Administrator | Penn State Department of Materials Science and Engineering

Spring/Summer 2025

Professor John Mauro of Penn State University shared the latest developments of the LionGlass project through a video presentation, highlighting its potential applications and environmental benefits.

LionGlass is a family of glass engineered by researchers at Penn State University in the USA.

Welcome

This year marked the twenty-third annual MatSE Awards Celebration which recognized the achievements of MatSE students, staff, faculty, and alumni whose contributions continue to make MatSE a top-ranked materials science and engineering program.

The event was also an occasion for MatSE to express appreciation for the generous support received throughout the year from alumni, friends, and partners. It is their generosity that is critical in furthering the MatSE mission.

View photos from the 2025 MatSE Spring Awards Banquet

Our 2024 Awards Presentation recognizes outstanding graduate students accomplishments from the academic year.

We thank our generous alumni, friends and partners for making these awards possible for our graduate students. Their generosity is critical in furthering the mission of our department, and we thank each of our benefactors and scholarship donors for their continued support.

For more information on 2024 MatSE Awards, click here.

MatSE strives to foster and enrich the academic experiences of students who seek exceptional challenges and growth. Our 2022 Awards Presentation recognizes the superior academic undergraduate accomplishments along with other department achievements from the academic year.

We have more than 50 active scholarship opportunities available to our undergraduate students and awarded more than $250,000 to our students each year.

This would not be possible without generous support from our alumni, friends and partners. Their generosity is critical in furthering the mission of our department, and we thank each of our benefactors and scholarship donors for their continued support.

For more information on 2024 MatSE Awards, click here.

Welcome

This year marked the 22_^nd annual MatSE Awards Celebration which recognized the achievements of MatSE students, staff, faculty, and alumni whose contributions continue to make MatSE a top-ranked materials science and engineering program.

The 17th annual Materials Visualization Competition "Best of Show" award went to “Nano soccer balls from nature” by Jinsol Choi, postdoctoral scholar in mechanical engineering.

The winners of the 17th annual Materials Visualization Competition (MVC), a scientific visual and artistic competition sponsored by the Department of Materials Science and Engineering and the Materials Research Institute at Penn State, have been announced. MVC celebrates the quality of research in materials at Penn State and promotes awareness of materials science through visualization.

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Jim Manchin, induction heating sales manager (left), and Doug Kuzma, general manager of Mesta, pose with one of the two Mesta 50kW Induction Heating Power Supplies.

Adwar Oguttuh, a master's student in art, discusses his artwork with a visitor at the 2025 Graduate Exhibition. Oguttuh received three awards at the event.

Thirty-one graduate students received awards at the 2025 Graduate Exhibition, hosted by the J. Jeffrey and Ann Marie Fox Graduate School on Friday, March 28, on the University Park campus.

Research Poster Category — Physical Sciences and Mathematics
First Place: Cyril Chu Fubin Kumachang, Materials Science and Engineering, “Ambient-Processed Semitransparent Perovskite Solar Cells from Environmentally Benign Solvents”