The college also includes distinguished programs such as the Alliance for Earth Science, Engineering & Development in Africa (AESEDA), the Energy Institute, the Earth & Environmental Systems Institute (EESI), the John A. Dutton e-Education Institute, and the Peter R. Gould Center for Geography & Outreach.
30 Faculty
30 Associated Faculty
80 Researchers & Scholars
400 Undergraduate Students
200 Graduate Students
13 Interdisciplinary Research Centers
Penn State
College of Earth & Mineral Sciences
Founded in 1896 as a School of Mines, the college is located at the University Park campus and houses five departments: Energy & Mineral Engineering, Geography, Geosciences, Materials Science & Engineering, and Meteorology.
#1 in materials research spending (NSF ranking)
#10 ranked undergraduate program in the U.S.
#11 ranked graduate program in the U.S.
#28 world university ranking
The Edward Steidle Building
Home to the Department of Materials Science & Engineering
Newly renovated, the Steidle Building is one of the most iconic buildings on Penn State’s University Park campus. With its facilities, researchers are able to advance the field of materials science and engineering as well as provide research opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students. Materials research at Penn State has helped revolutionize areas including polymers, ceramics, metallurgy, electronic materials, 2D materials, 3D printing, medicine, and computational design.
Photos by EYP. Learn about how they designed the new Steidle building here.
Undergraduate Involvement
Providing Learning & Research Opportunites
The MatSE undergraduate program has grown more than 150 percent since 2007 and this was a key design consideration in the renovation of the Steidle Building. The first floor holds seven laboratories which facilitate undergraduate research with cutting-edge equipment. Additional facilities include three student lounges, a genius bar, gathering spaces, and an extensive computer lab, all to help enhance MatSE lab courses and individual or group study experiences. To learn more about the undergraduate opportunities available, click here.
Millenium Science Complex
Materials Research Institute & Hucks Institutes for the Life Sciences
- 5 Colleges
- 15 Departments
- 200+ Faculty
- 100 Researchers
- 800+ Graduate students
- 40,000 sq ft quiet labs shielded from vibration & electromagnetism
- 10,000 sq ft class 1000/100 clean room
- 4,000 sq ft collaborative space
A Culture of Interdisciplinary Research
The Millennium Science Complex is a fully-staffed, open access, analytical research facility that includes nanofabrication laboratories, piezoelectric and pyroelectric complex oxides, epitaxial graphene devices and research, atomic layer deposition, lithography on curved surfaces, and complementary characterization techniques as well as a materials characterization laboratory. Click here to learn more.
