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【简介】 The faculty’s research interests span the subdisciplines of materials science and engineering and generate more than $10 million in project funding each year. The research areas in the department range from biomaterials, fuel cells and smart materials to nanoscale materials and computational materials science and design, among many others.
Besides their research activities, faculty members’ responsibilities include teaching and advising students, maintaining academic standards, disseminating research results,and performing other services for the University. Many have received prestigious awards for their research contributions and productivity. The materials science and engineering faculty heads a number of interdisciplinary research centers. The Materials Characterization Laboratory, providing a home for major analytical instrumentation like FESEM, HRTEM, SEMS, ESCA, and others. The faculty also participate in CISP or a focus for interdisciplinary research activities (the Electronic Materials and Processing Research Laboratory, the Particulate Materials Center, Center for Dielectric Studies, Smart Materials Integration Lab).
The department is regarded as a leader among materials science and engineering organizations. The latest study by the National Research Council ranked the department among the country’s top ten materials science departments. University-wide, total research funding for materials is now more than $50 million annually. Recent major successful funding efforts include: the state-supported facility for fabrication of Smart Materials and Devices; the NSF-funded Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC) on Collective Phenomena in Porous Hosts, and the NSF-supported Nanoscale Interdisciplinary Research Teams (NIRT), of which the materials science and engineering department has two, bringing $2.95 million to the department.
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
121 Steidle Building The Pennsylvania State University University Park, PA 16802
Phone: (814) 865-0497 Fax: (814) 865-2917
Gary L. Messing Distinguished Professor of Ceramic Science and Engineering Head, Materials Science and Engineering 121 Steidle Bldg. University Park, PA 16802 (814) 865-2262 messing@matse.psu.edu
