Anu Vedantham is the Director of the Weigle Information Commons at the Penn Libraries. She came to Penn from the Richard Stockton College of New Jersey. At Stockton, she directed the Southern Regional Educational Technology Training Center (ETTC) for six years providing professional development and technology models for college faculty and K-12 teachers. She also served as Interim Associate Provost and as Director of Instructional Technology. Her research on global warming has been recognized by the Intergovernmental Panel of Climate Change (IPCC) as a significant contribution to the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize. Ms. Vedantham holds her New Jersey Principal Certificate and served for two years as Director of Grants and Community Initiatives at Stafford Township School District. In the mid-90s, Ms. Vedantham served as Program Officer at the Telecommunications Opportunities Program at the United States Department of Commerce. Ms. Vedantham completed her Masters in Public Affairs from the Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton University and her Bachelors and Masters in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). She is pursuing her doctorate in Higher Education Management at Penn's Graduate School of Education.
Articles
Long-term scenarios for aviation: Demand and emissions of CO2 and NOx (with Michael Oppenheimer), Scholarship at Penn Libraries (1998)
This study presents a dynamical systems model for long-term scenarios of demand in the aviation...
Inner City Networking: Models and Opportunities (with Judith Sparrow), Scholarship at Penn Libraries (1995)
Information technologies are fast becoming an essential part of most sectors of the American economy....
Networking for K-12 Education: The Federal Perspective (with Laura Breeden), Scholarship at Penn Libraries (1995)
This article explains the need for quality educational technology in our schools, and notes the...
Telecommunications in Zimbabwe, Scholarship at Penn Libraries (1990)
Telecommunications in many African countries is several years, perhaps decades, behind the state of the...
Contributions to Books
Aviation and the Global Atmosphere: A Special Report of IPCC Working Groups I and III, Scholarship at Penn Libraries (1999)
This report assesses the effects of aircraft on climate and atmospheric ozone and is the...
Other
Aircraft Emissions and the Global Atmosphere (with Michael Oppenheimer), Scholarship at Penn Libraries (1994)
Emissions from airplanes and their potential global effects on the atmosphere have become the subject...