open-Access Remote Sensing Data: A Case Study of Vila da Barca, Belém, Brazil.
• Pramit Ghosh; Simultaneous and Subambient Daytime Radiative Cooling and Photovoltaic Power Generation from the Same Area
• Camila Gonzalez Arango; Forest-Protecting Bioeconomies: Technical and Social Analysis in the Brazilian Amazon
• Joseph Guerriero; Legacy-focused thinking and its link to environmental sustainability
• Ranaar Hashi; Investigating the Association between Air Pollution and Respiratory Diseases in Greater New Orleans Using Low-Cost Arduino-Based PM Sensors
• Ethan Heidtman; Using multi-objective reinforcement learning to inform reservoir operations for saltwater intrusion mitigation
• Michael Helbing; CCS Success Through Community Engagement
• Michael Helbing; A 50-state Survey of Sustainable Aviation Fuel Policy
• Michael Helbing; Energy in Environmental Justice Across the U.S. States
• Margaret Huettner; Implementation of a Climate Action Plan to Reach Climate Neutrality
• Abdel Hussein; 3D Printed Concrete Homes for DREAM (Designing Resilient, Economical, Appropriate, and Multidimensional) Housing Initiative
• Erica Husser; Resilience and Equity in Addressing Climate Health (REACH): Survey Results from PA Federally Qualified Health Centers and Area Agencies on Aging
• Jaspreet Kaur; Sprayable Biopolymers for Agriculture: An Eco-friendly and Sustainable Solution to Climate Change
• Mohannad Khair; Heat Transfer Enhancement in Solar Air Heaters Using Vortex Generators as Passive Flow Controls
• Henry Kibuye; Role of Riparian Forest Buffer in Meeting Cold-Water Fisheries Temperature Criteria and Reducing Dissolved Oxygen Stress
• Nasib Koirala; Open Top Chambers (OTCs): A Tool for Studying Weed Emergence in Future Climates
• Terry Kreuz Kreuz; Energy Transition Initiatives at National Fuel Gas Company
• Hongliang Li; Bi-level Model Predictive Control for Energy-Aware Integrated Product Pricing and Production Scheduling
• Elham Mahmod Por; A Deep Learning Approach to Prioritize Riparian Restoration for Stream Temperature Management in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed
• Elizabeth McDade; Benefits of Home Repair to Address Climate Change
• Samson Mekasha; Enhancing Temperature Prediction Using Meteorological Data and Environmental Variables through Statistical Model (GAM) in Ethiopia
• Pegah Mombeini; Exploring the Economic, Mental, and Physical Human Health Impacts of Pluvial Flooding in Baltimore’s Underserved Communities
• Mercy Muganyizi; Microscale Investigation of Urban Heat Island (UHI) in Dar es Salaam: Identifying Mitigation Strategies for Multifamily Housing Buildings
• Kripa Neupane; Motivations and Barriers to Family Forest Owners Enrollment in Carbon Programs
• Emily Olsen ; Towards Holistic Climate Change Education: Incorporating Emotions into Teaching Practice
• Hanin Othman; Low-Cost IoT-based Indoor Air Quality Monitoring
• George Otto; A Solar Home in State College, PA – 3 Years In
• Gul Ozyilmaz; Clay-Modified Conducting Polymers for Clean Hydrogen: A Climate-Friendly Approach
• Erica Phillips; Protocol for a Scoping Review of Climate Change Adaptations within Cardiovascular Disease and Type 2 Diabetes Prevention Programs
• Muhammad Zulqurnain Ul Haq Qazi; Creating Virtual Learning Communities for Youth Empowerment: The Case of Youth Center for Research
• Tracy Reilly; Sustainable Libraries Initiative
• Mohammad Rezvan; Reimagining Urban Canopy Planning in Early Design: A Multi-Objective Computational Framework for Thermal Regulation
• Mariya Ronczyk; Broken System, Broken Spirits: How Systemic Racism Fuels Demotivation and Environmental Injustices
• Tejal Shirsat; Exploring Local Water Security of High-Altitude Mountain Villages in an Arid Glaciated River Basin in Western Himalayas
• Sailesh Sigdel; Modeling Nitrogen Losses from Field Application Methods of Liquid-Separated Digestate Originating from Biogas Production
• Mary Ann Smith; Penn State CAN Track Trees in a Changing Climate: Commonwealth Arboreta Network Long-Term Tree Tracking Research Program
• Meghann Smith; Winds of Change: Life Cycle Impacts of New Jersey’s Offshore Wind Future
• Ava Spangler; Community-Informed Robust Adaptations to Rainfall Flooding in Baltimore
• Bijay Subedi; Drought-stressed prey slows predator growth and development
• Farzaneh Tahriri; Modeling the Nitrogen Balance and Nitrous Oxide Emission of Organic Grain and Forage Production Systems
• Cassandra Tai; Divided Platforms, Divided Stances: State Legislators’ Climate Communication Amid Industry and Public Pressures
• Mobashsira Tasnim; Predicting fire behavior and assessing post-fire vegetation effects on mesic forest systems in the changing fire regime of the Northeastern US
• Alexander Thames; Assessing Compound Climate Impacts on Agricultural Water Requirements in the Upper Colorado River Basin
• Zheng Tian; Decarbonization in Manufacturing: Prevalence, Rationale, and Methods
• Camila Valderrama; Techno-Economic Feasibility of Renewable Natural Gas Production from Dairy Farm Anaerobic Digesters
• Sarah Widderich; Stakeholder Views about Forest Carbon Offsets in Argentina