The Women in Engineering Program hosted its annual middle school outreach program, "Engineer Your Future," on November 17 at the University Park campus. The event included 24 students from three Centre County schools who participated in STEM-inspired activities and tours with Penn State engineering students.
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DAIS International Technology Alliance Formed with U.S., UK Governments, Industry, and Academia
A new collaboration between IBM, the U.S. Army Research Laboratory, the United Kingdom's Ministry of Defense, and leading industry and academic partners, including Penn State, has been formed in the area of Distributed Analytics and Information Science, or DAIS.
This DAIS International Technology Alliance will work on developing the fundamental underpinning research required to enable secure, dynamic, semantically aware, distributed analytics for situational understanding in coalition operations
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DOE Awards $1M to Develop Composites for Solid Lithium Conductors
Processing ceramics at low temperatures to create safe and reliable solid ion conductors is the focus of a $1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) awarded to a team of six Penn State researchers.
The project is one of 16 selected to receive funding through the agency as part of a $37M initiative to accelerate the development of next-generation battery and fuel cell products.
Leading the project is Enrique Gomez, associate professor of chemical engineering.
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Breaking Gender Barriers...With Rockets
About 2,500 miles west of State College, Pennsylvania, at Space Exploration Technologies Corporation (SpaceX) headquarters in Hawthorne, California, five Penn State industrial engineering alumnae are working in the company's industrial engineering department.
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Moore Inventor Fellowship for Xingjie Ni
Xingjie Ni, the Charles H. Fetter Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering, has been named a Moore Inventor Fellow by the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation.
This is the first year for the Moore Inventor Fellowships program, which recognizes early-career innovators at U.S. universities with a high potential to accelerate progress in scientific research, environmental conservation, and patient care.
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DOE Grant Supports Development of Next-generation Electric Vehicle Batteries
The U.S. Department of Energy Vehicle Technologies Office has awarded Donghai Wang, associate professor of mechanical engineering, a $1.1 million grant to develop a new lithium-ion conductor for the protection of lithium metal used in next-generation battery technologies for electric vehicles. >>
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Edward Smith Named American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Associate Fellow
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American Association for the Advancement of Science elects Joan Redwing a Fellow
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- INFORMS honors Deepak Agrawal with national awards >>
- Rustum and Della Roy Innovation in Materials Research Award for Abdon Pena-Francesch >>
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Bolstering Penn State's quest to become the Energy University
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- Air Force funds research of ultra-wide bandgap materials >>
- Penn State signs new Master Research contract with Lockheed Martin >>
- Alumni launch business aimed at eco-friendly recycling >>
- Inhibitory motor control problems may be unique identifier in adults with ADHD >>
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania renews Memorandum of Understanding with Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Region >>
- e-Sportbike team revs up for 3D design action >>
- Biological engineering senior uses farm know-how to excel at Penn State and beyond >>
- College welcomes REU Coordinator Cindy Reed >>
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DEC. 17
Commencement
JAN. 9, 2017
Spring Semester Begins
JAN. 24-26, 2017
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