Industrial Research Office

Overview of Nanotechnology Research at Penn State

• Penn State Statistics:
  • Ranked #1 by the NSF among universities for materials research expenditures
  • More than 200 faculty members who are materials scientists, and nearly 100 who are nanotechnologists
  • $110 million nanotechnology funding from federal agencies since 2000
  • State-of-the-art, 275,000 square foot, $125 million nano-bio-materials complex is under construction

• Find expertise to meet your needs
  The Industrial Research Office will find the faculty expertise or research center with the capabilities to meet your research needs.
• nano@Penn State Brochure (PDF)
• Nano at Penn State Web site
• Press release: Penn State nanotechnology ranks among best in Small Times survey (PDF)

Materials Research Institute

• Materials Research Institute Web site

• MRI Brochure (PDF)

Facilities at Penn State

• NEW: Millennium Science Complex
  Penn State’s showplace research building for 21st century science
• National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network (NNIN) at Penn State

• Materials Characterization Lab (PDF)

• Nanofabrication Laboratory (PDF)
• W.M. Keck Smart Materials Integration Lab (PDF)

Technologies Available for Licensing

• Penn State nanotech inventions that are available for licensing

Nano Research Centers

• Center for Nanoscale Science
  Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC) funded by the NSF.
  • Research highlights ("Nuggets")
• Center for Computational Materials Design

• Engineering Nano Characterization Center
• Center for NanoCellulosics
• Materials Simulation Center Brochure (PDF)

Newsletters and Publications

• Focus on Materials
  Research bulletin of the Materials Research Institute
• The IRON
  Industrial Research Office Newsletter highlights faculty, research centers, and industry-University partnerships

• How to Build Nanotech Motors
  Scientific American, by Penn State researchers Thomas E. Mallouk and Ayusman Sen
• Penn State Annual Report of Research Activity - $717 million in FY 2008
• Research | Penn State
  Official research magazine of Penn State

Education and Training

• Center for Nanotechnology Education and Utilization

• Design and Implementation of an Educational Laboratory for Nanofabrication Manufacturing Technology - recorded webcast