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ribbon-cutting ceremony on April 4 marked the official opening of the new Chemical and Biomedical Engineering (CBE) Building on the Penn State University Park campus. The 109,100-square-foot, six-level facility near the intersection of Shortlidge and Curtin Roads houses the Departments of Chemical Engineering and Biomedical Engineering.
The structure features a variety of laboratories, classrooms and conference rooms, student common areas, the Dow Chemical Knowledge Commons collaborative student space, and an auditorium for presentations and classes that holds approximately 150 people.
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APRIL 2019
FEATURES
Medina to use NSF CAREER Award for improved precision medicine
Supported by a new National Science Foundation Early Career (CAREER) award, Scott Medina, assistant professor of biomedical engineering, is developing new bio-nanomaterial technologies that can be guided and activated by ultrasound to deliver proteins into cells with high precision. This process has multiple potential medical applications, including improved treatment of genetic disorders and cancer drug therapies with fewer side effects.>>
The future of energy: algae?
Growing and cultivating microalgae as a source of cleaner-burning biofuel for compression ignition engines is the focus of a team of researchers from Penn State, the University of Delaware and the University of Michigan. The project is funded by a $2 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy, and $500,000 of cost-share funding. >>
Interdisciplinary researchers investigate how team dynamics impact engineering design process performance
An interdisciplinary team of researchers
at Penn State has been awarded $349,792 from the National Science Foundation to study the role team interactions have on engineering student teams' performance during the design process. >>
NSF grant supports development of robotic frost protection in orchards
A system that helps tree-fruit growers avoid frost damage to their crops by using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and ground-based robots, could be on the horizon, thanks to Penn State researchers, supported by funding from the National Science Foundation.>>
ARPA-E awards Penn State $4.7M for advancing sensor integration in gas turbines
A novel manufacturing process in Penn State's Department of Mechanical Engineering that will print integrated, real-time sensors into complex systems such as gas turbines received $4.7 million from the U.S. Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy.>>
RECOGNITIONS & AWARDS
Twelve alumni receive College of Engineering's highest honor>>
Top engineering juniors and seniors receive Evan Pugh Scholar Award>>