In celebration of the 115 anniversary of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Penn State, we are inviting alumni to present during the monthly Steidle Café. The program will be held in-person in Steidle 402 and online via Zoom. Sign up to receive the link at matse.psu.edu/café.
To watch previous 2022 Steidle Cafes, click here.
September speakers will be:
Wilfredo Otaño, Ph.D.
Professor, University of Puerto Rico at Cayey
In the last fifteen years, I dedicated myself to developing a research center at the University of Puerto Rico in Cayey (UPR-C) in collaboration with several colleagues from the Physics and Chemistry area. Actually, we have three dedicated laboratory spaces for research. These multi-user facilities have been used for mentoring hundreds of undergraduate students and I have been directly involved with more than two hundred of them. I am an advocate of providing a set of research activities to the undergraduate students including an initial experience in my laboratory where they learn the "basics“ of the research enterprise, followed by a summer research experience at a university or government facility in the mainland, and ending with a capstone project. Some of the best students have been able to complete studies at several research-intensive institutions.
David J. Meyer, Ph.D.
Head, Electromagnetics Technology Branch University, Naval Research Laboratory
Dr. David J. Meyer graduated from The Pennsylvania State University in 2008 with a Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering and then joined the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL). During his time at NRL, he has developed experience in heterostructure design/simulation, molecular beam epitaxy thin film growth, device microfabrication processing development, and dc/RF electrical characterization of III-N materials and devices. In 2020, he was promoted to head of the Electromagnetics Technology Branch where he currently manages approximately 30 materials scientists, electrical engineers, physicists, mathematicians, post-docs and technicians who perform a host of research projects related to the development of solid-state and vacuum electronics technology for microwave and millimeter-wave applications. Dr. Meyer is a senior member of IEEE and was awarded the Dr. Delores M. Etter Top Navy Scientists and Engineers Award in 2017 and the Sigma Xi Young Investigator Award in 2018. He has co-authored over 80 journal articles and 85 invited talk
R. Allen Kimel
Associate Teaching Professor, MATSE, Penn State
Professor R. Allen Kimel will be giving a perspective on Steidle and the MATSE program over the years.