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Millennium Scholars are high-achieving STEM students aiming to be leaders in their field with a commitment to increasing diversity in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) disciplines. Millennium Scholars receive scholarship, academic, and advising support and are expected to work hard and study in a collaborative environment, conduct research with a faculty mentor, and maintain an excellent academic record. Designed to set students up for success on their path to earning a doctorate, the program uses a cohort-based approach that encourages each student to assist one another in pursuit of their academic and career goals. Millennium Scholars are selected through a rigorous application and interview process, through which they highlight their commitment to increasing diversity in STEM fields in their careers.
Meet our Millennium Scholars
The program began in 2013 at Penn State, and EMS joined in 2016. Since then, about 20 have graduated from the program in EMS with just as many more currently enrolled. Many credit the program with putting them on a path to success.
Support EMS Millennium Scholars
Supporting diversity in our college is one of the main goals in our strategic plan and the Millennium Scholars program is one of our giving priorities. Raising money to support the Millennium Scholars Programs was the focus of the University's 2016 Giving Tuesday initiative. The college aims to raise $10,000, which will help fund one Millennium Scholar in the 2017-18 academic year.
If you would like to help support the Millennium Scholars Program in the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences, please contact the Office of Development and Alumni Relations.
Penn State had a strong showing at the Materials Science & Technology (MS&T) technical meeting and exhibition annual conference in Columbus, Ohio, with current students and graduates in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering (MatSE) earning accolades.
A new class of ceramics are not only transparent, but they can control light with exceptional efficiency— better than any theories predicted. Now, an advanced theory put forth by researcher at Penn State may explain why this material is so good at light control, which could lead to large-scale manufacturing of these materials for faster, smaller and more energy efficient technologies used in high-speed communications, medical imaging and advanced sensing.
Professor Dipanjan Pan, the Dorothy Foehr Huck & J. Lloyd Chair Professor in Nanomedicine at Penn State has been named a 2025 fellow of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI). Being named an NAI Fellow is the highest professional distinction currently awarded to inventors in the nation.
LionGlass, a stronger and more sustainable glass invented at Penn State, may soon be developed for windows and windshields, thanks to a new partnership with North America’s largest architectural glass manufacturer Vitro Architectural Glass.
Two Penn State professors were named to the 2025 class of fellows by the National Academy of Inventors (NAI): Swaroop Ghosh, professor of electrical engineering and computer science (EECS), and Dipanjan Pan, the Dorothy Foehr Huck & J. Lloyd Chair Professor in Nanomedicine.
Date
January 15, 2026
Time
3:05 pm to 4:20 pm
Description
“Design and Synthesis of Frontier Functional Ceramics”
Saeed Almishal, Assistant Research Professor, Materials Science and Engineering, Penn State
Abstract
Cost
Free
**MatSE 590 All graduate students are required to take MatSE 590**
The Fall 2025 MatSE 590 for graduate students consists of an exciting and jam-packed schedule. MATSE 590 is a colloquium (1-3 credits) consist of a series of individual lectures by faculty, students, or outside speakers.
Support for the MatSE 590 Seminars is provided by the generous industry members of the Friends of MatSE program.
Graduate students will receive a weekly email with information via @psu.edu email. Graduate students are required to attend all 590 Seminars. If you have any questions, please email the graduate office at gradoffice@matse.psu.edu.
Join us in celebrating the career and retirement of Susan Sinnott, professor of materials science and engineering and of chemistry at Penn State, from 1:00 - 2:00 p.m. on Friday, January 16 in 402 Steidle Building.
Hosted by the Department of Materials Science and Engineering and the Institute for Computational and Data Sciences
Please RSVP on the form below.