University Name:

The Pennsylvania State University

Location:

University Park, PA, and 23 other locations in Pennsylvania

Founded:

1855

RUA Member since:

2010

Enrollment:

95,000 students across 24 campuses

Mission Statement:

Penn State is a multicampus public research university that educates students from Pennsylvania, the nation and the world, and improves the well being and health of individuals and communities through integrated programs of teaching, research, and service.

Our instructional mission includes undergraduate, graduate, professional, and continuing education offered through both resident instruction and online delivery. Our educational programs are enriched by the cutting edge knowledge, diversity, and creativity of our faculty, students, and staff.

Our research, scholarship, and creative activity promote human and economic development, global understanding, and progress in professional practice through the expansion of knowledge and its applications in the natural and applied sciences, social sciences, arts, humanities, and the professions.

As Pennsylvania's land-grant university, we provide unparalleled access and public service to support the citizens of the Commonwealth. We engage in collaborative activities with industrial, educational, and agricultural partners here and abroad to generate, disseminate, integrate, and apply knowledge that is valuable to society.

RUA Capabilities: 

Penn State University has a suite of interdisciplinary cross-university institutes, including the Penn State Institutes of Energy and the Environment, the Institute for Cyber Science, and the Materials Research Institute.  These are supported by several college-level institutes, with the Earth and Mineral Sciences Energy Institute and Earth and Environmental Systems Institute of particular relevance to the NETL mission.  The institutes and colleges offer more than a dozen centers with fossil energy relevance, including the Center for Computation Materials Design, the Center for Dielectric Studies, the Center for Advanced Power Generation, the Propulsion Engineering Research Center, and the Center for Geomechanics, Geofluids, and Geohazards (G3).

Penn State has a range of unique laboratory and instrumentation capabilities, including the world renowned Material Characterization Laboratory, with TEM, SEM, surface analysis and molecular spectroscopy, particle and thermal analysis, and x-ray diffraction. The Materials Research Institute hosts these core facilities as well as user facilities for nanofabrication and nanoindentation. The Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences core facilities include extensive genomics and molecular biology capabilities as well as a shared fermentation facility.  Specialized experimental facilities are available for turbulent combustion studies, mechanical testing, and rock and sediment mechanics.  Centralized computer facilities support high-performance computing, including a range of specialized software for materials simulation and computational convection. The Applied Research Laboratory does prototype R&D for the Office of Naval Research, among other clients, supporting materials and manufacturing facilities for laser processing, thermoacoustic machine testing, and assisted sintering technology.

Highlighted Researchers:

• Chunshan Song
• Dan Haworth
• Karen Thole
• Zi-Kui Li

University RUA Contact:

Tom Richard, 814-880-1014