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Faculty Penn State to lead $1.4M grant to probe flaws in metal additive manufacturing 06/14/2018 A team led by Penn State's Applied Research Laboratory, in collaboration with the Center for Innovative Processing thru Direct Digital Deposition, has received a $1.4 million grant by the Air Force Research Laboratory to examine the random flaws that arise during the process of powder bed fusion additive manufacturing. |
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Faculty Bradford Co. water quality improves; impacts rare near shale gas wells 06/12/2018 A new study of groundwater in a rural Pennsylvania county shows only rare instances of possible gas contamination amid an overall trend of improving water quality despite heavy Marcellus Shale development. |
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Faculty Researchers receive grant to manufacture metal parts for naval applications 06/08/2018 Penn State researchers have received approximately $535,000 to install a state-of-the-art, "super-finishing lab" for 3D-printed metal parts. |
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Alumni EMS academic and alumni leaders create Open Doors Scholarships 06/07/2018 The Kump, Bryja and Schlosser families have stepped up for Penn State students through philanthropy. |
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Local tech startups vie for $10,000 in prizes 06/05/2018 Five technology startups presented their business ideas before a panel of judges and their peers with the hopes of winning up to $10,000 in prizes from Ben Franklin Technology Partners on May 29 at Innovation Park. |
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Faculty Retrofitting roofs in Pennsylvania's 'Rust Belt' 06/05/2018 Clive Randall is part of a team designing and testing new roofing material to stop leakage and produce energy in New Kensington. |
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Faculty Childhood dream to reality: ICS co-hire and volcanologist researches her passion 06/04/2018 Some children fantasize about growing up and being a doctor, police officer, dancer or a big Hollywood star, but Christelle Wauthier had a different career in mind. |
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Faculty Fighting for science in the era of 'fake news' 06/04/2018 When Michael Mann began his career, he was far more comfortable being in the lab than in the public eye. Over the past 20 years, he's found his voice and used it to stand up for peer-reviewed science amid attacks from corporations, legislators and the media. |
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Faculty Rapid charging of electric vehicles aided by $1 million from DoE 05/31/2018 Revolutionizing the way electric vehicle batteries charge and spurring the technology as an environmental and economic growth driver will be possible thanks to a $1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to Penn State engineers. |
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Student EcoCoin: New program aims to decrease plastic bag use on campus 05/30/2018 A new program aims to reduce the number of plastic bags used at the Penn State Bookstore. The program, called EcoCoin, will launch initially on the University Park campus this summer. Sam Anawalt, the director of the EcoCoin program, is a Penn State junior studying energy and sustainability policy. |