Mechanical engineering researchers awarded Office of Naval Research grants
Amrita Basak, on left, and Herschel Pangborn, both engineering faculty at Penn State, were each selected to receive $750,000 from the U.S. Navy to conduct research as Young Investigator award recipients. Credit: Kelby Hochreither and Poornima Tomy/Penn State. All Rights Reserved.
Amrita Basak, the Penn State Shuman Early Career Professor of Mechanical Engineering, and Herschel Pangborn, Penn State assistant professor of mechanical engineering and of aerospace engineering, were selected to receive the 2025 Young Investigator Program award from the Office of Naval Research (ONR).
Basak and Pangborn are among a group of 24 university professors chosen from over 230 applicants who were collectively awarded approximately $18 million to conduct research on scientific and technological challenges facing the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps, according to a Navy press release.