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The Department of Materials Science and Engineering has many state-of-the-art research facilities that benefit faculty, research scientists, and students. These core facilities are physically housed in and administered by the department, by centers, and by institutes or shared with other Penn State research groups.
The MatSE Financial Office assists faculty, staff and students with all University-related financial needs — from the processing of expenditures and reimbursements to the management of research and miscellaneous accounts.
Below are a list of links and frequently used forms related to financial policies, guidelines, and procedures.
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Glass researcher John Mauro’s plane had just touched down stateside from an intercontinental flight from Japan when he suddenly realized the broad impact of his work.
Crespi and Wang had the idea that by manipulating the underlying substrate, they could predetermine where the grain boundaries would begin and end, and make them line up in orderly positions. The key shapes were based on something called Gaussian curvature, a series of hemispherical bumps and dips on a substrate that resembles an egg carton.