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The Institute for Computational and Data Sciences’ Faculty Upskilling Fellowships program will invest over $300K to support faculty, including Ashish Kumar, assistant professor of mining engineering, and Shimin Liu, professor of energy and mineral engineering and of mining engineering, on AI and quantum sciences projects.

Penn State’s LionGlass project has reached a major milestone in its partnership with Italian glassmaker Bormioli Luigi, marking one year of collaboration and the signing of a second-year agreement to continue commercialization efforts in the cosmetics packaging industry.

A team of researchers developed a scalable, versatile approach to designing and fabricating wireless, internet-enabled electronic systems that can better adapt to 3D surfaces, like the human body or common household items

After more than a decade as director of the Penn State Materials Research Institute, Clive Randall, Evan Pugh University Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, will step down to refocus his efforts to teaching and research. 

This summer, the newly named Ban Family Studios – a control room and two studios – on the fifth floor of the Walker Building were gutted to make way for a completely redesigned space. The space was renovated with help from the Ban family, Penn State and WPSU.

A team of researchers at Penn State was awarded a $3 million grant from the U.S. National Science Foundation to establish a graduate training program designed to equip the next generation of engineers and scientists with the tools required to affect transformative change in sustainable materials processing.

Elisa Alonso, assistant chief for the Minerals Intelligence Research Section at the U.S. Geological Survey, will deliver a public talk, titled “Increasing Transparency for Critical Mineral Commodity Supply Chains from Deposit to End-use in an Uncertain and Opaque Market,” at 4 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 17, in 112 Walker Building.

Patty Craig, director of strategic communications in the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences, was recognized for having gone above and beyond what’s asked of her in her work at the University.  

Undergraduate students now can learn the fundamentals of environmental health and safety, thanks to a new minor offered by Penn State’s John and Willie Leone Family Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering. 

Penn State will soon celebrate its 11th GivingTuesday, and the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences will be raising money to support the Millennium Scholars Program.