Welcome to the Materials Research Institute!
the gateway to materials research at Penn State.
The next Seminar(s):
September 4, 10:10 AM
26 Hosler Building
Steelmaking and Casting Technology
Thomas Tsai, Principal Research Engineer at the ArcelorMittal Global R&D Center
September 8, 12:00 PM
S-5 Osmond
Designing and Characterizing of Nanostructured Photoelectrodes for Dye Sensitized Solar Cells
Dr. Jung-Kun Lee, Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Pittsburgh
September 12, 8:45 AM
117 HUB
2008 Nelson W. Taylor Lecture in Materials: Complex Oxides
Guest Speaker: John B. Goodenough. Professor, The University of Texas at Austin, Virginia H. Cockrell Centennial Chair of Engineering
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With world-class facilities and equipment, and an emphasis on the creation of interdisciplinary groups and centers, the Materials Research Institute is dedicated to addressing the complex problems our country faces in health, the environment, energy, and national security.
MRI represents more than 200 Penn State materials faculty, 800 graduate students, 200 post docs, plus visiting scientists associated with 15 different departments and 5 colleges across the University. Penn State is proud to be one of the world leaders in materials research.
News & Events:
Nanotechnology Fabrication Based on Inorganic Replicas of Complex Biotemplates
The use of design concepts adapted from nature is a promising new route to the development of advanced materials. There are quite a number of terms such as biomimetics, biognosis, biomimicry, or even 'bionical creativity engineering' that refer to more or less the same thing: the application of methods and systems found in nature to the study and design of engineering systems and modern technology.
Polymer Electric Storage Flexible and Adaptable
The proliferation of solar, wind and even tidal electric generation and the rapid emergence of hybrid electric automobiles demands flexible and reliable methods of high-capacity electrical storage. Now a team of Penn State materials scientists is developing ferroelectric polymer-based capacitors that can deliver power more rapidly and are much lighter than conventional batteries.
