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Penn State’s Yang Yang honored for atomic-level understanding of materials

When dreams turn dark: Neuroscientists to study nightmares and mental health

Skin-like sensor monitors internal, external body movement, electrical signals

Four selected for inaugural Next-Gen Innovators Fellowship at Penn State

Engineering alumni society recognizes excellence at annual awards ceremony

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03

Wearable and Flexible Electrochemical Biosensors for Continues Healthcare Monitoring


350 Health & Human Development Building

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Sep
10

Electromechanical coupling at the nanoscale: The ubiquitous case of flexoelectricity

350 Human Health and Development Building
3:35-4:25 pm

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Sep
17

Liquid Crystals for Ultrafast (sub-picoseconds, femtoseconds) Photonics

350 Human Health and Development Building
3:35-4:25 pm

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The Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics

The Penn State Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics (ESM) is an internationally distinguished department that is recognized for its globally competitive excellence in engineering and scientific accomplishments, research, and educational leadership.

Our Engineering Science program is the official undergraduate honors program of the College of Engineering. We also offer graduate degrees in ESM, engineering mechanics, and engineering at the nano-scale.

We strive to offer a comprehensive education in which our students obtain the multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary engineering and scientific skills that enable them to pursue successful careers as world-class engineers across a wide range of disciplines.

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The Penn State Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics (ESM) is an internationally distinguished department that is recognized for its globally competitive excellence in engineering and scientific accomplishments, research, and educational leadership.

Our Engineering Science program is the official undergraduate honors program of the College of Engineering, attracting the University’s brightest engineering students. We also offer graduate degrees in ESM, engineering mechanics, engineering at the nano-scale, and an integrated undergraduate/graduate program.

Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics

212 Earth and Engineering Sciences Building

The Pennsylvania State University

University Park, PA 16802

Phone: 814-865-4523