Department of Materials Science and Engineering | The Pennsylvania State University

By the Numbers

#1

Penn State is the largest Materials Research Institution in the United States, according to U.S. News & World Report's 2012 rankings.
3rd

The National Research Council ranked the Materials Science and Engineering graduate program #3 in the U.S.
$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.

Awards and Announcements

Prof. Qing Wang wins inaugural MatSE Research Innovation Grant

Date Posted: 07/10/14

Qing Wang, Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, is the winner of the inaugural MatSE Research Innovation Grant for his proposal entitled “Ferroelectric Polymer Nanocomposites for Room-Temperature Electrocaloric Refrigeration.”

The MatSE Research Innovation Grant (RIG) is to support new innovative research ideas – ideas that are too early in their conception to be funded but still having great potential. The MatSE RIG is designed to provide sufficient support to yield multiple positive outcomes within one year.
Messing Elected President of World Academy of Ceramics

Date Posted: 07/08/14

Gary Messing, distinguished professor of ceramics and head of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, was elected president of the World Academy of Ceramics (WAC). He was elected at the 13th International Conference on Modern Materials and Technologies (CIMTEC) held in Montecatini Terme, Tuscany, Italy, June 8 to 19. Messing also served as co-chair of CIMTEC.
Colombo to serve as President of the WAC Forum meeting on Additive Manufacturing in 2016

Date Posted: 07/08/14

At the recent WAC Council meeting in Montecatini, Italy professor Paolo Colombo, University of Padua, Italy and Adjunct Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at Penn State was elected to serve as President of the WAC Forum meeting in 2016 on Additive Manufacturing.
Prof. Dabo receives 2014 Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award

Date Posted: 06/26/14

Assistant Professor of Materials Science and Engineering Ismalia Dabo is one of 35 junior faculty to be awarded a competitive research grant from Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU). The annual grants are made through the Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Awards program that provides funds to enrich the research and professional growth of young faculty.
Congratulations to Shujun Zhang on his promotion

Date Posted: 06/19/14

The department would like to congratulate Dr. Shujun Zhang on his recent promotion to Senior Scientist and Professor of Materials Science and Engineering.