Innovation Park building renamed for pioneering Penn State alumna
Credit Michel Lee Garrett, Penn State Shirley M. Malcom, Penn State alumna and senior advisor at the American Association for the Advancement of Science, was recognized on April 8th at Innovation Park where the 329 Building was renamed in her honor. Dr. Malcolm is a leader in the sciences and a pioneering advocate for minorities in the […]
Legacy gift inspired by shared vision for better, more resilient future and commitment to achieving it
Penn State alumni Ron and Kathy del Papa want to pay it forward and make positive change. One way they’re hoping to achieve these goals is through a recent legacy gift to Penn State’s Institutes of Energy and the Environment (IEE). The del Papas’ gift was motivated by Penn State’s response to the tumultuous times […]
Engineering research reimagines concrete floors to advance construction innovation
A new research project led by Nathan Brown, assistant professor of architectural engineering at Penn State, is working to prove how designers could incorporate structural acoustic-optimized concrete slabs in building designs, cutting costs, reducing materials and decreasing the environmental footprint… without compromising areas like acoustics or structural properties. “If we put innovative ‘optimized’ floor systems […]
Trade technology: Organic Climbing is reviving a small town’s sewing trade to serve a global market
Organic Climbing, a small business producing high-quality climbing gear founded by Josh Helke, helped to keep Philipsburg, Pa.’s sewing industry from fading to a memory. The small town once produced high-end products, including Starter jackets, a favorite of 90s kids, before many of the manufacturing facilities were moved overseas. Organic Climbling was dreamed up near […]
Spring events flex Happy Valley’s networking and innovation muscle
Venture & IP Conference — April 28-29 What it is: The Invent Penn State Venture & IP Conference is one of the largest tech startup conferences in the Mid-Atlantic. The conference highlights innovations from high growth and emerging markets including IT, energy, advanced manufacturing, biotechnology, health care, B2B and B2C among others. With more than […]
Connecting Happy Valley innovation to the world
Happy Valley boasts a slew of innovative companies turning out products and solutions that are making health care, technology and research and development better. However, while many of these companies are international leaders in their industries, their expertise doesn’t always stretch as far as marketing and communications. When it comes to telling their stories to […]
MP Machinery emerges as technological world leader and problem solver
Founded in 2009 in State College to provide testing and consulting services to the power industry, MP Machinery and Testing, LLC (MPM) has grown into a high-technology company that offers a wide range of experimental, analytical and consulting services to various industries. MPM offers materials testing products, test machines and analytical services to industry and […]
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 […]
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 […]
