2011 Penn State Research News

Study to explore need for supportive care in heart failure cases

Larson Institute receives $3.5 million grant to lead federal transportation center

The U. S. Department of Transportation has awarded a $3.5-million grant to the Thomas D. Larson Pennsylvania Transportation Institute at Penn State.

$1.3 million grant supports new study of global terrorist involvement

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Science and Technology Directorate is providing $1.3 million to Penn State for a groundbreaking new study of the motivations and behaviors of terrorist actors.

Penn State receives $2.3 million organic-agriculture research grant

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has awarded Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences a $2.3 million grant to investigate improved production of organic commodities

A message from Penn State Interim President Rodney Erickson

Penn State Interim President Rodney Erickson addresses current events.

DOE nuclear program awards $1.6 million to Penn State

The U.S. Department of Energy's Nuclear Energy University Programs have awarded three Penn State-led projects $1.6 million.

Penn State awarded $3.3 million to build instrument for finding planets in habitable zones around nearby stars

The National Science Foundation has awarded Penn State a $3.3-million grant to help in the search for Earth-like planets.

Gift to create advanced turbine lab at Penn State

United Technologies Corp. presented a gift to Penn State to help create a state-of-the-art turbine testing lab.

Offshore wind power project awarded $1.2 million from DOE

The DOE has awarded Penn State $1.2 million to develop a computational Cyber Wind Facility to better collect data.

Dow invests $1.25 million in Penn State research projects

Dow Chemical Co. awarded $1.25 million in research grants to Penn State for flexible and printed electronics, and chemical linguistic analysis. Penn State was one of only 11 universities nationwide to receive this funding.

Electric aircraft team wins a record $1.35-million NASA prize

Assistant professor of aerospace engineering Jack W. Langelaan, and his Penn State engineering team, were awarded first place at the Comparative Aircraft Flight Efficiency (CAFE) Foundation Green Flight Challenge held October 4. The team captured the #1.35 million prize - the largest prize ever awarded in aviation history.

Lithium-sulfur battery research receives $5 million from DOE

Penn State received a three-year, $5 million grant from the Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy. It will be part of DOE's Advanced Vehicle Research and Development program, which aims to improving fuel efficiency of next generation vehicles.

Industrial Research and Intellectual Property Offices Merge

The Industrial Research Office (IRO) and the Intellectual Property Office (IPO) will cease to be standalone offices at Penn State; instead they have merged to form a new Office of Technology Management (OTM).

Penn State CyberScience Task Force Publishes Report

A strategic CyberScience initiative for Penn State: Report of the CyberScience Task Force.

Partnership formed to find alternative uses for Marcellus Shale gas

A new industry-led initiative to promote in-state use of Marcellus Shale natural gas by developing a system to recover waste heat from electricity was announced June 30 at the Natural Gas Utilization Workshop at Penn State.

Final shuttle mission includes College of Medicine experiment

When NASA’s final space shuttle mission begins on Friday, so will an experiment on bone density by researchers in the Penn State College of Medicine.

Smeal among top business schools globally for research productivity

The Penn State Smeal College of Business is ranked 15th among all U.S. and international business schools and fourth among publicly supported schools for scholarly research output, according to data from the University of Texas at Dallas (UTD).

Penn State team wins 4th place at national EcoCAR competition

Students from Penn State won fourth place and brought home a number of other awards at the EcoCAR: The NeXt Challenge competition, held in Milford, Mich., and Washington, D.C.

Ag gets $5 million grant to study food insecurity, food system

Funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the project brings together researchers, educators, entrepreneurs and community leaders from a 12-state region to shed light on how the food system can better serve all Americans.

Penn State receives $27.3 million NIH grant

Penn State won a $27.3 million, five-year award from the National Institutes of Health designed to accelerate the translation of scientific discovery into methods for improving public health.