Scott named associate director of Institute of Energy and the Environment
| psu.edu
Christopher Scott, a researcher with more than three decades’ experience in international and domestic water, food and energy policy, has been named an associate director of the Institute of Energy and the Environment at Penn State.
Vroom vroom! Penn State earns multiple wins in autonomous driving competition
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The Penn State Advanced Vehicle Team took home multiple wins, including third place overall, in its third year of the AutoDrive Challenge II, which empowers student teams to develop and test a fully autonomous passenger vehicle on a controlled urban driving course over a weeklong competition.
Penn State awards five new seed grants to support inter-institutional research
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The 2024 awardees of Penn State’s Inter-Institutional Partnerships for Diversifying Research initiative comprise five collaborative projects that connect Penn State researchers with colleagues from Morgan State University, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, University of Puerto Rico Mayagüez, the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley and the University of Texas Health Brownsville Campus, all minority-serving institutions
University-wide call to submit activities to the Penn State Community Impact Map
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Penn State Outreach is collaborating with multiple units across the university to develop the Penn State Community Impact Map, an interactive and visual representation of Penn State’s contributions, benefits and offerings available across Pennsylvania.
Penn State's $1.4M boost for semiconductor workforce
| rdworldonline.com
Penn State's SCIA receives $1.4M for semiconductor workforce development in Pennsylvania, addressing industry shortages. This article quotes Joshua Robinson, professor of Materials Science and Engineering.
Penn State elevates research commercialization, innovation with IP office rebrand
| psu.edu
Penn State's Office of Technology Transfer, formerly known as the Office of Technology Management, plays a critical role in protecting intellectual property developed by faculty members and transferring technologies from the lab to the marketplace.
Re-engineering medical simulation training for the next generation of physicians
| psu.edu
Placing a central line in a patient’s vein to receive fluids or medicine is one of the most common medical procedures, with more than 5 million performed each year in the United States. Researchers in Penn State’s Colleges of Engineering and of Medicine aim to reduce error rates in central-line placement by designing and implementing a novel robotic training program that uses life-like manikins and real-time feedback to simulate patient scenarios.
Penn State, Shell announce collaboration focused on energy and sustainability
| psu.edu
Citing a shared commitment to a sustainable future, Penn State and Shell USA Inc. have announced the launch of a collaboration that will support efforts across the University’s mission of research, education and community impact.
Grant to help Penn State to build semiconductor workforce in Pennsylvania
| psu.edu
The Appalachian Regional Commission has awarded $600,000 to Penn State’s Silicon Carbide Innovation Alliance to develop a series of educational courses, workshops and paid academic and industrial internships focused on workforce development in Pennsylvania for the growing semiconductor industry.
Two engineering faculty members named fellows of STEM leadership program
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Two Penn State College of Engineering faculty members — Jacqueline O'Connor, professor of mechanical engineering, and Parisa Shokouhi, professor of engineering science and mechanics — were selected as part of the 2024-25 cohort of Drexel University’s Executive Leadership in Academic Technology, Engineering and Science program.
Inaugural GSV x Penn State AI conference to be held Sept. 22-25 in Philadelphia
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Education professionals, entrepreneurs and AI-industry experts are invited to attend the inaugural East Coast Global Silicon Valley (GSV) x Penn State event. The Global Impact Forum will be held Sept. 22-25 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia.
Atoms in advanced alloys find preferred neighbors when solidifying
| psu.edu
A discovery that uncovered the surprising way atoms arrange themselves and find their preferred neighbors in multi-principal element alloys could enable engineers to “tune” these unique and useful materials for enhanced performance in specific applications ranging from advanced power plants to aerospace technologies, according to the researchers who made the finding.
Carbon dioxide (CO2) is abundant and stable, making it difficult to convert into something useful without a lot of energy. Researchers are using advanced computational modeling to find a catalyst that can efficiently transform CO2 into valuable products. This could turn CO2 from a climate issue into a valuable resource. Listen to the podcast.
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