Deborah Kelly, a ground-breaking researcher who developed the new field of structural oncology, will join the Penn State Department of Biomedical Engineering as a full professor in January 2019. She will also hold a joint appointment with the Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences and will serve as the director of the new Center for Structural Oncology at Penn State.  >>
DECEMBER 2018
FEATURES
Mechanical, nuclear engineering programs to become independent departments

On the advisement of the Faculty Senate Council, Penn State Executive Vice President and Provost Nicolas P. Jones approved the separation of the Department of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering into two independent departments: the Department of Mechanical Engineering and the Ken and Mary Alice Lindquist Department of Nuclear Engineering, effective July 1, 2019.  >>
Penn State SWE wins highest collegiate recognition five years in a row at WE18

For the fifth consecutive year, Penn State Society of Women Engineers (SWE) received the highest possible collegiate recognition within the Society of Women Engineers - the Outstanding Collegiate Section Gold Mission Award - at the WE18 National Conference in Minneapolis, Minnesota, held October 18-20. The conference is the largest gathering of women engineers across all major engineering disciplines.  >>
Penn State researchers develop new technology to advance ultrasound neuromodulation

When it comes to recording and modulating neurons in the brain, neuroscientists face two options: noninvasive tools with low spatiotemporal resolution, or implantable tools that are highly invasive and can only record or impact a small percentage of the brain's neurons. Mehdi Kiani, Dorothy Quiggle Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering, is working to change that. >>
Citrate-based biomaterial fuels bone healing with less rejection

A material based on a natural product of bones and citrus fruit, called citrate, provides the extra energy that stem cells need to form new bone tissue, according to a team of Penn State bioengineers. Their new understanding of the mechanism that allows citrate to aid in bone regeneration will help the researchers develop slow-release, biodegradable, citrate-releasing scaffolds to act as bone-growth templates to speed up healing in the body.  >>
Next gen batteries possible with engineering breakthrough

Dramatically longer lasting, faster charging, and safer lithium metal batteries may be possible from Penn State research published Nov. 12 in  Nature Energy.  Funded by the U.S Department of Energy, researchers developed a three-dimensional cross-linked polymer sponge that attaches to the metal plating of a battery anode.   >>  
RECOGNITIONS & AWARDS
  • Paul Heinemann receives Leadership Award from ASABE  >> 
  • Kifer, Zhang receive Outstanding Paper Award >>
  • Civil engineering department head elected vice president of Geo-Institute >> 
  • Andrew Zydney named recipient of Alan S. Michaels Award >>
  • Biomedical engineering professor receives Most Cited Article award at BMES >>
  • Choi wins Giuseppe Pellizzi Prize in Bologna, Italy >>
  • Civil engineering doctoral student wins foundation drilling scholarship >>
  • ESM graduate student wins Materials Research Award >>
  • Alumna one of five recipients of $50,000 AAAS Award for Women in the Chemical Sciences >>
AROUND THE COLLEGE
  • Major gift to transform nuclear engineering, support areas across University  >>  
  • CNEU to help broaden participation of underrepresented minorities in STEM fields >>
  • Engineering Ambassadors grows nationally in partnership with ASME >>
  • Researchers evaluate studies supporting state subsidies for nuclear plants >>
  • New graduate certificate in additive manufacturing offered at Penn State >>
  • ESM welcomes four new faculty members >>
  • College of Engineering students show off their projects at Fall 2018 Capstone Design Project Showcase >>
  • New microgrid guide to assist 'hybrid' fossil fuel and renewable energy systems   >>
  • Phillips named fall student marshal for the College of Engineering >>
  • End zone engineering: Associate professor of engineering design and industrial engineering serves as guest Penn State football coach >>
  • U.S. Naval Research Lab, engineering students partner for workforce development >>
  • First-year students develop solutions that will clean up vital watersheds >>
  • Engineering alumnus solves water crisis using knowledge gained at Penn State >>
  • Liberal arts, engineering major excels at international internship in Germany >>
  • Scholar alumna using data to help people take control of their health >>
  • COSTARS members save on electricity >>
IMPORTANT DATES

DECEMBER 15
Associate, baccalaureate and graduate degree commencement ceremony >>

DECEMBER 21
Deadline to submit an engineering Capstone Design project >>

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