A total of 24 Penn State students pursuing research-based master’s and doctoral degrees earned fellowship offers from the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program.
The National Science Foundation has provided funding to a team of design professionals, including Penn State Stuckeman School faculty member Mihyun Kang, to develop a seating solution that improves the blood flow and mobility of workers who are required to sit for long periods of time.
Supported by a new National Science Foundation Early 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.
Academic researchers interested in exploring the commercial potential of their technological innovations are invited to apply for a National Science Foundation Innovation Corps (I-Corps) short course to be held in State College from April 5-19. Applications are due by 5 p.m. EST on Friday, March 29.
Understanding the behavior of composite materials is important to advancing their design since attempts to further strengthen or stiffen them can sometimes produce counterproductive results. A $545,000 grant over three years from the National Science Foundation aims to answer some of the central questions about the microstructural mechanisms that lead to composite performance.
To address the unique challenges that emergency evacuation scenarios present, Alan Wagner, assistant professor of aerospace engineering, and a team of researchers propose to use a coordinated collection of mobile robots as authority figures to direct evacuees for rapid, orderly and safe evacuations, thanks to a $1.5M National Science Foundation grant.
Seven students in the College of the Liberal Arts participated in the National Science Foundation PIRE program this year, which gave the students financial support to travel internationally to conduct language research.
With $1.2 million in funding from the National Science Foundation, the Penn State Center for Nanotechnology Education and Utilization, along with Norfolk State University and Tidewater Community College, will form the Southeastern Coalition for Engagement and Exchange in Nanotechnology Education to broaden participation of underrepresented minority students in STEM.
The National Science Foundation has awarded $1.4 million to a team of Penn State scientists to develop a new laboratory at the University with ultra-fast microscopes that will provide a high-resolution look at two-dimensional materials.
Researchers at Penn State Behrend and University Park are developing a virtual-reality simulation that will place engineering students in an interactive and immersive manufacturing environment. The National Science Foundation is supporting the project with nearly $300,000 in funding.
Saurabh Basu, an assistant professor of industrial and manufacturing engineering, has received more than $260,000 in funding from the National Science Foundation to improve the reliability of 3D-printed parts that are operated under extreme stress.
Penn State will adhere to new National Science Foundation (NSF) plans announced this week to combat sexual harassment and other forms of harassment within the agency and the 2,000 institutions of higher education and other organizations where NSF-funded research is conducted.
Twelve entrepreneurial teams from Penn State have been selected to participate in the National Science Foundation I-Corps program.
The National Science Foundation has awarded a $3 million grant to an interdisciplinary team of Penn State researchers to create a new graduate program that will train students to find solutions to real-world problems facing Food-Energy-Water (FEW) systems.
Receiving a National Science Foundation CAREER award is helping one Penn State professor create statistical models for extreme events such as large forest fires, floods and heavy rainstorms to help make better decisions on infrastructure, preparation and mitigation.
