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Matse Giving Alumni Spotlight

 

For details about the Steidle Building Dedication  go here  I'm just a line

By the Numbers

  • 13
    MatSE faculty have a significant role in the scientific leadership of a variety of NSF Industry & University Cooperative Research Programs with 13 specialized centers advancing materials research
  • 12th Worldwide
    MatSE at Penn State was ranked 12th worldwide by QS organization in 2013
  • $277,000
    The department has 56 active scholarship/fellowship opportunities available to our undergraduate and graduate students; last year $277,000 was awarded to students.

Events

Special Polymer Physics Seminar with Prof. Kevin Noonan
09/26/16
Arkema MatSE 590 Speaker - Darrell Schlom
09/29/16
Arkema MatSE 590 Speaker - Elsa Reichmanis
10/06/16
Arkema MatSE 590 Speaker - Manish Kumar
10/13/16
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Intellectual Property

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News

  • Enrique Gomez, Ralph Colby and Scott Milner are working to design the molecular structures of conducting polymers for applications in flexible electronics. The work is focused on predicting fundamental polymeric properties, such as the stiffness of the polymer chain and other physical and chemical properties. Image: Image adapted from Macromolecules, 2014, 47, 6453
    Engineers receive $1.2M to examine conjugated polymers for flexible electronics
    Date Posted: 09/13/16
  • Hojong Kim, assistant professor of materials science and engineering
    Kim named Norris B. McFarlane Professor in materials science and engineering
    Date Posted: 06/21/16
  • Mike Hickner
    Hickner named Corning Fellow in materials science and engineering
    Date Posted: 06/08/16
  • Timothy Lichtenstein
    Materials science and engineering graduate student awarded DOE fellowship
    Date Posted: 05/17/16
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Featured

  • Colorized sub-Angstrom scanning transmission electron microscope image clearly shows individual atomic columns of strontium (green), titanium (blue), and oxygen (red). A simulated image is overlaid showing close agreement between theory and experiment. The brick and mortar structure is visible. Image: Greg Stone / Penn StateColorized sub-Angstrom scanning transmission electron microscope image clearly shows individual atomic columns of strontium (green), titanium (blue), and oxygen (red). A simulated image
    Subatomic microscopy key to building new classes of materials
  • An illustration of the Migration Enhance Encapsulated Growth (MEEG) process to stabilize novel wide-bandgap two-dimensional nitride semiconductors that are not naturally occurring. MEEG is facilitated by defects in the graphene lattice that act as pathways for intercalation. When the gallium and nitrogen atoms meet at the graphene/SiC interface, they chemically react to form two-dimensional gallium nitride. Image: Z. Al Balushi and Stephen Weitzner / Penn State MatSE
    Graphene key to two-dimensional semiconductor with extraordinary properties
  • Boron nitride nanosheets (blue and white atoms) act as insulators to protect a barium nitrate central layer (green and purple atoms) for high temperature energy storage.
    'Ideal' energy storage material for electric vehicles developed
  • A model showing the charge transfer (e-) mechanism of Rhodamine B molecules (top) interacting with N-doped graphene (bottom sheet) when excited with different laser lines, which leads to ultrasensitive molecular sensor with N doped graphene. The white, blue and red balls represent carbon, nitrogen and oxygen atom respectively.
    Ultrasensitive sensor using N-doped graphene
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Awards and Announcements

  • Scott Henninger

    Scott Henninger Receives the Rock and Roll Award for August 2016

    Date Posted: 08/25/16
    The College of Earth and Mineral Sciences’ Staff Advisory Committee (SAC) would like to congratulate Scott Henninger, the August recipient of the Rock In Role Award. He has been chosen because of his dedication to the Department of Materials Science & Engineering (MatSE), while coordinating the moves into the newly...
  • Jacob Cordell

    Undergraduate researchers Biscoveanu, Cordell awarded Astronaut Scholarships

    Date Posted: 06/21/16
    Alison Kuznitz [Read the article on Penn State News] June 17, 2016 UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Andrea Sylvia Biscoveanu and Jacob Cordell have been awarded the Astronaut Scholarship for the 2016-17 academic year, bringing the total number of Penn State recipients to 26 in the history of this prestigious honor.  The Astronaut...

  • Penn State announces fixed-term faculty promotions, effective July 1, 2016

    Date Posted: 05/23/16
    The following individuals have been promoted to senior scientist: ShunLi Shang, materials science and engineering, College of Earth and Mineral Science Yi Wang, materials science and engineering, College of Earth and Mineral Sciences Read the article on Penn State News

  • Promotions in academic rank, effective July 1, 2016

    Date Posted: 05/23/16
    The following individuals have been promoted to senior scientist:   Richard J. Meyer Jr., Applied Research Laboratory   Douglas E. Wolfe, Applied Research Laboratory   Read the article on Penn State News

  • 13 graduate students receive Penn State Alumni Association Dissertation Award

    Date Posted: 05/06/16
    April 28, 2016 [Read the article on Penn State News] UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – Thirteen graduate students received the Penn State Alumni Association Dissertation Award, Distinguished Doctoral Scholar Medal in recognition of their outstanding professional accomplishment and achievement in scholarly research in any of the...
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