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Faculty Community forum on climate research to be held on June 17 06/11/2020 The Institutes of Energy and the Environment (IEE) have announced a community forum on climate research at Penn State. |
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Faculty Renewable energy, sustainability systems program addresses growing need 06/09/2020 Technological advances, policy changes and a growing emphasis on sustainable business practices are creating a fast-growing need for professionals with expertise in renewable energy and sustainability. |
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Faculty Interdisciplinary team wins Department of Energy Optimization Challenge 06/08/2020 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. |
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Graduate Student Doctoral student receives National Nuclear Security Administration fellowship 06/04/2020 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. |
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Graduate Student Doctoral student earns dissertation award for emerging field of plasmonics 06/04/2020 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. |
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Research Self-assembling, biomimetic composites possess unusual electrical properties 06/04/2020 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. |
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Faculty 'Weather World' wins statewide awards for hurricane series, forecasting 06/04/2020 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? |
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Faculty Two faculty members honored with Evan Pugh Professorships 06/02/2020 Two Penn State professors have been named Evan Pugh Professors, an elite and prestigious distinction conferred by the University on only 73 faculty members since the establishment of the designation in 1960. |
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Graduate Student Materials science and engineering graduate student named Sloan Scholar 06/02/2020 Alex Molina, a fourth-year doctoral student in materials science and engineering, was recently named a Sloan Scholar. |
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Faculty Online science outreach helps fill a void during COVID-19 quarantine 06/02/2020 With families stuck at home because of the coronavirus pandemic, the need for quality online resources to help fill the time has skyrocketed. But don't fret -- Penn State's Center for Nanoscale Science has just launched Mission: Materials Science. |