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Morgan Advanced Materials visited Penn State

Penn State and Morgan Advanced Materials have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to catal

"Best of Show" award went to Saman Zavari

The winners of the 16th annual Materials Visualization Competition (MVC), a scientific visual and artistic competition sponsored by the Department of Materials Science and Engineering (MatSE) and the Materials Research Institute (MRI) 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.

Michael Mervosh has been named Penn State's College of Earth and Mineral Sciences’ student marshal, the top graduate overall; and Brenden Franks has been named the college’s science honor marshal, the top graduate in a non-engineering discipline. They will be recognized during the college’s spring 2024 commencement ceremony, scheduled for 1 p.m. on Saturday, May 4, in the Pegula Ice Arena on Penn State's University Park campus.

Yi-Chen Lan, doctoral student in chemical engineering at Penn State and first author of a paper published in ChemSusChem, holds a battery coin cell that contains composite electrolytes reprocessed through cold sintering.

Recycling does not necessarily prevent an item from eventually ending up in a landfill, according to Enrique Gomez, interim associate dean for equity and inclusion and professor of chemical engineering in the Penn State College of Engineering. Instead, recycling simply delays its end of life. Plastic bottles that are recycled and then turned into carpet, for example, eventually end up in the landfill when the carpet gets worn out and is thrown away.

Dipanjan Pan, left, Dorothy Foehr Huck & J. Lloyd Huck Chair Professor in Nanomedicine and professor of materials science and engineering and of nuclear engineering, with Teresa Aditya, postdoctoral researcher in nuclear engineering, and David Skrodzki, graduate research assistant in materials science and engineering, in Pan's lab.

Move over, graphene. There’s a new, improved two-dimensional material in the lab.

Clive Randall, distinguished professor of materials science and engineering and director of the Materials Research Institute at Penn State, has been named an Evan Pugh University Professor. The Evan Pugh University Professorship is the highest distinction bestowed upon faculty by Penn State.

CIMP-3D Additive Manufacturing Demonstration Facility

The Penn State Center for Innovative Materials Processing through Direct Digital Deposition 

The Erickson Discovery Grant, which funds independent research projects for undergraduate students, has been awarded to 43 recipients this year.

H2S oxidation reaction inside cells by using polymeric micelles

Sulfur-based compounds produced in our bodies help fight inflammation and create new blood vessels, among other responsibilities, but the compounds are delicate and break down easily, making them difficult to study. A team led by Penn State scientists have developed a new method to generate the compounds — called polysulfides — inside of cells, and the work could potentially lead to advances in wound treatment and tissue repair.

Four projects were recently awarded Penn State Commercialization GAP funding.