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National Science Foundation

National Science Foundation

Engineering associate dean for equity and inclusion featured on NSF podcast

Four women and three men stand on an outside walkway with greenery in the background to pose for a photo

Mentoring experience inspires project to increase retention in master's programs

graphic of a building being constructed and the different pieces represent combining new data science lessons with existing engineering courses in a modular way and augmenting this with student organizations, industry guidance, and community engagement.

Dual grants totaling $2.25 million help students take a byte out of data science

middle school student uses edible materials to construct a reactor to learn about nuclear power

Penn State researchers create educational program to inspire young engineers

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National 2D materials research center wins NSF funding

Industrial engineering student invited to present at national conference

A woman in a polka dot shirt and green sweater smiles and poses with her arms crossed in front of a world map

Researchers work to increase speed, reliability of wireless communications

A student in a zip-up sweatshirt and glasses works on a circuit board in front of a computer screen displaying a graph

Electrical engineering alumni receive Best Student Paper Award

A man in a blue button-down shirt and a blue face mask adjusts optical devices that are shining green lights

NSF CAREER Award helps researcher light the way to better optical devices

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Engineering researcher receives CAREER Award to develop straintronic tech

A black-and-white cartoon of a large bacterial cell drinking a potion with virus cells surrounding it.

Newly discovered toxin-antitoxin system abundant in one-cell organisms

Image showing progression of Phase II

2D-materials center ready to move to new phase, add industry partners

Two graduate students and a professor stand near a magnetic separation device, discussing their research.

Faster medical testing possible through graduate student's NSF-funded internship

Researchers use NSF Convergence Accelerator to shorten drug discovery timeline

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NSF grant supports research on 3D-printing analysis methods

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