Happy Valley: Home of the smart chip?

Daily innovation fueled by a unique blend of research and entrepreneurial spirit Happy Valley’s heritage of research and innovation has shaped it into an Industry 4.0 hub, and there’s no better evidence of its influence on global industry than what’s happening among businesses and incubators and in research facilities right now. Penn State research is […]

While you’re reading this, pharmaceutical companies are testing and developing over 400 different drugs and vaccines to fight infectious diseases ranging from HIV to tuberculous to COVID-19. Many of these drugs you will not hear about for another decade. During this early testing phase—years before these drugs are ready for the public or even ready […]

A Penn State professor has collaborated with researchers in China to develop an “electronic skin” sensor that mimics dynamic human motion, and their breakthrough could change the future for severely disabled people.  Huanyu “Larry” Cheng is Penn State’s Dorothy Quiggle Early Career Professor in engineering science and mechanics, and he’s been named on Forbes 30 […]

This year’s Penn State Materials Day, Nov. 10–11, is free, open to the public and virtual — offering anyone interested in attending the opportunity to check out all the amazing innovations happening here in Materials Valley. This year’s theme is Convergence of Materials and Life, and looks at materials and devices on and inside the […]

This fall, industry practitioners from more than 60 companies – doctors and teachers, gas & oil and aerospace engineers – will be learning how to use 3D printing to revolutionize their professions. The first of its kind in the world, Penn State’s Master of Engineering in Additive Manufacturing and Design program educates the next generation’s […]

When doctoral candidate Eric Kennehan had to spend three weeks in the lab making spectroscopic measurements around the clock, “grumpy and sleep deprived,” he had no idea that he was on the verge of creating something groundbreaking.  “I was working on PhD in Chemistry and my advisor wanted me to perform some measurements for my […]