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Our faculty have been recognized as leaders by national academies, professional societies, and across Penn State. Below is a selection of awards received by Penn State's Department of Materials Science and Engineering faculty.
Careful sample preparation, electron tomography and quantitative analysis of 3D models provides unique insights into the inner structure of reverse osmosis membranes widely used for salt water desalination wastewater recycling and home use, according to a team of chemical engineers.
Titilayo "Titi" Shodiya, Ph.D.
2010
Public Policy Technical Manager, Inflobox,
Co-Founder, MegaOhm Media Group
Titilayo Shodiya, PH.D. served as the Deputy Quality Manager at The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in Gaithersburg, MD. In this role, she is responsible for the facilitating the implementation of the NIST Quality Management System at all its locations. This supports NIST’s mission to promote U.S. innovation and industrial competitiveness by advancing measurement science, standards, and technology.
Before joining NIST in January 2017, Shodiya was a postdoctoral research fellow at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. She started her postdoc in the chemistry department where she worked on epitaxial thin film growth using electrochemistry, funded by the Department of Defense and Dow Chemical. In 2016, she started working at the University of Michigan’s Energy Institute (UMEI) in the Battery Lab as a postdoc/characterization specialist. There, she worked with external industry partners to fabricate and characterize battery cells using with industry-scale devices. Also, she oversaw the characterization facilities as part of her duties.
Shodiya received her bachelor’s degree in materials science and engineering with a concentration in electronic and photonic materials and a minor in mathematics from Penn State in 2010. She received a master’s in electrical and computer engineering in 2012 and a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering and materials science in 2015 from Duke University.
Throughout her career, Shodiya has been an active mentor and started initiatives to encourage women and underrepresented minorities to pursue STEM degrees and careers. In support of those efforts, she co-hosts the critically acclaimed podcast Dope Labs.
A wearable energy-harvesting device could generate energy from the swing of an arm while walking or jogging, according to a team of researchers from Penn State's Materials Research Institute and the University of Utah.
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2017 Jan 16 Faculty Retreat