02/28/2022
From the lab bench to the bedside: reducing the side effects of chemotherapy

Chemotherapy has saved millions of lives across the United States — but many cancer survivors experience painful and debilitating side effects from the treatment. And, even with the advances in drug-free cancer treatment methods, chemotherapy remains the standard. However, a group of Penn State researchers has developed a new class of nanomaterials engineered to capture […]

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02/28/2022
See a need, fill a need: BAI Group’s journey from waste management consulting to leading solar energy advancement

Between 2020 and 2021, State College-based BAI Group’s revenue from its solar energy segment grew by ten times, and President Jim Echard projects this same rapid and significant growth over the next five years. The local company, which got its start in waste management, is a major player in the greening of the Mid-Atlantic energy […]

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02/22/2022
5 questions with a Happy Valley CEO: Juan Mario Gomez with Xact Metal

Sometimes in business, it’s all about how the stars align. Xact Metal’s CEO Juan Mario Gomez spent decades working as an executive with GE before leaving to pursue a more entrepreneurial environment. A seemingly kismet meeting started what’s now a fast-growing company. After leaving GE, Gomez connected with Invent Penn State and the Happy Valley […]

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02/22/2022
Turning hard problems into easy ones

A new software tool can accelerate materials science research by cutting out tedious background research on material properties. Developed by Penn State and Sandia National Laboratories researchers, propSym is an open-source software on the programming platform MATLAB that calculates the fundamental constants needed to describe the physical properties of solids, such as metals, ceramics or […]

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02/22/2022
The business of marketing B2B: Surprising, interesting and unexpected

According to Blink VP Mark Dello Stritto, B2B players — from tech companies to manufacturers — are facing new challenges when it comes to marketing and sales, requiring decision-makers to step out of their comfort zones. Mark Dello Stritto knows advertising and marketing. Working in agency roles in Pittsburgh before relocating to Happy Valley, he […]

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02/22/2022
The road to redemption runs through Tyrone

How failure, gumption and the power of friendship created one of the biggest European motorsport franchises on the East Coast When Josh Nolten and Dave Myers became friends at Park Forest Junior High, mainly because their last names and thus their lockers were so dang close together, they never imagined that one day they’d be […]

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