Department of Materials Science and Engineering | The Pennsylvania State University

By the Numbers

$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.
16,318,449

Annual Research Expenditures is $16,318,449
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Penn State ranked 1st by the National Science Foundation (NSF) for research expenditures in Materials Engineering in 2016-2017 Penn State ranked 2nd by the NSF for research expenditures in Materials Science in 2016-2017
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30 Tenured or tenure-track MatSE faculty
170

Graduate Students
385

Undergraduate Students
76

Research Associates/Postdoctoral Scholars

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Featured Research

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Flexible, highly efficient multimodal energy harvesting

Designing a new material for improved ultrasound

The fine-tuning of two-dimensional materials

NSF grant to help create sustainable fuels through artificial photosynthesis

Large-scale atomically-thin 2-D films by gas-source chemical vapor deposition. Image: Xiaotian Zhang / Penn State

Scalable two-dimensional materials advance future-gen electronics

News and Awards

Dr. Zi-Kui Liu, FASM Nominee for Vice President

Date Posted: 06/14/18
Rapid charging of electric vehicles aided by $1 million from DoE

Date Posted: 06/05/18
Driven to advance polymer industry, alumnus gives through time, scholarships

Date Posted: 06/05/18
Alumna Lucille Giannuzzi becomes a Microanalysis Society (MAS) Fellow

Date Posted: 05/11/18
Penn State promotions in academic rank, effective July 1, 2018

Date Posted: 05/11/18