The second 2024 Richard E. Tressler Lectures in Materials will be held at 3:05 p.m. Thursday, March 28, in 111 Wartik Laboratory on the Penn State University Park campus. Jennifer Lalli, president at NanoSonic Inc., will deliver the lecture “A Penn State polymer chemist’s role in the commercialization of green nanotechnology.”
Twelve Penn State engineering graduates have been selected to receive the Penn State College of Engineering’s Outstanding Engineering Alumni (OEA) Award. The ceremony will take place today (March 18) at the Engineering Design and Innovation Building. Kiara Nichelle Cornell, a third-year student majoring in aerospace engineering, will serve as the event’s emcee.
The 2024 Richard E. Tressler Lecture in Materials will be held at 3:05 p.m. Thursday, March 14, in 111 Wartik Laboratory on the Penn State University Park campus. Robert J. Kumpf, managing director at Deloitte, will deliver the lecture, “The long history and bright future of applied materials science.”
A newly developed “GPS nanoparticle” injected intravenously can home in on cancer cells to deliver a genetic punch to the protein implicated in tumor growth and spread, according to researchers from Penn State. They tested their approach in human cell lines and in mice to effectively knock down a cancer-causing gene, reporting that the technique may potentially offer a more precise and effective treatment for notoriously hard-to-treat basal-like breast cancers.
Implantable biomedical devices — like pacemakers, insulin pumps and neurostimulators — are becoming smaller and utilizing wireless technology, but hurdles remain for powering the next-generation implants. A new wireless charging device developed by Penn State scientists could dramatically improve powering capability for implants while still being safe for our bodies, the researchers said.
Penn State hosted a delegation of senior administrators and faculty from Satbayev University, located in Almaty, Kazakhstan, on Feb. 1-2. The visit, coordinated by Penn State Global, marked a milestone in the evolving relationship between the two universities that was first established in 2018. Penn State and Satbayev University re-affirmed an interest in expanding the scope of collaboration by signing a general agreement for academic cooperation.
Soft bioelectronic devices hold potential for many advances in the health care field, but researchers have faced hurdles in identifying materials that are biocompatible while still maintaining all necessary characteristics to operate effectively. A team co-led by Penn State researchers has now taken a step toward achieving such a material, modifying an existing biocompatible material to conduct electricity efficiently in wet environments, as well as send and detect ionic currents within biological media.
Penn State researchers are invited to attend “After Café,” a casual, applications-centric series designed to raise awareness about the range of characterization assets available at the Materials Characterization Laboratory (MCL). This series will not focus on theory related to characterization. The MCL is a University-wide core user facility that supports research and the education of the next generation of qualified researchers. The MCL is not limited to materials-related research, though. In fact, in a typical year researchers from more than 45 departments across the Penn State research community leverage MCL resources for a variety of interdisciplinary research projects.
Ultralong, fracture-free semiconductor fibres have been produced inside glass cladding by researchers in Singapore and China. By etching off the glass and replacing it with a flexible polymer sheath embedded with metallic wires, the researchers were able to produce microscale fibres that could be spun into textiles. The work, which builds on a long-standing quest to produce fibre-based electronics, could have applications in smart clothing, medical devices and potentially in photonics.
The 16th annual Materials Visualization Competition (MVC16), an annual scientific and artistic visual competition sponsored by the Department of Materials Science and Engineering and the Materials Research Institute at Penn State, is now accepting submissions. Deadline for submissions is March 18.