Aman Nanda presented at Materials Innovation Day

Aman Nanda, graduate student, presented “Materials for Detection of Dark Matter” tutorial at the Materials Innovation Day event for middle school and high school students. This research and video was funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation. Award #...

From leaves to solar cells

Biological materials boost the next generation of solar technology By: Matt Carroll, Penn State Shashank Priya sees a future where instead of throwing away broken electronics, those devices heal themselves, and where machines evolve, even changing their form and...

$1.2 million grant to develop high-temperature alloys for gas turbines

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — 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...

Penn State materials scientists to earn key awards at annual meeting

David Kubarek UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — A pair of Penn State materials experts have been selected to present lectures at the American Ceramic Society’s (ACerS) Annual Meeting with Materials Science & Technology to be held virtually Nov. 2-6. James Adair, professor of...

Over $10 million awarded to Penn State for energy center

Walt Mills UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Penn State will receive more than $10 million from the U.S. Department of Energy as an Energy Frontier Research Center Award. This is one of 10 awards announced in 2020, and the second EFRC awarded to Penn State researchers. This...