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In September 2019, a US National Science Foundation (NSF)-supported workshop, “The Enrollment Floodgates Are Open—Best Practices in Materials Science and Engineering Undergraduate Education for Rising Enrollments,” was held at The Pennsylvania State University. In attendance were representatives in leadership positions from universities, a variety of companies, national laboratories, and government organizations.
Voting is now closed for the 2021 People's Choice Award for the Material Visualization Competition (MVC) which celebrates the quality of research in materials at Penn State. This is the thirteenth year for the MVC and the second year for the People's Choice Award.
This year we received thirty-one entries and all the entries are available below. The public was able to vote electronically from March 7 through March 13 for their favorite entry.
The image that received the most votes will receive the People’s Choice Award and $100 prize. Winner will be announced during the Spring Awards Ceremony on March 24, 2021. Register here for Zoom info.
Black scientists have achieved and contributed to our world in so many ways from launching us into space, to discovering new disease treatments, to developing world-changing technologies – just to name a few.
Black people are too-often forgotten or unrecognized in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields as a result of systemic racism. In honor of Black History Month, MatSE celebrated a sample of the amazing Black scientists that have made a lasting impact in materials science and engineering.
Register for the live event here.
A recording of the awards presentation will be made available shortly after the event.
Questions? Please contact Brandy Brown at bcm12@psu.edu.
For as long as he can remember, John Hellmann was interested in science. He excelled in chemistry, physics and other fields but he was most drawn to fields that could be applied to solving real-world problems.
Laureates in the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences Academy for Global Experience (EMSAGE) program meet with faculty and University leaders to discuss ways to help students get the most out of their student experience. The program highlights elite students who are successful in three of the following areas: scholarship, experiential learning and global literacy, and service.
Two-dimensional materials can be used to create smaller, high-performance transistors traditionally made of silicon, according to Saptarshi Das, assistant professor of engineering science and mechanics (ESM) in Penn State’s College of Engineering.
Range anxiety, the fear of running out of power before being able to recharge an electric vehicle, may be a thing of the past, according to a team of Penn State engineers who are looking at lithium iron phosphate batteries that have a range of 250 miles with the ability to charge in 10 minutes.
Piezoelectric materials hold great promise as sensors and as energy harvesters but are normally much less effective at high temperatures, limiting their use in environments such as engines or space exploration. However, a new piezoelectric device developed by a team of researchers from Penn State and QorTek remains highly effective at elevated temperatures.
Roman Engel-Herbert of Penn State Department of Materials Science and Engineering was among the team at eVOxS that developed a method for implementing oxide-thin film materials into the production of new electrical devices. The team just won a Ben Franklin Technology Partners/Central and Northern PA prize.
