Through the investigation of insect surfaces, Penn State researchers have detailed a previously unidentified nanostructure that can be used to engineer stronger, more resilient water repellent coatings.
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Penn State will receive more than $10 million from the U.S. Department of Energy as an Energy Frontier Research Center Award. This is one of 10 awards announced in 2020, and the second EFRC awarded to Penn State researchers.
New matchbook-sized devices could convert wasted heat in our homes, offices and vehicles into an environmentally friendly source of electricity, according to a team of scientists.
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William Woodford, Ph.D.
2008
Co-Founder and CTO, Form Energy
William Woodford is co-founder and Chief Technology Officer of Form Energy, a startup company developing long-duration grid-scale energy storage systems. Prior to Form Energy, Woodford was director of advanced research and development at 24M Technologies, where his team focused on low-cost automotive and grid storage Li-ion development, as well as high-energy density Li-metal based cell technologies.
In 2018, he was recognized with Technology Review's TR35 award, as one of the top 35 innovators under the age of 35.
In 2008, Woodford earned his B.S. from the Penn State and then his Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, both in Materials Science and Engineering.
A new fundamental understanding of polymeric relaxor ferroelectric behavior could lead to advances in flexible electronics, actuators and transducers, energy storage, piezoelectric sensors and electrocaloric cooling, according to a team of researchers at Penn State and North Carolina State.
A total of 64 Erickson Discovery Grants were awarded for summer 2020, allowing for funded student research, scholarship or creative processes.