Redwing Gropu

By Jamie Oberdick

Two-dimensional materials are vital for the type of semiconductors that will push the future of electronic…

Susan Trolier-McKinstry

While a lot of the focus on fighting climate change lands on things like gasoline vehicles and factory emissions, computers gobble up…

chip packaging

The big news around semiconductors, the factor that drove the CHIPS for America Act, was and is the supply chain. Many in the media…

Saptarshi Das NSF Career

Silicon has been king for a long time in computer technology. It is the namesake for America’s technology hub, Silicon Valley. However…

Penn State's Center for Nanotechnology Education and Utliization

By Jamie Oberdick

A key to America's future semiconductor success story will be building a skilled workforce, a well-prepared…

terrones holds a sampl

In some ways, Mauricio Terrones is a gardener. An Evan Pugh University Professor and The Penn State Verne M. Willaman Professor of…

Student examines sample in Chu's lab

By Jamie Oberdick

Your cellphone probably would not work very well in space. That is because outer space is full of radiation,…

Microcircuit

By Jamie Oberdick

Many people think of semiconductors as vital for computers, but they have another characteristic that makes…