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Engineering professor named fellow of American Nuclear Society
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Two Penn State engineering faculty receive top IEEE awards
September 01, 2023
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Penn State joins $360 million national water research effort
April 11, 2022
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Coal creation mechanism uncovered
November 11, 2021
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Engineer to measure the efficiency of comfortable, useful lighting
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Second Energy University forum to focus on education March 5
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Four new faculty members join Department of Chemical Engineering
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Nuclear engineering professor to speak at Schlow Library
October 30, 2019
START Lab awarded $6 million to develop national experimental turbine
September 04, 2019
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Energy 2100: Building the future energy economy
March 11, 2019
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New materials, energy, environment seed grant funding available
February 18, 2019
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High-performance buildings will be focus of Nov. 2 meeting
October 23, 2018
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Seed grant funding available for energy, environmental research
October 04, 2018
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Engineering professor named fellow of American Nuclear Society
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Two Penn State engineering faculty receive top IEEE awards
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Scientists identify new mechanism of corrosion
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Penn State joins $360 million national water research effort
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Coal creation mechanism uncovered
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Engineer to measure the efficiency of comfortable, useful lighting
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Second Energy University forum to focus on education March 5
February 25, 2021
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Nuclear engineering professor to speak at Schlow Library
October 30, 2019
START Lab awarded $6 million to develop national experimental turbine
September 04, 2019
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Energy 2100: Building the future energy economy
March 11, 2019
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New materials, energy, environment seed grant funding available
February 18, 2019
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High-performance buildings will be focus of Nov. 2 meeting
October 23, 2018
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Seed grant funding available for energy, environmental research
October 04, 2018
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