Penn State

Greater gender equity, integration could spur greater productivity, innovation

By Jessica McMathis / March 7, 2014

New research from Penn State’s School of Business suggests that when it comes to the workplace, the expertise of women working in the science and engineering fields is often underutilized.

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CLS 2014

Urgent vs important? The 4th Ceramic Leadership Summit is important—and urgent

By April Gocha / March 5, 2014

Early bird registration for the 4th Ceramic Leadership Summit closes soon, so grab your spot to secure your networking opportunities with some of the biggest names in the business.

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$43M heading to 19 new ARPA-E energy storage projects, with nod to small businesses

By / August 2, 2012

DOE/ARPA-E has given the green light to 19 new projects related to energy storage with an emphasis on electric vehicle technologies, grid reliability and security. As part of this announcement,…

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New rules of engagement for universities leveraging IP assets?

By / September 13, 2011

BioPontis Alliance’s business model. Credit: BioPontis Alliance. I don’t know how generic the situation is (but I suspect it’s similar in materials fields), but a story in Nature Biotechnology—”New models…

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New class of optical fiber developed at Penn State; ZnSe waveguide cores open infrared spectrum

By Eileen De Guire / March 16, 2011

a) Schematic of the HPCVD process, where a high pressure precursor mixture is configured to flow into a capillary (left). When the capillary is heated, well-developed annular films are deposited.…

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Kudos: Dickey named Texas Tech engineering dean

By / July 9, 2010

Congratulations go out to ACerS member Elizabeth Dickey for being tapped as the next dean of the Edward E. Whitacre Jr. College of Engineering at Texas Tech University. Dickey has…

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Video of the Week: Titanium dioxide to convert optical energy to mechanical energy

By / June 2, 2010

In a recent interview with Nanowerk, Ayusman Sen, a professor at the Department of Chemistry at Penn State, explained how he uses titanium dioxide to convert optical energy to mechanical…

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Video of the Week: Dinesh Agrawal on microwave energy applied the processing of ceramic, metal and composite materials

By / May 12, 2010

[flash https://ceramics.org/ceramictechtoday/wp-content/video/agrawal_microwaves.flv mode=1 f={image=/ceramictechtoday/wp-content/video/agrawal_microwaves.jpg}] In this video, Dinesh Agrawal, professor of materials and director the Penn State’s Microwave Processing and Engineering Center, provides an overview of the growing use of…

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Video of the week: Paolo Colombo on engineering porosity in ceramics

By / August 5, 2009

Porosity is sometimes thought of as a flaw in ceramic materials, but, as Paolo Colombo explains, porosity can also be used to add new functionality to a material. Colombo, who…

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DOE’s University Turbine Systems Research Program announces project selection

By / July 20, 2009

The DOE announced the selection of three projects under the Office of Fossil Energy’s University Turbine Systems Research Program. University researchers will investigate the chemistry and physics of advanced turbines,…

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