Photo of Amrita Basak

By Sarah Small

Amrita Basak, assistant professor of mechanical engineering at Penn State, has received a two-year, $498,235…

Materials have memory

By Gail McCormick

Some solid materials have a memory of how they have previously been stretched out, which impacts how they…

x-ray spectrometer into outer space

By Gail McCormick

A new X-ray instrument, designed, fabricated, and prepared for flight by a team from Penn State, recently…

Three materials science and engineering doctoral students — representing six in the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences —…

Five faculty in Penn State’s Department of Materials Science and Engineering (MatSE) are members of research teams selected for two…

photo of audience at millennium cafe talk

The Millennium Café, held every Tuesday by the Materials Research Institute (MRI) featuring two talks by Penn State…

International team develops device for continuous, wireless nitric oxide monitoring

The coming decades present a host of challenges for our built environments: a rising global population combined with increasing…