According to research by John Mauro power-law distribution explains accidents in the workplace and how best to minimize them.
Administrator
Ralph Colby has partnered with two other Penn State researchers to get a better basic understanding of how plastics cool from a liquid to solid shape in injection molding.
Our department has our own international internship program where qualifying students may travel abroad to work on a research project with others from around the world. The goal of the International Internship in Materials Program is to enrich the learning experience by immersing them in an international research activity.
Likewise, we provide reciprocal opportunities for international students from our partner institutions. This allows those students to receive the same experience as our undergraduates, while exposing our resident students to international perspectives and cultures.
The students selected for this program will be offered research internships based on the collaborations between departmental faculty members and faculty at partner institutions. Since these internships are highly structured research programs, students are able to use their research in support of technical electives and/or senior thesis (a requirement for all MatSE students).
The International Internship in Materials (IIM) Program is supported by generous gifts from industry partners Bayer and Alcoa.
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As a top-ranked materials program, we believe it is crucial to provide our undergraduate students with rich research opportunities to compliment and enhance our academic offerings.
These research opportunities give students a chance to gain a deeper understanding of academic topics, while preparing students for industry or graduate studies. Getting involved in research early on helps to build a well-rounded package that is attractive to potential employers or graduate programs.
Undergraduate students are actively engaged in high level research through the Undergraduate Research Fellows program, International Internships in Materials (IIM), numerous Cooperative Education & Professional Internship Program (Co-op) activities with industry and government labs, and the senior capstone project. The extensive research activities at Penn State are organized under the Materials Research Institute (MRI).
Zi-Kui Liu, distinguished professor of materials science and engineering in the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences, was nominated for Vice President and Trustee of ASM International for a term of one year.