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Penn State professor Robert Hickey stands in his laboratory.

$4.5M grant to fund 3D-printed high-performance ceramics project

October 01, 2024

A lab instructor teaches an undergraduate student how to work safely in the lab.

New MatSE Safety Fund to support safety training for students, labs

October 01, 2024

This artistic illustration depicts the unique arrangement of atoms in high-entropy thermoelectric materials.

Waste heat to green energy: Approach boosts thermoelectric generator efficiency

September 24, 2024

Image of triangular 2d semiconductor on a substrate

Water-free manufacturing approach could help advance 2D electronics integration

September 20, 2024

a sample of LionGlass on a lab bench

Senior vice president for research provides updates on Penn State Research Foundation

September 05, 2024

PA Space Grant Consortium

NASA Pennsylvania Space Grant announces fellowship, scholarship winners for 2024

September 03, 2024

Factory floor at a semiconductor facility

Grant to help Penn State build semiconductor workforce in Pennsylvania

August 09, 2024

Four people on a stage

Laughs ring in Earth and Mineral Sciences alumni society 30th anniversary

July 23, 2024

Small pieces of crushed blue bottle glass

Message in a bottle: Combining mixed-color glass an option to boost recycling

July 22, 2024

Coin cell battery samples are arranged in plastic bags on a lab table.

Making rechargeable batteries more sustainable with fully recyclable components

July 08, 2024

A sensor conforms to a finger as the finger bends.

Self-assembling, highly conductive sensors could improve wearable devices

June 26, 2024

A split screen image of an ABB robot 3D printing mycelium-based composites at left and a close-up view of the extrusion nozzle while printing at right.

Architecture team receives grant to study 3D-printed sustainable materials

June 03, 2024

Danielle Hickey

Penn State professor awarded American Chemical Society grant

May 30, 2024

Pipette transferring liquid

Method for producing sulfur compounds in cells shows promise for tissue repair

May 17, 2024

Head of Nittany Lion Shrine

Forty-three undergraduates receive Erickson Discovery Grants

May 14, 2024

Clive Randall named Evan Pugh University Professor

May 03, 2024

A bust of Penn State's first president Evan Pugh located in the main lobby of Old Main.

Five faculty members honored with Evan Pugh University Professorships

May 03, 2024

Three people posing in a science lab, two men and one woman

‘Better than graphene’ material development may improve implantable technology

May 03, 2024

An individual in a lab wearing protective glasses and gloves handles a sample of a coin cell battery.

Cold sintering may rescue plastic, ceramics, battery components from landfills

May 02, 2024

Michael Mervosh and Brenden Franks

Mervosh and Franks named spring 2024 Earth and Mineral Sciences marshals

May 01, 2024

MVC Best of Show - Saman Zavari

Winners announced for 16th annual Materials Visualization Competition

April 23, 2024

Climate Solutions Accelerator

Penn State Climate Consortium awards 11 climate action workshops

April 18, 2024

Group of people standing in front of a fresco

Penn State, Morgan Advanced Materials partner to improve semiconductor materials

April 17, 2024

Melissa Marshall

Melissa Marshall to present 2024 Davis Ford McFarland Lecture on April 11

April 08, 2024

image of a furnace next to silicon chips

Silicon Carbide Innovation Alliance to drive industrial-scale semiconductor work

April 03, 2024

Jennifer Lalli to present 2024 Richard E. Tressler Lecture on March 28

March 20, 2024

Image of brochosomes, soccer-ball shaped spheroids that are produced by leafhoppers.

Backyard insect inspires invisibility devices, next gen tech

March 18, 2024

Robert J. Kumpf

Robert J. Kumpf to present 2024 Richard E. Tressler Lecture on March 14

March 12, 2024

Gray-scale electron microscopic image of nanoparticles on left, blue and yellow image of cancer cells and nanoparticles on right

GPS nanoparticle platform precisely delivers therapeutic payload to cancer cells

March 11, 2024

Penn State researchers show a new device that can harvest energy from magnetic field and ultrasound sources simultaneously, converting this energy to electricity that could power the next generation of implantable biomedical devices.

Dual-energy harvesting device could power future wireless medical implants

February 20, 2024

Best of Show 2023

Submissions now open for 2024 annual Materials Visualization Competition

February 05, 2024

A portrait of a person indoors.

Guha Manogharan named co-director of Penn State’s additive manufacturing center

February 02, 2024

Person wearing white personal protective equipment works with laboratory equipment.

Journey in glass takes EMS doctoral student to Japan

January 30, 2024

Laren Zarzar stands outside

Chemistry professor receives Simons Foundation Pivot Fellowship

November 16, 2023

Susan Sinnott, professor and head of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Penn State

Sinnott to deliver McMahon Lecture at Alfred University

October 27, 2023

close up of rapid test displaying a result

First rapid tests for chlamydia, gonorrhea exhibit 100% sensitivity

October 25, 2023

Penn State undergraduate student Benjamin O’Donnell receives the 2023 Ellwood Metallurgy Scholarship

Materials science and engineering student awarded Ellwood Metallurgy Scholarship

October 06, 2023

Nitin Samarth in front of metal equipment

Samarth named Verne M. Willaman Professor of Physics

October 05, 2023

Photo of a chip sensor.

Can AI crave a favorite food?

October 04, 2023

Person wearing lab goggles in a lab

Project aims to develop all-in-one semiconductor that stores, processes data

October 03, 2023

AMD campus visit

Penn State World Campus students learn about research in University Park visit

September 20, 2023

Long-Qing Chen elected as 2023 member of the Academia Europaea

August 29, 2023

Penn State students Anna Sulecki, Nate Reinhold and Lauren Wellar

Communications students learn valuable skills through EMS internships

August 23, 2023

A researcher holds a bio-inspired solar device

Cell protector: Bio-inspired solar devices boost stability, efficiency

August 11, 2023

A snapshot of the ab initio molecule dynamics simulations at 753K, showing the polarized Ti-O bonding with local tetragonal structures in various orientations, which depict the local 90 and 180 degree domain walls.

Zentropy and the art of creating new ferroelectric materials

August 09, 2023

illustration of molecules suspended over gold and purple wafer

Mirror, mirror, who is the most efficient semiconductor of them all?

August 03, 2023

Illustration of a half-heusler thermoelectric device on a computer chip

New high-power thermoelectric device may provide cooling in next-gen electronics

July 13, 2023

Professor Venkatraman Gopalan and graduate student Angela Cleri

MatSE establishes 115th Anniversary Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Fund

July 10, 2023

Actuation of ferroelectric polymers driven by Joule heating

New ferroelectric material could give robots muscles

June 30, 2023

NASA Pennsylvania Space Grant announces its 2023 fellowship, scholarship winners

June 29, 2023

A person in a suit jacket holds metal components in front of two computer monitors

3D-printed ceramics may increase gas turbine fuel efficiency, researchers report

June 20, 2023

An outdoors portrait of an individual.

Enrique Gomez named interim engineering associate dean for equity and inclusion

June 13, 2023

The 2023 College of Earth and Mineral Science Academy for Global Experience laureates

EMS student program recognizes outstanding academic, professional development

May 11, 2023

Zi-Kiu Liu at TMS conference

Materials society pays tribute to Zi-Kui Lui with honorary symposium

May 03, 2023

This image shows how a new retina-inspired narrowband photodetector works

Bio-inspired device captures images by mimicking human eye

May 02, 2023

Penn State scientists display the thermoelectric modules they created

Breakthrough in waste heat to green energy: Materials boost record efficiency

April 28, 2023

Students visit “Craters of the Moon,” which is a walk through one of the largest geothermal fields and a part of Taupo Volcanic Zone.

New Zealand offers students chance to see path to sustainable energy future

April 27, 2023

Jingyang He with President Bendapudi

Five EMS graduate students recognized with University awards

April 27, 2023

Materials Visualization Competition winner

Winners announced for 15th annual Materials Visualization Competition

April 26, 2023

Paul F. Robertson Award for EMS Breakthrough of the Year

EMS honors faculty and student excellence at annual awards celebration

April 26, 2023

‘Frontiers in Glass Science and Technology’ theme for Taylor Lecture Series

April 20, 2023

A microscopic rendering of nanoparticles

First rapid test for mpox developed, tech adaptable for other emerging diseases

April 18, 2023

Martha Christino and Bevan Harbison

Earth and Mineral Sciences names student marshals for spring 2023 commencement

April 14, 2023

David Simpson, senior polymers advocacy advisor at ExxonMobil

Penn State alumnus David Simpson to receive the David Ford McFarland Award

April 12, 2023

Penn State alumnus Walter Moorhead, president of Product Evaluation Systems, Inc. (PES)

Penn State alumnus Walter Moorhead to deliver R.E. Tressler Lecture

March 27, 2023

NASA program extends research opportunities for underrepresented in STEM

February 27, 2023

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Penn State professor Robert Hickey stands in his laboratory.

$4.5M grant to fund 3D-printed high-performance ceramics project

October 01, 2024

A lab instructor teaches an undergraduate student how to work safely in the lab.

New MatSE Safety Fund to support safety training for students, labs

October 01, 2024

This artistic illustration depicts the unique arrangement of atoms in high-entropy thermoelectric materials.

Waste heat to green energy: Approach boosts thermoelectric generator efficiency

September 24, 2024

Image of triangular 2d semiconductor on a substrate

Water-free manufacturing approach could help advance 2D electronics integration

September 20, 2024

a sample of LionGlass on a lab bench

Senior vice president for research provides updates on Penn State Research Foundation

September 05, 2024

PA Space Grant Consortium

NASA Pennsylvania Space Grant announces fellowship, scholarship winners for 2024

September 03, 2024

Factory floor at a semiconductor facility

Grant to help Penn State build semiconductor workforce in Pennsylvania

August 09, 2024

Four people on a stage

Laughs ring in Earth and Mineral Sciences alumni society 30th anniversary

July 23, 2024

Small pieces of crushed blue bottle glass

Message in a bottle: Combining mixed-color glass an option to boost recycling

July 22, 2024

Coin cell battery samples are arranged in plastic bags on a lab table.

Making rechargeable batteries more sustainable with fully recyclable components

July 08, 2024

A sensor conforms to a finger as the finger bends.

Self-assembling, highly conductive sensors could improve wearable devices

June 26, 2024

A split screen image of an ABB robot 3D printing mycelium-based composites at left and a close-up view of the extrusion nozzle while printing at right.

Architecture team receives grant to study 3D-printed sustainable materials

June 03, 2024

Danielle Hickey

Penn State professor awarded American Chemical Society grant

May 30, 2024

Pipette transferring liquid

Method for producing sulfur compounds in cells shows promise for tissue repair

May 17, 2024

Head of Nittany Lion Shrine

Forty-three undergraduates receive Erickson Discovery Grants

May 14, 2024

Clive Randall named Evan Pugh University Professor

May 03, 2024

A bust of Penn State's first president Evan Pugh located in the main lobby of Old Main.

Five faculty members honored with Evan Pugh University Professorships

May 03, 2024

Three people posing in a science lab, two men and one woman

‘Better than graphene’ material development may improve implantable technology

May 03, 2024

An individual in a lab wearing protective glasses and gloves handles a sample of a coin cell battery.

Cold sintering may rescue plastic, ceramics, battery components from landfills

May 02, 2024

Michael Mervosh and Brenden Franks

Mervosh and Franks named spring 2024 Earth and Mineral Sciences marshals

May 01, 2024

MVC Best of Show - Saman Zavari

Winners announced for 16th annual Materials Visualization Competition

April 23, 2024

Climate Solutions Accelerator

Penn State Climate Consortium awards 11 climate action workshops

April 18, 2024

Group of people standing in front of a fresco

Penn State, Morgan Advanced Materials partner to improve semiconductor materials

April 17, 2024

Melissa Marshall

Melissa Marshall to present 2024 Davis Ford McFarland Lecture on April 11

April 08, 2024

image of a furnace next to silicon chips

Silicon Carbide Innovation Alliance to drive industrial-scale semiconductor work

April 03, 2024

Jennifer Lalli to present 2024 Richard E. Tressler Lecture on March 28

March 20, 2024

Image of brochosomes, soccer-ball shaped spheroids that are produced by leafhoppers.

Backyard insect inspires invisibility devices, next gen tech

March 18, 2024

Robert J. Kumpf

Robert J. Kumpf to present 2024 Richard E. Tressler Lecture on March 14

March 12, 2024

Gray-scale electron microscopic image of nanoparticles on left, blue and yellow image of cancer cells and nanoparticles on right

GPS nanoparticle platform precisely delivers therapeutic payload to cancer cells

March 11, 2024

Penn State researchers show a new device that can harvest energy from magnetic field and ultrasound sources simultaneously, converting this energy to electricity that could power the next generation of implantable biomedical devices.

Dual-energy harvesting device could power future wireless medical implants

February 20, 2024

Best of Show 2023

Submissions now open for 2024 annual Materials Visualization Competition

February 05, 2024

A portrait of a person indoors.

Guha Manogharan named co-director of Penn State’s additive manufacturing center

February 02, 2024

Person wearing white personal protective equipment works with laboratory equipment.

Journey in glass takes EMS doctoral student to Japan

January 30, 2024

Laren Zarzar stands outside

Chemistry professor receives Simons Foundation Pivot Fellowship

November 16, 2023

Susan Sinnott, professor and head of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Penn State

Sinnott to deliver McMahon Lecture at Alfred University

October 27, 2023

close up of rapid test displaying a result

First rapid tests for chlamydia, gonorrhea exhibit 100% sensitivity

October 25, 2023

Penn State undergraduate student Benjamin O’Donnell receives the 2023 Ellwood Metallurgy Scholarship

Materials science and engineering student awarded Ellwood Metallurgy Scholarship

October 06, 2023

Nitin Samarth in front of metal equipment

Samarth named Verne M. Willaman Professor of Physics

October 05, 2023

Photo of a chip sensor.

Can AI crave a favorite food?

October 04, 2023

Person wearing lab goggles in a lab

Project aims to develop all-in-one semiconductor that stores, processes data

October 03, 2023

AMD campus visit

Penn State World Campus students learn about research in University Park visit

September 20, 2023

Long-Qing Chen elected as 2023 member of the Academia Europaea

August 29, 2023

Penn State students Anna Sulecki, Nate Reinhold and Lauren Wellar

Communications students learn valuable skills through EMS internships

August 23, 2023

A researcher holds a bio-inspired solar device

Cell protector: Bio-inspired solar devices boost stability, efficiency

August 11, 2023

A snapshot of the ab initio molecule dynamics simulations at 753K, showing the polarized Ti-O bonding with local tetragonal structures in various orientations, which depict the local 90 and 180 degree domain walls.

Zentropy and the art of creating new ferroelectric materials

August 09, 2023

illustration of molecules suspended over gold and purple wafer

Mirror, mirror, who is the most efficient semiconductor of them all?

August 03, 2023

Illustration of a half-heusler thermoelectric device on a computer chip

New high-power thermoelectric device may provide cooling in next-gen electronics

July 13, 2023

Professor Venkatraman Gopalan and graduate student Angela Cleri

MatSE establishes 115th Anniversary Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Fund

July 10, 2023

Actuation of ferroelectric polymers driven by Joule heating

New ferroelectric material could give robots muscles

June 30, 2023

NASA Pennsylvania Space Grant announces its 2023 fellowship, scholarship winners

June 29, 2023

A person in a suit jacket holds metal components in front of two computer monitors

3D-printed ceramics may increase gas turbine fuel efficiency, researchers report

June 20, 2023

An outdoors portrait of an individual.

Enrique Gomez named interim engineering associate dean for equity and inclusion

June 13, 2023

The 2023 College of Earth and Mineral Science Academy for Global Experience laureates

EMS student program recognizes outstanding academic, professional development

May 11, 2023

Zi-Kiu Liu at TMS conference

Materials society pays tribute to Zi-Kui Lui with honorary symposium

May 03, 2023

This image shows how a new retina-inspired narrowband photodetector works

Bio-inspired device captures images by mimicking human eye

May 02, 2023

Penn State scientists display the thermoelectric modules they created

Breakthrough in waste heat to green energy: Materials boost record efficiency

April 28, 2023

Students visit “Craters of the Moon,” which is a walk through one of the largest geothermal fields and a part of Taupo Volcanic Zone.

New Zealand offers students chance to see path to sustainable energy future

April 27, 2023

Jingyang He with President Bendapudi

Five EMS graduate students recognized with University awards

April 27, 2023

Materials Visualization Competition winner

Winners announced for 15th annual Materials Visualization Competition

April 26, 2023

Paul F. Robertson Award for EMS Breakthrough of the Year

EMS honors faculty and student excellence at annual awards celebration

April 26, 2023

‘Frontiers in Glass Science and Technology’ theme for Taylor Lecture Series

April 20, 2023

A microscopic rendering of nanoparticles

First rapid test for mpox developed, tech adaptable for other emerging diseases

April 18, 2023

Martha Christino and Bevan Harbison

Earth and Mineral Sciences names student marshals for spring 2023 commencement

April 14, 2023

David Simpson, senior polymers advocacy advisor at ExxonMobil

Penn State alumnus David Simpson to receive the David Ford McFarland Award

April 12, 2023

Penn State alumnus Walter Moorhead, president of Product Evaluation Systems, Inc. (PES)

Penn State alumnus Walter Moorhead to deliver R.E. Tressler Lecture

March 27, 2023

NASA program extends research opportunities for underrepresented in STEM

February 27, 2023

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