Grants
Penn State Intercom......December 7, 2000
Energy Institute to establish
$3 million consortium
The
University has been selected by the Strategic Center for Natural Gas and
the National Petroleum Technology Office at the National Energy Technology
Laboratory to establish and manage a national natural gas and petroleum
stripper well consortium.
"The industry-driven consortium will invest $3 million over the next three years from the Strategic Center to develop technologies that improve the production performance of the nation's natural gas and petroleum stripper wells," said consortium director Cem Sarica, associate
professor of petroleum and natural gas engineering.
The consortium will be centered in Penn State's Energy Institute and will focus on the development of technology for such problem areas as reservoir remediation, wellbore cleanup and surface system optimization.
In partnership with researchers from the University of Tulsa, Penn State will
recruit industries to become members of the consortium, which will be governed by an executive council. The first organizational meeting is planned for Jan. 29 in Pittsburgh.
For more information, call Joel Morrison at (814) 865-4802.
Grant expands access to SAS
software for students and faculty
A $1 million software grant from SAS Institute of Cary, N.C., will provide the University with an extended suite of SAS's award-winning data warehousing, data mining and Web-enablement technology.
The grant from the market leader in e-intelligence and data warehousing will enhance classroom instruction and help students, faculty and staff conduct research.
According to Kevin Morooney, director of graduate education and research services at the Center for Academic Computing, the grant will provide access to SAS software available under SAS's Academic Premier Program for Teaching and Research Purposes to students and faculty at all University locations. The program also will enable faculty and departments to receive reduced pricing for the company's products for the next three years.
Terms of the grant require that use of SAS software products be limited to teaching and research purposes, and a small percentage of funds will be set aside for SAS training for individuals from participating departments and units.
SAS is the world leader in e-intelligence software and services, enabling its customers to turn raw data -- including the vast quantity generated by
e-business -- into usable knowledge. Software from SAS is used at more than 35,000 business, government and university sites in 110 countries.
For more information about SAS at Penn State and the Academic Premier Program, check the Web at http://www.sas.psu.edu/.