The A. James & Alice B. Clark Foundation has committed $15.5 million to create the A. James Clark Scholars Program in the Penn State College of Engineering to support high-achieving engineering students with significant financial need.
The foundation’s investment will be combined with $10 million from Penn State to create an endowment for the new program. This is the largest University match to a private philanthropic gift in Penn State’s history.
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New method breaks the reciprocity of light propagation
A novel method to prevent light from reflecting back in optical devices could allow advancements in several scientific fields, including optical communications, laser systems, and electronics, according to a team of Penn State electrical engineers. Led by Xingjie Ni, assistant professor of electrical engineering, the researchers published their work in a recent issue of
Light: Science & Applications
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CAREER Award to help researcher understand, optimize walking for stroke patients
To design better assistive exoskeletons, a wearable device that helps those with disabilities walk, researchers need to further understand the complexities of walking. The National Science Foundation recently awarded Anne Martin, assistant professor of mechanical engineering at Penn State, a $500,000 Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) grant to study how both healthy and post-stroke individuals walk.
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Professor to study food-energy-water decision-making
Caitlin Grady, assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering and research associate in the Rock Ethics Institute at Penn State, will examine the influences and interconnections between food, energy, and water (FEW) systems thanks to a prestigious National Science Foundation CAREER Award.
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Engineering professor continues work on sustainable windows
Windows accentuate and beautify commercial or residential buildings, according to Julian Wang, associate professor of architectural engineering at Penn State, but they also are vulnerable to the elements. Through a $500,000, five-year
NSF CAREER
project awarded last year, he will
test window glazing materials that could, in the long term, be used to produce dynamic windows that adapt to climate conditions in real-time.
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A wearable gas sensor for health and environmental monitoring
A highly sensitive, wearable gas sensor for environmental and human health monitoring may soon become commercially available, according to researchers at Penn State and Northeastern University.
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Emerging organic contaminant levels greatly influenced by stream flows, seasons
Flow rates and time of year must be taken into account to better understand the potential risks posed by emerging organic contaminants in rivers and streams, according to Penn State researchers who studied contaminant concentrations and flow characteristics at six locations near drinking water intakes in the Susquehanna River basin.
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- Online graduate engineering programs rank in top 10 in U.S. News' Best Online Programs >>
- Engineering associate dean receives lifetime achievement award >>
- Professor named International Society for Optics and Photonics fellow >>
- Aerospace engineering professor recognized for influence in astrodynamics >>
- Jablokow bound for the Beltway as National Science Foundation program director >>
- Chemical engineering professor lands global research fellowship >>
- Energy team recognized for innovative procurement services >>
- Electrical engineering assistant professor named 2020 Scialog Fellow >>
- Energy, chemical engineering professor receives fellowship >>
- Undergraduate team wins asphalt pavement mix design competition >>
- Biological engineering student wins Genentech Pharmaceutical Technical Development Student Award >>
- Engineering science and mechanics M.D./Ph.D. student named to "20 in their 20s" list >>
- Mechanical engineering alumna named to Forbes' 30 Under 30 in Science >>
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- Cunningham appointed to board overseeing Nation's Report Card >>
- Researchers look at novel methods to enhance battery performance >>
- Discovering the secret life of cancer cells >>
- Maker Ambassador program sponsored by Lockheed Martin aims to increase diversity >>
- NSF grant funds research to study nature-based solutions for river restoration >>
- Award fund established to honor late electrical engineering alumnus, professor >>
- Industrial engineering receives sensors to enhance student education >>
- Existing structures, data science researcher joins architectural engineering >>
- Online engineering student uses education to fuel personal business >>
- Blocking blackouts: Q & A with engineer Ray Chaudhuri on protecting the power grid >>
- Academia-enterprise partnership aims to help people with diabetes >>
- Mechanical engineering professor receives grant to explore soft smart materials >>
- Aspiring neurosurgeon mapping cancer-suppressing protein >>
- Architectural engineering’s Makers Space bolstered by alumnus gift >>
- Transparency discovered in crystals with ultrahigh piezoelectricity >>
- Engineering professor optimizes chemical manufacturing processes on Fulbright >>
- Using machine learning to improve traffic congestion >>
- Mechanical engineering grad student innovates gas turbine heat sensors >>
- Electrical engineering practitioner joins architectural engineering >>
- Student merges his love of football and engineering >>
- Penn State students participate in University Innovations Fellows program >>
- Architectural engineering announces new micro-credentialing sessions >>
- Alumni spotlight: Paula Garcia Todd >>
- Penn State nominates four for Goldwater Scholarship >>
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