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9/12/2023
Biological senses synergize to give a comprehensive understanding, particularly when individual signals are subtle. The collective sum of biological inputs can be greater than their individual contributions. Robots tend to follow more straightforward addition, but Penn State researchers have now harnessed the biological concept for application in artificial intelligence to develop the first artificial, multisensory integrated neuron.
8/28/2023
A team of Penn State researchers has received a $3 million grant from the National Science Foundation to spearhead a new initiative to create novel monitoring systems for insect populations.
8/11/2023
Five student teams from Penn State’s Engineering Leadership Development program in the School of Engineering Design and Innovation earned recognition in the 17th-annual University Design Competition for Addressing Airport Needs, sponsored by the Transportation Research Board’s Airport Cooperative Research Program.
7/27/2023
Penn State researchers published a paper in Communications Biology finding that sleep-related changes to blood flow in the brains of neonatal mice far outweigh any caused by sensory stirrings.
7/23/2023
An international team led by Penn State reserachers developed an approach to improve the mechanical stretchability of n-type semiconductors, which could lead to the advent of truly elastic electronic systems.
7/20/2023
The National Institute of Health awarded over $2 million to a team led by Ibrahim T. Ozbolat, professor of engineering science and mechanics, of biomedical engineering and of neurosurgery at Penn State, to quickly and efficiently bioprint human tissues at scale.
7/17/2023
Two faculty in the Penn State College of Engineering have received Fulbright Scholar Awards for the 2023-24 academic year, according to the Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program.
7/10/2023
Fifteen Penn State research labs have earned My Green Lab certifications at one of the three highest levels available: gold, platinum or green. The certification is recognized by the United Nations as a key measure toward the goal of a zero-carbon future.
7/3/2023
Lauren Katch, a doctoral student in the Penn State College of Engineering’s Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics, recently received a one-year, $20,000 fellowship from the American Society for Nondestructive Testing.
6/28/2023
Penn State and Monash University in Melbourne, Australia, announced the awarded grants of the third round of the Collaboration Program, which included funding awarded to Laura Cabrera, associate professor of engineering science and mechanics, and Tong Qiu, professor of civil and environmental engineering.
6/23/2023
Judith Todd, professor of engineering science and mechanics at Penn State, has been named an honorary member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
6/23/2023
Melik Demirel, Lloyd and Dorothy Foehr Huck Chair in Biomimetic Materials, professor of engineering science and mechanics and director of the Center for Research on Advanced Fiber Technologies, wrote an article for Forbes that focused on using artificial intelligence to make biomanufacturing more efficient.
6/12/2023
The Penn State College of Engineering will recognize 10 alumni with the Early Career Award for their achievements and demonstrated commitment to their professions, communities and Penn State at a ceremony on June 16 at University Park.
6/4/2023
Laura Y. Cabrera, associate professor of engineering science and mechanics and of philosophy and the Dorothy Foehr Huck and J. Lloyd Huck Chair in Neuroethics at Penn State, was quoted in an article by The Guardian.
6/1/2023
Led by Huanyu “Larry” Cheng, James L. Henderson Jr. Memorial Associate Professor of Engineering Science and Mechanics, a team of researchers has developed a sensor capable of detecting subtle pulses, operating robotic limbs, and creating ultrahigh-resolution scales.
5/30/2023
Ibrahim Ozbolat, professor of engineering science and mechanics and of biomedical engineering, discusses his latest findings and open access publishing in a Q&A with IOP Publishing, the publishing arm of the institute of physics.
5/25/2023
Huanyu “Larry” Cheng, James L. Henderson Jr. Memorial Associate Professor of Engineering Science and Mechanics at Penn State, has been selected to attend the 72nd Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting and the Baden-Württemberg Post Conference Programme 2023.
5/16/2023
A Penn State-led team of researchers has literally put pencil to paper to create an accessible, affordable, waterproof and wearable sensor to monitor multiple vital signals.
5/2/2023
A new master agreement with ENOWA, a company tasked with pioneering sustainable energy and water innovations, will support Penn State research efforts in sustainable water solutions.
4/27/2023
Seven Schreyer Scholars and two Penn State faculty members have been selected as recipients of Schreyer Honors College awards for the 2022-23 academic year.
4/25/2023
The Penn State College of Engineering has named its student marshals for the spring 2023 commencement ceremony. One student is selected to represent each of the 14 majors associated with the college and the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps program.
4/20/2023
Melik Demirel, Lloyd and Dorothy Foehr Huck Chair in Biomimetic Materials, professor of engineering science and mechanics and director of the Center for Research on Advanced Fiber Technologies, wrote an article that appeared on Forbes.
4/18/2023
A team led by a Penn State researcher has developed a medical sensor that can transform from rigid to soft to accommodate changing structural needs and can heal its own normal wear and tear.
4/14/2023
Cunjiang Yu, the Dorothy Quiggle Career Development Associate Professor of Engineering Science and Mechanics at Penn State, was selected by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers Applied Mechanics Division to receive the 2023 Thomas J. R. Hughes Young Investigator Award.
4/12/2023
For mere dollars, a Penn State-led international collaboration has fabricated a self-powered, standalone sensor system capable of monitoring gas molecules in the environment or in human breath. The system combines nanogenerators with micro-supercapacitors to harvest and story energy generated by human movement.
4/11/2023
Gary L. Gray, associate professor of engineering science and mechanics in the Penn State College of Engineering, is a recipient of the 2023 Milton S. Eisenhower Award for Distinguished Teaching.
3/24/2023
Measuring temperature and nitrogen levels in soil is important for agriculture systems but detecting them apart from one another is difficult to do. Huanyu “Larry” Cheng, James L. Henderson, Jr. Memorial Associate Professor of Engineering Science and Mechanics, led researchers in the development of a multi-parameter sensor that can effectively decouple temperature and nitrogen signals so that each can be measured accurately. The results were recently published by Advanced Materials.
3/16/2023
A trio of Penn State researchers were selected for the National Science Foundation’s National I-Corps Program to offer a foundry service for manufacturing sensors and integrated circuits made of two-dimensional materials for use in a variety of industries, including Internet of Things applications, food processing, pharmaceutical and various defense needs.
3/15/2023
Jacques Rivière, assistant professor of engineering science and mechanics and of acoustics, received a five-year, $750,000 Early Career Award from the U.S. Department of Energy to advance the use of ultrasound sensors to image lab-based earthquakes and better understand the precursory events that lead to them.
3/8/2023
Eleven Penn State engineering graduates have been selected to receive the College of Engineering’s Outstanding Engineering Alumni Awards. The ceremony will take place on March 13 at The Penn Stater.
3/8/2023
Research papers authored by Huanyu “Larry” Cheng, James L. Henderson, Jr. Memorial Associate Professor of Engineering Science and Mechanics at Penn State, were recently featured on two journal covers.
3/6/2023
The average person does not spend their time imagining a nuclear device going off in an American city, because it meets the very definition of “unthinkable.” But the Interaction of Ionizing Radiation with Matter University Research Alliance, led by Penn State, focuses on just that.
3/6/2023
Four Penn State graduate students received best paper awards at recent meetings of the Acoustical Society of America.
3/3/2023
Penn State College of Engineering researchers have used a strategic design approach called the topology optimization method to design metasurfaces that control surface waves.
2/22/2023
A multi-institutional research team, co-led by Penn State, identified a new mechanism of corrosion that could have implications for safe power plant and nuclear reactor designs.
2/22/2023
A biosensor that could measure sweat vapor, developed by James L. Henderson, Jr. Memorial Associate Professor of Engineering Science and Mechanics Huanyu “Larry” Cheng, was featured in a paper published in ACS Nano.
2/14/2023
Seventeen new faculty members have joined the Penn State College of Engineering since early fall 2022. The 12 tenured or tenure-line faculty and six professional track faculty represent 11 units and departments and include one new department head.
2/14/2023
Researchers from Penn State recently have found that just the pupil diameter of a mouse's eye can determine the mouse's arousal state with high accuracy, which is important for interpreting research results.
2/7/2023
The journal Biosensors recently selected Huanyu “Larry” Cheng, James L. Henderson, Jr. Memorial Associate Professor of Engineering Science and Mechanics at Penn State, as editor in chief of the section Biosensors Materials.
2/3/2023
Research led by Huanyu “Larry” Cheng, the James L. Henderson, Jr. Memorial Associate Professor of Engineering Science and Mechanics at Penn State, was featured in a New York Post article.
2/2/2023
A new sensor developed by researchers at Penn State could help workers in daycares, hospitals and other settings provide more immediate care to their charges when diaper changes are needed. The sensors can also monitor for respiration and perspiration, among other applications.
1/30/2023
Huanyu “Larry” Cheng, James L. Henderson, Jr. Memorial Associate Professor of Engineering Science and Mechanics at Penn State, has been selected as a 2023 Emerging Investigator of Nanoscale.
1/27/2023
In the not-so-distant future, doctors could use machines that directly repair tissues by depositing new layers of muscle or skin or create and install new organs. Ibrahim T. Ozbolat, professor of engineering science and mechanics, biomedical engineering and neurosurgery, is using 3D bioprinting to create a range of materials for potential use in human health, including printable bone, skin and tumor cell models.
1/20/2023
Laura Y. Cabrera, associate professor of engineering science and mechanics and of philosophy and the Dorothy Foehr Huck and J. Lloyd Huck Chair in Neuroethics at Penn State, recently shared her neuroethics expertise in both an iScience conversation and at the National Academy of Engineering 2022 EU-US Frontiers of Engineering symposium.
1/20/2023
A newly developed pop-up electrode device could gather more in-depth information about individual neurons and their interactions with each other while limiting the potential for brain tissue damage.
1/19/2023
Penn State researchers recently enhanced their gas sensor manufacturing process through an in-situ laser-assisted manufacturing approach, improving on their previous method of drop casting.
1/13/2023
With a four-year, $1,800,000 National Science Foundation grant, Houtan Jebelli, assistant professor of architectural engineering, is leading a research team to develop an artificial intelligence-enabled, real-time and context-aware holistic health monitoring approach for construction workers.
1/6/2023
The Penn State Materials Research Institute held their annual Materials Day in October, with the theme "Materials Impacting Society." Several engineering faculty participated.
12/9/2022
A new type of active pixel sensor that uses a novel two-dimensional material may both enable ultra-sharp cellphone photos and create a new class of extremely energy-efficient Internet of Things sensors, according to a team of Penn State researchers.
12/9/2022
The popularity of wearable electronics has induced demand for their parts, including power sources such as triboelectric nanogenerators (TENGs). Penn State researchers combined a porous 2D material known as MXene and laser-induced graphene foam nanocomposite to form a material system that enables a TENG to be stretchy and perform on dynamic surfaces.
12/8/2022
The National Academy of Inventors (NAI) named Justin Schwartz, Madhavan Swaminathan and Douglas Werner as fellows, the highest professional distinction awarded to academic inventors.
11/30/2022
If you are reading this article on your computer or phone, it is in part thanks to diodes. Diodes are used for a variety of critical electronic functions and are typically rigid. Electronic devices, such as robotics or medical devices, are becoming more flexible as technology advances, so Penn State researchers have developed a fully rubbery stretchable diode that maintains performance.
11/29/2022
Penn State researchers developed a method to manufacture soft, elastic semiconductors and circuits more efficiently.
11/21/2022
Seven Penn State materials researchers have received the 2022 Rustum and Della Roy Innovation in Materials Research Award, including five in the College of Engineering.
11/21/2022
Akhlesh Lakhtakia, Evan Pugh University Professor and Charles G. Binder Professor of Engineering Science and Mechanics in the Penn State College of Engineering, has been recognized with two professional society awards.
11/15/2022
A Penn State-led multidisciplinary collaboration may have found a solution for antibiotic resistance in cholestyramine, an oral drug already approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to reduce cholesterol levels and remove bile acids associated with liver diseases.
10/24/2022
Penn State holds the honor of being one of two universities in the United States, along with Universidad de Puerto Rico, that is home to two UNESCO chairs. Osama Awadelkarim, professor of engineering science and mechanics and director of the Center for Nanotechnology Education and Utilization (CNEU) holds the title of UNESCO Chair on Building Innovation and Manufacturing Capacities Through Advanced Technology Education.
10/18/2022
Researchers at Penn State have successfully 3D bioprinted breast cancer tumors and treated them in a breakthrough study to better understand the disease that is one of the leading causes of mortality worldwide.
10/6/2022
Twenty-eight new faculty members have joined the Penn State College of Engineering since the end of the spring semester. The 17 tenured or tenure-line members and 11 non-tenure-line members represent 12 units and departments and include two new department heads.
9/29/2022
Using the human brain as a model, Penn State engineering researchers developed a synaptic transistor, which uses artificial neurotransmitters to optimize functions. The transistor can be used to enhance the performance of wearable devices and robots.
