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Faculty 'No Time for Silence' team honored for work on anti-racism initiative 12/15/2020 Penn State professor Jose D. Fuentes has received an American Geophysical Union 2020 Presidential Citation as part of the team that launched the anti-racism initiative "No Time for Silence." |
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Faculty Nanoengineered cement shows promise for sealing leaky gas wells 12/11/2020 Leaking natural gas wells are considered a potential source of methane emissions, and a new nanomaterial cement mixture could provide an effective, affordable solution for sealing these wells, according to a team of Penn State scientists. |
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Faculty John Mauro named a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors 12/08/2020 John Mauro, professor of materials science and engineering at Penn State, has been named a 2020 Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI). Election to NAI Fellow status is the highest professional distinction accorded solely to academic inventors. |
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Student Yu-Jen Chiu named Earth and Mineral Sciences fall 2020 student marshal 12/08/2020 Yu-Jen Chiu has been selected as the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences student marshal for the University's fall 2020 virtual commencement ceremony. The ceremony will be held at 2 p.m. EST, Dec. 19. |
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Faculty $1.2 million grant to develop high-temperature alloys for gas turbines 12/07/2020 An integrated computational and experimental framework for the design and manufacturing of ultrahigh-temperature refractory alloys may become possible thanks to a $1.2 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) awarded to a team of Penn State materials scientists. |
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Faculty 2D-materials center ready to move to new phase, add industry partners 12/07/2020 The Center for Atomically Thin Multifunctional Coatings (ATOMIC), a center focused on the study and development of 2D materials that is part of the National Science Foundation's Industry/University Cooperative Research Center project, is preparing to move from Phase I to Phase II of the program. |
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Faculty Penn State seeks nominations for Earthshot Prize for environmental solutions 12/03/2020 Penn State was selected as an official nominator for the Earthshot Prize, a competition aimed at identifying the most promising solutions to environmental challenges. |
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Faculty University endorses climate change letter to world leaders 12/02/2020 Penn State endorsed a letter drafted by the International Universities Climate Alliance urging world leaders, specifically G20 leaders, to protect humankind from climate change. |
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Faculty No nanoparticle risks to humans found in field tests of spray sunscreens 12/02/2020 People can continue using mineral-based aerosol sunscreens without fear of exposure to dangerous levels of nanoparticles or other respirable particulates, according to Penn State research published in the journal Aerosol Science and Engineering. |
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Faculty Three Penn State researchers win 2020 Rustum and Della Roy Awards 12/02/2020 The Materials Research Institute (MRI) has announced the three winners of the 2020 Rustum and Della Roy Innovation in Materials Research Award. |