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Metamaterials manipulate light on a microchip

11/26/12

Using a combination of the new tools of metamaterials and transformation optics, engineers at Penn State have developed designs for miniaturized optical devices that can be used in chip-based optical integrated circuits, the equivalent of the integrated electronic circuits that make possible computers and cellphones. In a paper in a new online journal, Light: Science and Applications, published by Nature Publishing Group, Douglas Werner, professor of electrical engineering, and his postdoctoral researcher Qi Wu and doctoral student Jeremiah Turpin present a unified theory for designing practical devices on a single platform using the new field of transformation optics.

New public-private partnership aims to help revitalize manufacturing

8/17/12

Penn State will be part of a new public-private partnership aimed at revitalizing American manufacturing and encouraging companies to invest in the United States. The new partnership, the National Additive Manufacturing Innovation Institute (NAMII), is a consortium of research universities, community colleges and non-profit organizations from Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia, and manufacturing firms nationwide.

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New metamaterials device focuses sound waves like a camera lens

8/13/12

In a cover article in The Journal of Applied Physics, a team of Penn State researchers has designed and computationally tested a type of manmade metamaterial capable for the first time of manipulating a variety of acoustic waves with one simple device.

Materials Characterization Lab gets state-of-the-art mass spectrometer

3/29/10

A mass spectrometer that will help researchers interpret and understand the history of the Earth system will join other instruments in the Penn State's multi-user Materials Characterization Laboratory, thanks to a $724,000 grant through the National Science Foundation's Major Research Instrumentation Program.

Talk to focus on materials research

10/19/09

Carlo Pantano, director of the Materials Research Institute (MRI), will present "Future and Capabilities of Materials at Penn State" at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 20, in 112 Walker Building. The event is free and open to the public. Pantano will talk about the MRI's capabilities, current activities and future plans. The presentation is sponsored by the student chapter of ASM International, the materials information society.

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Penn State receives MRI for Social & Life Sciences Imaging Center

12/10/08

A giant magnet, recently delivered to campus, will become the core of the new Human MRI Facility when the Siemens Magnetom Trio 3T -- a 3-Tesla Magnetic Resonance Imaging machine -- is installed in Chandlee Laboratory on the University Park campus. The machine is the latest in clinical human MRI technology and joins components of the Penn State Bioengineering and Huck Institutes Magnetic Resonance Center's research equipment to form the Social and Life Sciences Imaging Center (SLIC).

The Medical Minute: MRI myths and misconceptions

3/18/08

Since its development in the mid 1970s, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, or MRI, has grown into a mainstream diagnostic imaging tool used in a wide variety of conditions. The unique ability of MRI to demonstrate the anatomy, and more recently the function of soft tissues in the body, continues to find new application in patient care, according to the latest edition of The Medical Minute, a service of the Penn State Hershey Medical Center.

High tech interrogations may promote abuse

3/17/08

There is evidence that brain imaging technology is being used to interrogate suspected terrorists despite concerns that it may not be reliable, and that it might inadvertently promote abuse of detainees, according to a Penn State researcher. He says the risk that such technology could license further abuse of detainees remains ever present, given President Bush's March 8 veto of legislation that would have prohibited the CIA from conducting aggressive interrogations.

Shrinking Materials

3/16/05

In the wireless world, smaller is better. "Everyone wants to get more things into and out of their cell phones. They want to store more information and have a million different functions. To do all that, you have to miniaturize," explains materials scientist Mike Lanagan.

Tools for Getting Smarter

1/1/03

Cell phones. The screen in your laptop. “Many of the electronics that we see getting smaller,” says Susan Trolier-McKinstry, “are using smart materials.

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Untitled

Metamaterials manipulate light on a microchip

11/26/12

Using a combination of the new tools of metamaterials and transformation optics, engineers at Penn State have developed designs for miniaturized optical devices that can be used in chip-based optical integrated circuits, the equivalent of the integrated electronic circuits that make possible computers and cellphones. In a paper in a new online journal, Light: Science and Applications, published by Nature Publishing Group, Douglas Werner, professor of electrical engineering, and his postdoctoral researcher Qi Wu and doctoral student Jeremiah Turpin present a unified theory for designing practical devices on a single platform using the new field of transformation optics.

New public-private partnership aims to help revitalize manufacturing

8/17/12

Penn State will be part of a new public-private partnership aimed at revitalizing American manufacturing and encouraging companies to invest in the United States. The new partnership, the National Additive Manufacturing Innovation Institute (NAMII), is a consortium of research universities, community colleges and non-profit organizations from Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia, and manufacturing firms nationwide.

Untitled

New metamaterials device focuses sound waves like a camera lens

8/13/12

In a cover article in The Journal of Applied Physics, a team of Penn State researchers has designed and computationally tested a type of manmade metamaterial capable for the first time of manipulating a variety of acoustic waves with one simple device.

Materials Characterization Lab gets state-of-the-art mass spectrometer

3/29/10

A mass spectrometer that will help researchers interpret and understand the history of the Earth system will join other instruments in the Penn State's multi-user Materials Characterization Laboratory, thanks to a $724,000 grant through the National Science Foundation's Major Research Instrumentation Program.

Talk to focus on materials research

10/19/09

Carlo Pantano, director of the Materials Research Institute (MRI), will present "Future and Capabilities of Materials at Penn State" at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 20, in 112 Walker Building. The event is free and open to the public. Pantano will talk about the MRI's capabilities, current activities and future plans. The presentation is sponsored by the student chapter of ASM International, the materials information society.

Untitled

Penn State receives MRI for Social & Life Sciences Imaging Center

12/10/08

A giant magnet, recently delivered to campus, will become the core of the new Human MRI Facility when the Siemens Magnetom Trio 3T -- a 3-Tesla Magnetic Resonance Imaging machine -- is installed in Chandlee Laboratory on the University Park campus. The machine is the latest in clinical human MRI technology and joins components of the Penn State Bioengineering and Huck Institutes Magnetic Resonance Center's research equipment to form the Social and Life Sciences Imaging Center (SLIC).

The Medical Minute: MRI myths and misconceptions

3/18/08

Since its development in the mid 1970s, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, or MRI, has grown into a mainstream diagnostic imaging tool used in a wide variety of conditions. The unique ability of MRI to demonstrate the anatomy, and more recently the function of soft tissues in the body, continues to find new application in patient care, according to the latest edition of The Medical Minute, a service of the Penn State Hershey Medical Center.

High tech interrogations may promote abuse

3/17/08

There is evidence that brain imaging technology is being used to interrogate suspected terrorists despite concerns that it may not be reliable, and that it might inadvertently promote abuse of detainees, according to a Penn State researcher. He says the risk that such technology could license further abuse of detainees remains ever present, given President Bush's March 8 veto of legislation that would have prohibited the CIA from conducting aggressive interrogations.

Shrinking Materials

3/16/05

In the wireless world, smaller is better. "Everyone wants to get more things into and out of their cell phones. They want to store more information and have a million different functions. To do all that, you have to miniaturize," explains materials scientist Mike Lanagan.

Tools for Getting Smarter

1/1/03

Cell phones. The screen in your laptop. “Many of the electronics that we see getting smaller,” says Susan Trolier-McKinstry, “are using smart materials.