Penn State EnvironMentors awarded top honors at National Science Fair
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Students from Penn State's 2023-24 EnvironMentors cohort were honored with first- and second-place overall awards, plus the community impact award, at the EnvironMentors National Science Fair and Awards Ceremony on June 3. The event, held at the U.S. Department of Agriculture, was the highlight of a four-day trip to Washington, D.C.
Penn State students win Solar District Cup division competition
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The future is bright for six Penn State students who recently took first place in their division of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Solar District Cup, a national collegiate competition that challenges multidisciplinary student teams to design and model distributed energy systems for a campus or district.
Penn State research startup completes NSF I-Corps National Teams program
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NeuroXR, a Penn State research startup, is working towards standardizing surgical training through wearable sensor technology. The team recently completed the NSF I-Corps National Teams program.
Clinical and Translational Science Institute awards six pilot grants
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Penn State Clinical and Translational Science Institute is helping to generate innovative health research ideas and promote collaboration through the awarding of pilot grants in its Bridges to Translation program.
Biodegradable electronics may advance with ability to control dissolve rate
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Engineering science and mechanics researchers at Penn State developed the ability to control the dissolve rate of biodegradable electronics by experimenting with dissolvable elements, like inorganic fillers and polymers, that encapsulate the device. The work has implications for advancing drug delivery systems, pacemakers and other medical devices.
ICDS associate director's work driven by unanswered fundamental questions in AI
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The work of Vasant Honavar, associate director of the Penn State Institute for Computational and Data Sciences, is driven by answering fundamental questions using machine learning. He has helped expand the institute's focus beyond high-performance computing into data sciences and artificial intelligence. As part of this expansion, Honavar launched the Penn State Center for Artificial Intelligence Foundations and Scientific Applications, which he currently leads.
Hazleton chemical engineering major earns Multi-Campus Research Experience
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Penn State Hazleton chemical engineering major Trevor Ruggiero was selected for a 2023-34 Multi-Campus Research Experience for Undergraduates, providing him a third consecutive semester of experience in a research laboratory.
Paper co-authored by Larry Cheng selected as inside cover of Small journal
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A paper by a team of researchers led by Huanyu “Larry” Cheng, the James L. Henderson, Jr. Memorial Associate Professor of Engineering Science and Mechanics (ESM) at Penn State, was selected to appear on the inside cover of the May 29 issue of the journal Small.
Data science pioneer and IST icon C. Lee Giles to retire after 21 years
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C. Lee Giles, the David Reese Professor of Information Sciences and Technology, will retire from the Penn State College of Information Sciences and Technology, effective June 30. Giles will end his teaching career but continue to pursue his research and advise graduate students.
Penn State campuses collaborating to offer sustainability certificate program
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A Sustainability Program Coordinator Certificate being offered as a new statewide training program at Penn State DuBois is aimed to help businesses in all industries be prepared for new climate-related reporting and disclosers.
Penn State students’ project designed to uplift Nepal and protect wildlife
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The Himalayan ShePower project, created by graduate students in Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences, is designed to help smallholder farmers in Nepal earn extra income by producing paper from rhino waste.
Changing water conservation attitudes positively impacts water availability
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Changing attitudes about water conservation could significantly impact water consumption and help improve water management during increased demand with limited supplies, according to research led by Renee Obringer, assistant professor of energy and mineral engineering at Penn State. The findings were published in the Journal of the American Water Resources Association.
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