Penn State alumna Mulvihill to present R.E. Tressler Lecture
The 2019 Richard E. Tressler Lecture in Materials will be held at 3:05 p.m. Thursday, March 21, in 26 Hosler Building at University Park. Maureen L. Mulvihill, president and CEO of Actuated Medical Inc. (AMI), will deliver the lecture and receive the 2019 R.E. Tressler Award.
Millennium Scholars Program, philanthropy support student success in STEM
Ana De La Fuente Duran has long hoped to follow her love for science to graduate school. With the support of the Penn State Millennium Scholars Program, the Penn State junior is on her way toward earning her advanced degree.
Trolier-McKinstry elected to National Academy of Engineering
Congratulations to Susan Trolier-McKinstry who was elected to the National Academy on Engineering for "development of thin film multilayer ceramic capacitors and piezoelectric microelectromechanical systems."
Delbert E. Day to receive the Distinguished Alumni Award
Delbert E. Day, Curators' Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Materials Science and Engineering at the Missouri University of Science and Technology, earned his M.S. and Ph.D. in ceramic science from the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences (1960, 1961) was selected to recieve the PSAA Distinguished Alumni Award.
Creating A Roadmap For 2D Materials
An invited article in the December online edition of the journal 2D Materials provides a roadmap for the synthesis of electronic-grade two-dimensional materials for future electronic and sensing applications.
Air Force funds polymer materials research for light-speed computing
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Robert Hickey, assistant professor of materials science and engineering, will use a $450,000 grant from the United States Air Force to research nanostructured polymer materials for applications in integrated optical circuits, which could allow computers to process information at light-speed.
Lucille Giannuzzi '92 Joins TESCAN USA Inc.
Lucille A. Giannuzzi '92 has been named Regional Sales Manager, Mid-Atlantic region for TESCAN USA Inc. Dr. Giannuzzi joins TESCAN USA with extensive experience in focused ion beam (FIB), scanning electron, and transmission electron microscopy (SEM, S/TEM), with applications expertise in both the physical and life sciences. For more information on TESCAN USA Inc, visit https://www.tescan.com/en-us/
$1 million Army grant aimed at adaptive fluid materials
Lauren Zarzar, assistant professor of chemistry at Penn State, has been awarded a five-year, $1 million grant from the U.S. Army to conduct research related to reconfigurable fluids.
Predicting the properties of a new glass of glasses
ZIF glasses, a new family of glass, could combine the transparency of silicate glass with the nonbrittle quality of metallic glass, according to researchers at Penn State and Cambridge University in the U.K.
First World Campus degree in additive manufacturing and design awarded
Joseph Sinclair always knew he wanted to set the trends, not follow them. As the first graduate of the master of engineering in additive manufacturing and design master’s (AMD) program through Penn State World Campus, he’s staying true to that mission.