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Focus on Materials

Spring 2006

 

In This Issue:

Focus On BioMaterials

 

Features:

 

sensor

Fine-Tuning Sensors for Health, Security, and the Economy

Penn State is a hotbed for research


glass blower

The Art and Science of Glass

Materials at the interface of arts and science


new device

A Simple Device Grows Some Amazing Bone Cell Tissue

Materials scientists and biologists find a better way to study breast cancer

 

Director's Message

This second issue of Focus on Materials addresses biomaterials and sensors, but the subliminal message is collaboration: collaboration between disciplines, between people, and their collaborative use of new knowledge.

 

Materials Research Anchors the I-99 Corridor

Economic partners work to promote high-tech emplyment.

 

Engineering Students Help MD Design Tool for the Operating Room

A model for the University I-99 Alliance cooperation

 

Faculty Spotlight: Dr. Mary Frecker

The Engineering Design and Optimization Group (EDOG) members perform theoretical, computational, and experimental research that will impact both our health and national defense.


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