Recent Penn State graduates earn wings in airborne research project
Penn State professor Ken Davis and recent Penn State graduates Bianca Baier and Hannah Halliday are members of the ACT-America team.
From left, Penn State professor Ken Davis and recent Penn State graduates Hannah Halliday and Bianca Baier are working on a $30 million, NASA-funded project to explore how weather impacts the flow of greenhouse gases over large portions of the U.S. Image: Catherine Easmunt
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Bianca Baier’s homecoming came at 20,000 feet. The recent Penn State graduate and State College native returned aboard a hulking cargo plane decked out with weather gauges, sensors and instruments.