Past Events

Title Description start Type
Branden Katona -- PhD Candidacy Exam "The Influence of Topography on Convective Storm Environments in the Eastern United States as Deduced from the HRRR” Sep 27, 2017 10:00 AM Qualifying Exam
Michael Farrar “Environmental modeling within NOAA: current status at the NWS Environmental Modeling Center (EMC) and vision for future community-based unified Earth system modeling” Sep 13, 2017 03:30 PM Tarbell Lecture in Meteorology
Daniel Eipper -- PhD Thesis Defense "Inland Structure and Penetration of Lake Ontario Lake-Effect Dominant Bands in Baroclinic Environments" Aug 16, 2017 09:00 AM Thesis Defense Event
Alicia Klees -- PhD Oral Comprehensive Exam "A WRF-DART study of the nontornadic and tornadic supercells intercepted by VORTEX2 on 10 June 2010" Aug 14, 2017 09:30 AM Grad Talk
Kenneth Christian--PhD Thesis Defense "Global sensitivity analysis of the GEOS-Chem chemical transport model for six NASA field campaigns" Aug 11, 2017 01:00 PM Thesis Defense Event
Y. Qiang Sun--PhD Thesis Defense "Scale Interaction and Mid-latitude Atmospheric Predictability: Impacts of Moist Convection and Gravity Waves" Aug 11, 2017 08:30 AM Thesis Defense Event
Caroline Normile -- PhD Thesis Defense "Assessment of Uncertainties in Atmospheric Transport and Surface Flux of Carbon from the North American Terrestrial Biosphere" Aug 08, 2017 02:30 PM Thesis Defense Event
Alex Kowaleski--PhD Thesis Defense Novel tools for improving understanding of tropical cyclone intensity and track Aug 03, 2017 10:00 AM Thesis Defense Event
Vanessa Caroline Monteiro -- PhD Candidacy Exam ''Thermodynamic attributes of the convective boundary layer before and after storms in the Amazon rainforest'' Jul 11, 2017 10:00 AM Qualifying Exam
Lee Dunnavan -- PhD Candidacy Exam "An Approach for Testing and Comparing Predicted Ice Particle Shapes with In Situ Aspect Ratio Projections" Jun 29, 2017 11:00 AM Qualifying Exam
Amanda Walker -- MS Thesis Defense "A Fiscally-Based Scale for Tropical Cyclone Storm Surge" Jun 23, 2017 01:00 PM Thesis Defense Event
Bicheng Chen - PhD Thesis Defense "The characteristics and modeling of oil dispersion in the ocean mixed layer from underwater blowout spill accidents" Jun 23, 2017 09:00 AM Thesis Defense Event
Alexandra Anderson-Frey -- PhD Thesis Defense "Statistical Examination of Tornado Report and Warning Near-Storm Environments" Jun 14, 2017 11:00 AM Thesis Defense Event
Michael Colbert -- MS Thesis Defense "Exploring the sensitivity of convective storm characteristics and dynamics to grid spacing in convection-allowing North American Mesoscale Forecast System simulations" Jun 13, 2017 12:30 PM Thesis Defense Event
Scott Loeffler -- MS Thesis Defense "Dual-polarization signatures in nonsupercell tornadic storms" Jun 12, 2017 11:00 AM Thesis Defense Event
The National Research Council awards for graduate, postdoctoral and senior researchers The National Research Council of the National Academies sponsors a number of awards for graduate, postdoctoral and senior researchers Jun 08, 2016 01:00 PM Event
Eli Dennis - MS Thesis Defense "Exploring the sensitivity of convection initiation to grid spacing using convection-allowing NAM simulations" May 03, 2017 10:00 AM Thesis Defense Event
Rich Grumm - Ken Reeves Memorial Weather Briefing Join us Tuesdays at 1:30pm for our weekly weather briefing series, sponsored by the Campus Weather Service. Apr 25, 2017 01:30 PM event talk or seminar
Tyler Roys - Ken Reeves Memorial Weather Briefing Join us Tuesdays at 1:30pm for our weekly weather briefing series, sponsored by the Campus Weather Service. Apr 18, 2017 01:30 PM event talk or seminar
Katia Lamer -- PhD Oral Comprehensive Exam "Liquid phase occurrence within the context of cloud vertical structure: Long-term Arctic ground-based observations for General Circulation Model evaluation" Apr 13, 2017 03:00 PM Grad Talk
"Age of Consequences" Free Film Screening and Panel Discussion Panelists: Janet Swim, Professor of Psychology; David Titley, Director, Center for Solutions to Weather and Climate Risk and Jeffrey Brownson, Associate Professor of Energy and Mineral Engineering Apr 11, 2017 07:30 PM Event
Dr. Lou Wicker NOAA’s Warn on Forecast Program: Updating Progress Toward Explicit Ensemble Prediction of Convective Weather Threats Apr 05, 2017 03:30 PM Hussey Lecture in Meteorology
Charles Ross - Ken Reeves Memorial Weather Briefing Join us Tuesdays at 1:30pm for our weekly weather briefing series, sponsored by the Campus Weather Service. Mar 28, 2017 01:30 PM event talk or seminar
John Banghoff - Ken Reeves Memorial Weather Briefing Join us Tuesday at 1:30pm for our weekly weather briefing series, sponsored by the Campus Weather Service. Mar 21, 2017 01:30 PM event talk or seminar
Liza Diaz -- PhD Thesis Defense "Evaluation of Atmospheric Transport and its Impact on CO2 Mixing Ratios" Mar 16, 2017 03:00 PM Thesis Defense Event
Giovanni Jimenez--PhD Oral Comprehensive Exam "Rediscovering the Orinoco low-level jet: Characteristics and Dynamics" Mar 16, 2017 11:00 AM Grad Talk
Daniel Eipper--PhD Oral Comprehensive Exam "Predicting the Inland Penetration of Long-Lake-Axis-Parallel Lake-Effect Snowbands" Feb 23, 2017 10:00 AM Grad Talk
Elliot Abrams - Ken Reeves Weather Briefing Elliot Abrams from the AccuWeather will be hosting this week's weather briefing! Feb 21, 2017 01:30 PM event talk or seminar
David Martin - Ken Reeves Weather Briefing David Martin from the NWS State College, PA will be hosting this week's weather briefing! Feb 07, 2017 01:30 PM event talk or seminar
Alumni Reception at the AMS Annual Meeting Join us for a fun evening of socializing with your former classmates and Penn State colleagues! Jan 24, 2017 06:00 PM Event