Forestry student Jeremy Newman (3rd from left) inventoried trees at the Soldiers' National Cemetery of the Gettysburg National Military Park and developed a GPS map for visitors wanting to know more about the trees.
Dr. Max Bramel, Penn State Mont Alto professor in psychology, will demonstrate how game theory research can provide insight and solutions to social dilemmas.
Jennifer Halterman describes her research project titled 'Y-ORCHID-ING-ME,' which provides relevant information about orchids and their use in society during the poster session of the 2015 Penn State Mont Alto Academic Festival.
Latrese Morris describes her research project to John Bardi, Penn State Mont Alto instructor in philosophy. Her project, which explored the weather and climate on various planets and moons in our solar system, received first place in the exhibit category during Mont alto's Academic Festival on April 22.
CSI notwithstanding, forensics experts cannot always retrieve fingerprints from objects, but a conformal coating process developed by Penn State professors can reveal hard-to-develop fingerprints on nonporous surfaces without altering the chemistry of the print. "As prints dry or age, the common techniques used to develop latent fingerprints, such as dusting or cyanoacrylate -- SuperGlue -- fuming often fail," said Robert Shaler, professor of biochemistry and molecular biology and director of Penn State's forensic sciences program.
