IMAGINE Fall 2019 Newsletter | Penn State Department of Materials Science and Engineering

From the

Department Head

Susan Sinnott

Students

MatSE undergrad student named Astronaut Scholar Read more

MatSE 2019 NSF Graduate

Research Fellowships

Research

Researchers seek to revolutionize catalyst design with machine learning

Quantum leap: DOE grant aims to speed software development for quantum materials Read more

A virtual substrate opens path to oxide films on silicon for application in 5G, MEMS, sensors, and quantum computation Read more

Adding a carbon atom transforms 2-D semiconducting material

Alumni

Coppola honored with Alumni Fellow Read more

Alumni Spotlight:

Beth and Larry Hancock

Entrepreneurship in 3-D is alive and well Read more

The floodgates have opened for MatSE undergraduate education

Materials science and engineering programs have traditionally been considered to be “boutique” options with small enrollment numbers and manageable resources, but in the past ten years that has changed. At Penn State, the Department of Materials Science and Engineering (MatSE) has seen a 175% increase in undergraduate enrollment, but it isn’t just Penn State MatSE that is exploding, the same trends are occurring in programs all across the country. Read more

Coppola honored with

Alumni Fello w Award

John A. Coppola '69g '71g, member and past president of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering External Advisory Board, is one of sixteen honored with the Alumni Fellow Award, the highest award given by the Penn State Alumni Association.

Alumni Spotlight:

Beth and Larry Hancock

As Penn State students left campus for spring break in 1987, Beth Jordon '84 '86g was finalizing her plans for her wedding to Larry Hancock '83 '88g.

Researchers seek to revolutionize catalyst design with machine learning

Zi-Kui Liu, Penn State distinguished professor of materials science and engineering, is a co-principal investigator on the study and is part of the team that will design an integrated computational and experimental workflow driven by data science and machine learning tools. Read more

Quantum leap: DOE grant aims to speed software development for quantum materials

A team of researchers, led by Long-Qing Chen, Donald W. Hamer Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, received a four-year grant to advance the science of quantum materials at the mesoscale.

A virtual substrate opens path to oxide films on silicon for application in 5G, MEMS, sensors, and quantum computation

Proof that a new ability to grow thin films of an important class of materials called complex oxides will, for the first time, make these materials commercially feasible, according to Penn State materials scientists. Read more

Adding a carbon atom transforms 2-D semiconducting material

A technique that introduces carbon-hydrogen molecules into a single atomic layer of the semiconducting material tungsten disulfide dramatically changes the electronic properties of the material, according to Penn State researchers who say they can create new types of components for energy-efficient photoelectric devices and electronic circuits with this material. Read more

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