Interdisciplinary team wins Department of Energy Optimization Challenge
A team of Penn State researchers is part of the first round of winners for the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Grid Optimization (GO) Competition.
Doctoral student earns dissertation award for emerging field of plasmonics
Parivash Moradifar, a doctoral candidate in materials science and engineering (MatSE), earned the Alumni Association Dissertation Award from the Graduate School for research related to plasmonics, an emerging field between electronics and photonics.
'Weather World' wins statewide awards for hurricane series, forecasting
The team at Penn State’s television show “Weather World” had a rare chance to visit some of the world’s leading experts on hurricanes when the gears started turning: Could the team turn these encounters into an educational series on improving hurricane preparedness in Pennsylvania?
Self-assembling, biomimetic composites possess unusual electrical properties
Sometimes, breaking rules is not a bad thing. Especially when the rules are apparent laws of nature that apply in bulk material, but other forces appear in the nanoscale.
Doctoral student receives National Nuclear Security Administration fellowship
John Shimanek, a doctoral student in materials science and engineering, was one of five students from across the country selected for a federal fellowship program.