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Christianna Otto in the Netherlands

Students participate in international language research

12/7/18

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.

Osama Awadelkarim

Nanotechnology center to help broaden participation of minorities in STEM fields

12/2/18

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.

A man in a warehouse looks through a virtual-reality headset.

NSF funds three-year study of virtual-reality engineering simulations

10/5/18

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.

Esther Gomez, assistant professor of chemical engineering and biomedical engineering, Penn State

Gomez receives NSF CAREER award

5/2/18

Esther Gomez, assistant professor of chemical engineering and biomedical engineering at Penn State, has received the National Science Foundation’sEarly Career (CAREER) award to better understand the mechanobiology of mesenchymal-epithelial transition.

Conrad Tucker with Bill Gates at the Millennium Scholars Program Celebration.

Engineering's Tucker attends Gates Millennium Scholars Program celebration

4/30/18

Conrad Tucker, associate professor of engineering design and industrial and manufacturing engineering, was invited by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to attend the Gates Millennium Scholars Program Celebration on April 24 in Seattle. Although there are more than 20,000 Gates Millennium Scholars and alumni of the program, Tucker was one of only approximately 30 scholars invited to the event.

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