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Located in University Park, PA 17,000 faculty and staff 100,000 students Over $800 million in research spending 1 Largest student-run philanthropic organization, “THON” has raised over $114m for pediatric cancer research and patient care since 1973

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  1. Located in University Park, PA • 17,000 faculty and staff • 100,000 students • Over $800 million in research spending1 • Largest student-run philanthropic organization, “THON” has raised over $114m for pediatric cancer research and patient care since 1973 • Known internationally for our football, ice cream and materials research! • 1FY2012 WE ARE …

  2. 59 Faculty, Associated Faculty, and Research Associates • 230 Undergraduate Students • 130 Graduate Students • 14 Interdisciplinary Research Centers (10 are NSF IUCRC) MatSE @ Penn State

  3. #8 ranked undergraduate program in U.S.1 • #11 ranked graduate program in U.S.1 • #1 in materials research spending 2 • $73m in materials related research 2 • $11m/year in research expenditures • 1 U.S. News & World Report 2014 • 2 NSF FY2012 MatSE @ Penn State

  4. Research Centers • Battery and Energy Storage Technology (BEST) Center • Center for 2-Dimensional and Layered Materials • Center for Computational Materials Design (CCMD) • Center for Dielectrics and Piezoelectrics (CDP) • Center for Innovative Materials Processing Through Direct Digital Deposition (CIMP-3D) • Center for Innovative Sintered Products (CISP)

  5. Research Centers • Center for Nanomedicine and Materials (CNM) • Center for Nanoscale Science (NSF MRSEC) • Center on Optical Wireless Applications (COWA) • Center for Solar Nanomaterials • Center for the Study of Polymeric Systems (CSPS) • Electrochemical Engine Center • Electrochemical Technologies Program • International Center for Actuators and Transducers (ICAT)

  6. Materials Research Institute (MRI) • MRI is a catalyst for multidisciplinary education and innovations in materials encompassing • 5 Colleges • 15 Departments • 200+ Faculty • 100 Researchers • 800+ Graduate students • 40,000 sqft quiet labs shielded from vibration/electromagnetism • 10,000 sqft Class 1000/100 clean rooms • 4,000 sqftCollaborative space Millennium Science Center / MRI

  7. Facilities include: Nanofabrication Laboratory Piezoelectric and pyroelectric complex oxides, epitaxial graphene devices and research, atomic layer deposition, lithography on curved surfaces, complimentary characterization techniques Materials Characterization Laboratory Fully-staffed, open access, analytical research facility Millennium Science Center / MRI

  8. Home to • Faculty, Staff, Departmental offices • Teaching labs, Computer lab • Conference rooms • Student meeting/common areas • Advanced Processing Lab • Mechanical Testing Lab Steidle Building Built in 1929, last remodel 1940 image at left shows current footprint (3rd floor)

  9. Renovations to begin 2014! • New glass atrium will span center of building, creating expansive lab space linked by central stairway • Greatly expanded conference facilities, student meeting and study areas • New auditorium classroom and computer lab • New main entrance at rear of building Steidle Building: Renovations New floorplan shows central atrium replacing the 1940 addition

  10. Steidle Building: Renovations Renderings of new 1st floor main lobby Area (above) exterior of new main entrance at what is currently rearof Building (left)

  11. Example of completed EYP Architects projects shown for reference only Steidle Building: Renovations

  12. Example of completed EYP Architects projects shown for reference only Steidle Building: Renovations

  13. Example of completed EYP Architects projects shown for reference only Example of completed EYP Architects projects shown for reference only Steidle Building: Renovations

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