Edwin Gamble. Renaissance Lieder. The Penn State Music Series, No. 4. University Park: Pennsylvania State University, 1964. 24 pp. $2.25.

1967 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 495-496
Author(s):  
Allan Atlas
Keyword(s):  
State University ◽  
Pennsylvania State University ◽  
Penn State

“Materials” Education: The Second Time Around

MRS Bulletin ◽  
1992 ◽  
Vol 17 (9) ◽  
pp. 22-26
Author(s):  
Rustum Roy
Keyword(s):  
Materials Science ◽  
Atomic Energy Commission ◽  
State University ◽  
Pennsylvania State University ◽  
School Committee ◽  
Penn State ◽  
Materials Research ◽  
Materials Science And Engineering ◽  
Synthesis And Processing ◽  
Institute Of Technology

Robert Sproull, the director of AREA (Advanced Research Projects Agency) in the Pentagon, recorded that Pennsylvania State University and Carnegie Institute of Technology first made proposals in 1957 for “interdisciplinary block funding” in what would essentially become “materials” research. But it was the industrial push (by W.O. Baker of AT&T Bell Laboratories and C.G. Suits of General Electric) that helped ARPA start the funding of 12 interdisciplinary materials research laboratories (IDMRLs) between 1960 and 1963. Pennsylvania State University was added in 1963 as a special modest grant limited to materials preparation (synthesis and processing). NASA and the Atomic Energy Commission added six more within two years. The first interdisciplinary degree program in “materials” (then called solid-state technology), administered directly by a graduate school committee drawn from 10 departments, was started under my chairmanship, at Penn State in 1959-60. Probably the first departmental degree program in which a metallurgy department expanded its scope (and changed its name) to include other materials was started at nearly the same time at North western University by Prof. M.E. Fine. It is noteworthy that at least in these two cases the intellectual and curricular argument for integration of degree work preceded the research grants and organization. These two separate patterns have both now permeated the entire national system, and we should clearly distinguish between them. By 1969 the first national colloquy on materials, held at Penn State and published under the title Materials Science and Engineering in the U.S., took an evaluative look at materials education.

A Study on Situated Cognition: Product Dissection’s Effect on Redesign Activities

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katie Grantham ◽  
Gu¨l Okudan ◽  
Timothy W. Simpson ◽  
Omar Ashour
Keyword(s):  
Science And Technology ◽  
Situated Cognition ◽  
First Year ◽  
State University ◽  
Pennsylvania State University ◽  
First Year Students ◽  
Improve Product ◽  
Penn State ◽  
Electric Toothbrush ◽  
Research Questions

Situation cognition theory describes the context of a learning activity’s effect on learner’s cognition. In this paper, we use situated cognition theory to examine the effect of product dissection on product redesign activities. Two research questions were addressed: 1) Does situated cognition, in the form of product dissection, improve product functionality during redesign exercise?, and 2) Does situation cognition, again in the form of product dissection, affect the creativity of product redesigns? In this study, three sections of first year students in two different locations — The Pennsylvania State University (Penn State) and Missouri University of Science and Technology (S&T) — performed product redesign using either an electric toothbrush or a coffee maker. The redesigned products have been analyzed with respect to both depth (detail level) and creativity.

scholarly journals The displaced librarian: Providing research services to your campus without a library

2019 ◽  
Vol 80 (2) ◽  
pp. 92
Author(s):  
Alexandria Chisholm ◽  
Brett Spencer
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Group Work ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
State University ◽  
Pennsylvania State University ◽  
Help Desk ◽  
Penn State ◽  
Student Center

Penn State-Berks is one of 24 commonwealth campuses in the Pennsylvania State University (PSU) system. With around 2,800 students, it is a small, tight knit community, yet remains one of the largest campuses outside of University Park.While the campus is spacious and beautiful, one feature it lacks is an adequate student center, which makes the Thun Library the heart of the campus. Not only does the library provide traditional and valued services, such as access to textbooks on reserve, computer and software access, and research assistance, it is also a location where students gather to study, hang out between classes, and conduct group work. With a large commuter population, the library offers vital spaces for those without dorm rooms to complete their work. In addition, several other departments are also housed within the building, including the Center for Teaching and Learning along with the information technology (IT) help desk.

scholarly journals 50th Anniversary Celebrations of Atomic-Resolution Imaging

2005 ◽  
Vol 13 (6) ◽  
pp. 46-47
Author(s):  
Thomas F. Kelly ◽  
Allan J. Melmed
Keyword(s):  
50Th Anniversary ◽  
Atomic Resolution ◽  
State University ◽  
Pennsylvania State University ◽  
Field Ion Microscopy ◽  
The World ◽  
Penn State ◽  
History Of ◽  
Resolution Imaging ◽  
Ion Microscopy

October 2005 marks 50 years since the first images achieving atomic resolution were obtained by Erwin Miiller and Kanwar Bahadur at the Pennsylvania State University using field ion microscopy. An image from that seminal work is shown in Figure 1. Two separate meetings were held this year to commemorate this important event in the history of microscopy; the 50th Anniversary of Atomic Resolution Microscopy, held June 15-17, 2005 at Penn State and the Golden Anniversary of Atomic Resolution Imaging, a symposium at Microscopy and Microanalysis 2005 in Honolulu held July 31 to August 4, 2005. These celebrations were timed to coincide also with the World Year of Physics 2005 http://www. wyp2005.org/.

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