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The ability of piezoelectric materials to convert mechanical energy into electrical energy and vice versa makes them useful for various applications from robotics to communication to sensors.
Penn State facility enables development of new ultra-thin materials for advanced electronics Roman Herbert-Engel, assistant professor of materials science and engineering, characterizes chalcogenide thin films with a graduate student in a Two-Dimensional Crystal Consortium lab in 2017. Image: Penn State MRI NSF renews funding for Two-Dimensional Crystal Consortium May 25, 2021 UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — The National Science Foundation (NSF) announced a renewal of funding for the Materials Innovation Platform (MIP) national user facility at Penn State’s Materials Research Institute (MRI), ...
Jennifer Hampton Receives H.O.P.E. Award Posthumously May 17, 2021 — by Public Affairs and Marketing Jennifer Hampton Receives H.O.P.E. Award Posthumously Dr. Jennifer Hampton of the Hope College physics faculty, who was killed in an automobile accident in Holland on Sunday, March 14, has received this year’s Hope Outstanding Professor Educator (H.O.P.E.) Award from the graduating Class of 2021. The H.O.P.E. award, first given in 1965, is presented by the graduating class to the ...
Hope College physics professor dies in car accident Dr. Jennifer Hampton of the Hope College physics faculty was killed in a car accident in Holland on Sunday, March 14. Credit: Hope College Published: 1:17 PM EDT March 15, 2021 Updated: 1:41 PM EDT March 15, 2021 On Sunday, Dr. Jennifer Hampton of the Hope College physics faculty was killed in a car accident in Holland. Hampton, who was 48, was a professor of physics and department chair at Hope, where she had taught since 2007 and was a dedicated mentor of students in collaborative research. “This loss brin...
The work could make it possible to produce clean water at a lower cost. Desalination membranes remove salt and other chemicals from water, a process critical to the health of society, cleaning billions of gallons of water for agriculture, energy production, and drinking. The idea seems simple—push salty water through and clean water comes out the other side—but it contains complex intricacies that scientists are still trying to understand. The research team, in partnership with DuPont Water Solutions, solved an important aspect of this mystery, opening the door to reduce costs of clean wa...