When Americans get sick, we drive to the nearest health clinic to visit a doctor. In rural South Africa, it is often times more practical for the care to come to the patient. Penn State engineering students work in South Africa to bring improvements to these mobile medical clinics.
We all know that Penn State is highly regarded one of the best science and engineering schools and as a world-class research institution. Well, now we’re getting another weapon in our research arsenal. The Titan S/TEM (that’s scanning/transmission electron microscope for all you non-engineering nerds) is one of the world’s most powerful electron microscopes, and its on it’s way to it’s new home in the Millenium Science Complex.
Penn State professor Michael Mann has been a leader in climate change research. As a result, conservatives have berated the climatologist because they allege he has manipulated his findings. Three months ago, the Competitive Enterprise Institute and The National Review likened the professor to Jerry Sandusky. Michael Mann is now suing for damages.
A Penn State team is working in a contest from Google to send a space craft to the moon before 2015. I can't believe this isn't like, huge news - but it's been happening since 2011. They have students and Penn State advisers working together to send the Lunar Lion to the moon - except landing on the surface isn't enough! Read more to find out what the Lunar Lion is.
The ARWU is often used when it comes to, frankly, showing off. Plenty of schools use it as their legitimate ranking in speaking with media or simply letting future students know how great their school is. Let's face it, saying you go to one of the top 50 schools on the planet sounds pretty awesome.
For the past thirteen years, the Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics has educated Arts Fest attendees about the wonders and the mysteries of the universe. AstroFest 2012 aims to provide the lay community with a basic understanding of nature.