Zi-Kui Liu, professor of materials science and engineering and director of the Phases Research Laboratory, has been named the inaugural Dorothy Pate Enright Professor.
Katelyn Kirchner, a doctoral student in materials science and engineering at Penn State, recently earned the Alfred R. Cooper Scholars Award from the American Ceramic Society.
Through the investigation of insect surfaces, Penn State researchers have detailed a previously unidentified nanostructure that can be used to engineer stronger, more resilient water repellent coatings.
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.
With families stuck at home because of the coronavirus pandemic, the need for quality online resources to help fill the time has skyrocketed. But don’t fret — Penn State’s Center for Nanoscale Science has just launched Mission: Materials Science.
Katelyn A. Kirchner, materials science and engineering major, College of Earth and Mineral Sciences, took first place in the Penn State University Libraries and the Schreyer Honors College ninth annual Outstanding Undergraduate Thesis Award for “Beyond the Average: A Statistical Investigation of Fluctuations in Glass-Forming Systems."
Penn State's College of Earth and Mineral Sciences recognized exceptional students and faculty for their academic excellence, service and leadership during its annual Wilson Awards Presentation, held virtually on Sunday, April 26.
Looking back on his 35 years in the industry and building products arena, John A. "Jack" Coppola can count his accomplishments.
The 2020 Nelson W. Taylor Lecture Series in Materials Science and Engineering will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. on Thursday, March 5 in the HUB-Robeson Center’s Freeman Auditorium on Penn State’s University Park campus. The theme of this year’s lecture series is “Materials to Enhance Human Health.”
Lawrence F. Hancock will receive the 2020 R.E. Tressler Award and deliver the Tressler lecture Thursday, Feb. 27 in 101 Chambers Building at University Park.