Virtual Undergraduate Exhibition brings together nearly 200 students
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During the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent cancellation of public events, organizers in the Office of Undergraduate Education still wanted to provide some avenue for undergraduates to gain the experience of communicating their research and be able to compete for prizes. Nearly 200 participants shared their research and creative work during the 2020 virtual Undergraduate Exhibition at Penn State.
Engineering lab part of new AI-based Molecular Maker Lab Institute
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A multi-institutional team including Penn State was awarded a five-year $20 million grant from the National Science Foundation for the NSF Artificial Intelligence Institute for Molecular Discovery, Synthetic Strategy and Manufacturing.
A conversation with Multicultural Engineering Program Director Lauren Griggs
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"Making sure people's momentum continues to be present and evolve is what will help the STEM field be the best it can be."
Water-energy-food research event to explore US-Colombian partnership
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As part of Penn State's ongoing support of research in the water-energy-food (WEF) nexus, an online information session focused specifically on WEF nexus efforts in Colombia will be held on Aug. 6.
Carefully allocated heat allows 3D printing with different kinds of polymers
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Heat is an instigator, in many cases speeding up chemical reactions. It’s why food is stored at cold temperatures to keep fresh. In manufacturing settings where speed is key, heating things up can increase efficiency, but sometimes the application of heat is not precise enough and can encourage unwanted reactions.
Professor joins mechanical engineering to advance clean energy
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In August, Linxiao Zhu will join the Penn State Department of Mechanical Engineering as an assistant professor and the John J. and Jean M. Brennan Clean Energy Early Career Professor.
Center for Security Research and Education announces seed grant awardees
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The Center for Security Research and Education (CSRE) has selected 13 interdisciplinary projects through its spring 2020 seed grant program. CSRE is providing a total of $300,000 in funding for the projects, with an additional $300,000 in matching and supplemental funding from other colleges, departments, and institutes.
Penn State and University of Auckland announce 2020 joint collaboration projects
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In late 2019, Penn State and the University of Auckland launched the Joint Collaboration Development Program, a jointly financed seed-fund program with the aim to foster collaborative research and educational projects. The Office of Global Programs has announced that eight projects have been funded and will officially commence in June.
Interdisciplinary team wins Department of Energy Optimization Challenge
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Uday Shanbhag and his team won (in the top ten) the Department of Energy's ARPA-E challenge
Penn State promotions in academic rank, effective July 1, 2020
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The following is a list of academic promotions for tenured and tenure-line faculty members at Penn State, effective July 1.
New institute to help address complex food-energy-water-land challenges
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The seed for Penn State’s Institute for Sustainable Agricultural, Food, and Environmental Science was planted well before the COVID-19 outbreak. The concept had been growing in the College of Agricultural Sciences for about two years when the pandemic emerged.
Penn State lab develops new procedures to improve high-quality scanning
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CQI developed new processes that resulted in a high-resolution scan 3D segmented rendering of a contrast-enhanced fetal mouse, which was chosen as the cover image for the journal Developmental Dynamics.