Prolific IBM inventor takes on Penn State Research: Let’s make this into Happy Silicon Valley
By Stephanie Kalina-Metzger Photo: Provided. All it took for Madhavan Swaminathan was a little encouragement to jumpstart his career in innovation. The new head of the Department of Electrical Engineering in Penn State’s School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science comes to Penn State by way of Georgia Tech, where he spent 28 years leading […]
Take the survey! How is tech pain hurting your company?
If you could wave a magic wand, what IT pain points would vanish at your company? Do other Happy Valley companies share the same pain points? Who has found the magic solution? Weigh in with your insights in our technology pain survey — just 8 questions — and join the Happy Valley brain trust as […]
Finding inspiration in the tiny-but-mighty hummingbird
By Holly Riddle You don’t need to be a mechanical engineering professor like Penn State’s Dr. Bo Cheng to recognize that hummingbirds contrast significantly with their avian relatives. The smallest of bird species, hummingbirds flit and dart their way from food source to food source in a way no other bird can. Flying backward, forward […]
Disruptive Tech: Meet the company that’s making researchers rethink possibilities
By Cara Aungst Magnitude Instruments founder Eric Kennehan. Photo: Provided. A few years ago, before Magnitude Instruments was formed, a renowned professor at a major research university published an article decrying the use of transient absorption spectroscopy (TAS) in research. The professor concluded that transient absorption, which generally used very high-intensity lasers to record chemical […]
PSU researchers tackling national organ transplant shortage
By Jeff Cavanaugh Dr. Amir Sheikhi and his team are working to address nationwide organ transplant shortage at Shekhi Lab at Penn State University. Photo: Penn State. Penn State researchers have developed a potentially groundbreaking solution to the nationwide organ transplant shortage, using a new class of bioinks that produces engineered live tissue using 3D printing […]
“Materials matter at a human level:” highlights from Materials Day
By Cara Aungst Photo: Penn State On October 20-21, Materials Day at Penn State showcased two things that University excels in: breakthroughs in materials science, and collaborating with industry and government entities to propel innovations into the marketplace. This year’s event, which was held in person after a two-year hiatus, focused on research discoveries being […]
Targeting the world’s most difficult challenges
By Holly Riddle Penn State is frequently ranked as one of the top research universities in the world. Earlier this year, the National Science Foundation ranked Penn State as 22nd in the country in total research expenditures, fourth for “breadth and depth of research enterprise,” first for work in materials science, second in materials engineering […]
Happy Valley remains a bright spot in a darkening economy
By Timothy Kelly The home of the CIMP-3D Lab. Research at Penn State has been the foundation of many local high tech and deep tech start-ups. Photo: T. Kelly The S&P 500 is down 8.5% in the last six months. The gross domestic product percentage change from the preceding quarter was negative in the first […]
Happy Valley: Home of the smart chip?
By Jeff Cavanaugh Across the globe, people rely on smart technology every second of the day, but current security technology within smart devices is lacking in energy conservation and overall efficiency. A team of Penn State researchers hopes to change that. Photo: Kelby Hochreither, Penn State A team of Penn State researchers led by Saptarshi […]
