From developing NanoJackets, an innovative drug delivery device that infiltrates tumors to deliver cancer therapies, to exploring the impact of a changing climate on the Earth’s ecosystems, researchers in Penn State’s College of Earth and Mineral Sciences are exploring new frontiers and tackling the top scientific challenges in the earth, energy, and materials sciences and engineering.
Penn State is a premier research institution and faculty in the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences work side-by-side with both graduate and undergraduate students in active and original scholarly inquiry. For example:
Our research impacts the world!
The Paul F. Robertson Award for the EMS Research Breakthrough of the Year was created in 2012 with support from a generous gift by EMS alumnus Paul F. Robertson. The award recognizes research achievements over the previous year. View videos below showcasing award winners.
In a world where climate change is intensifying natural disasters and leading to record-high costs in damages, Klaus Keller's research group is bridging together scientific research and communities to reach effective and affordable solutions
A new material that is both highly transparent and electrically conductive could make large screen displays, smart windows and even touch screens and solar cells more affordable and efficient, according to a team led by Roman Engel-Herbert who discovered it.
Researchers in Penn State's Materials Research Institute, led by Clive Randall, recently discovered a process that could revolutionize the manufacturing industry. Known as cold sintering, the process could be used for developing materials we use every day, such as bricks and glass, at a much lower energy cost than the process used today.
Peter Wilf, professor of geosciences at Penn State, and an international team developed a machine learning algorithm that can identify leaf images into their biological families.
Dave Pollard designed a model that is unique in its ability to simulate ice sheets over their full range of time scales, allowing us to include knowledge of the past in assessing future sea-level rise.
Don Fisher, Chris Marone, and Demian Saffer were awarded the 2104 Paul F. Robertson Award for Research Breakthrough of the Year.
James Adair and his team at Penn State are transforming the way we treat and detect cancer through their nanoscience research with a new drug delivery and imaging system utilizing nanojackets. Changing the way that drugs are delivered to cancer patients, reducing the impact on patients and their families.
