Department of Materials Science and Engineering | Penn State College of Earth and Mineral Sciences

David Flores says he works off the common wisdom that you’re made up from the average of the five people closest to you.

Penn State researchers developed stretchy transistors, like the one pictured, using a new method known as the lateral phase separation induced micromesh strategy

Soft, elastic semiconductors and circuits could advance wearable medical devices and other emerging technologies, but the high-performance electronics are difficult and expensive to manufacture.

From left to right: Hyunseok Shim, Cunjiang Yu and Seonmin Jang

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.

Venkatraman Gopalan, professor of materials science and engineering and physics at Penn State, remembers fondly the tidy, patterned shapes called "kolams" that adorned the entrances of homes in Southern India.

Taylor Rosen has been selected as the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences' student marshal for the University’s fall 2022 commencement ceremony.

Susan Sinnott, head and professor of materials science and engineering at Penn State, has been selected to receive the 2022 Medard W. Welch Award, the top research award from the American Vacuum Society (AVS).

Seong Kim, Distinguished Professor in Chemical Engineering and associate head of the department at Penn State, was named this year’s recipient of the Hayashi Jisuke Prize from the Cellulose Society of Japan.

A new computational model developed by Penn State scientists represent an advance in the phase-field model

A newly developed model may serve as a bridge between quantum mechanical calculations at the atomic scale and devices that could enable next-generation quantum technologies, according to a team of Penn State researchers.

Penn State researchers are developing citrate-based biodegradable nerve scaffolds, which are shown here

To maximize healing for the easily damaged nerves, Penn State researchers are using a five-year, $2.14 million grant from the National Institutes of Health’s National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke to develop a biodegradable nerve scaffold that aims to employ folate and citrate in novel ways.

Nickolas Sotiropoulos, Jr. was selected as the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences student marshal for Penn State's 2022 summer commencement ceremonies

Nickolas Sotiropoulos Jr. was selected to represent the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences as the student marshal for Penn State's summer commencement Aug. 13 in the Bryce Jordan Center on the University Park campus.