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Field of corn next to the field's drainage system ditch

First-year students develop solutions that will clean up vital watersheds

11/30/18

To help address the damage caused by agricultural discharge, first-year engineering students at Penn State have been tasked with designing an agricultural drainage system to filter out contaminants from storm water runoff before it travels to a waterway. The project is supported by Imerys, a world leader in mineral-based specialties for industry.

Keefe Manning, professor of biomedical engineering, (center) receives the Most Cited Article Award from Ajit Yoganathan, editor of the journal Cardiovascular Engineering and Technology, (left) and Steven Day, chair, biomedical engineering, Rochester Institute of Technology.

Biomedical engineering professor receives Most Cited Article award

11/29/18

A biomedical engineering faculty member was one of a group of authors from various academic institutions and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration who received the 2018 Cardiovascular Engineering and Technology journal's Most Cited Article Award at this year’s Biomedical Engineering Society annual meeting.

Engineering Ambassadors cohort in 2016.

Engineering Ambassadors grows to national network

11/28/18

Engineering Ambassadors, a homegrown initiative out of Penn State mechanical engineering, has now expanded nationwide, thanks to a partnership with the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Led by director Lori Miraldi, the program was created to inspire more students, especially women, to pursue engineering careers.

Andrew Zydney

Andrew Zydney named recipient of Alan S. Michaels Award

11/28/18

The Division of Biochemical Technology of the American Chemical Society has named Andrew Zydney, Bayard D. Kunkle Chair and professor of chemical engineering at Penn State, as the 2019 recipient of the Alan S. Michaels Award in the Recovery of Biological Products.

Dean Peggy Johnson, Leslie Oley, Todd Bacastow

Scholar alumna using data to help people take control of their health

11/27/18

Wearable technology can measure the steps we take in a day, monitor our heart rate or glucose levels, even track our sleep. It’s part of a trend Penn State and Schreyer Honors College alumna Leslie Oley sees that includes people taking more active, data-driven roles in their own health.

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Researchers evaluate studies supporting state subsidies for nuclear plants

11/27/18

An intensive public debate is occurring in states with competitive electricity markets about the future of their existing nuclear generation plants. A team of Penn State researchers examined the set of studies that has been used in legislative discussions to provide evidence in support of subsidy programs.

Yang and Ma

Citrate-based biomaterial fuels bone healing with less rejection

11/26/18

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.

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