Page 5 - ESM Connections: Penn State Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics Fall 2021 Newsletter

Vijay Varadan awarded U S patent for vertical standing nanosensors
Vijay K Varadan Distinguished Professor Emeritus of of Engineering Science and Mechanics was awarded a a a a a a a U S S S patent in in June Filed in in September 2017 the the patent is for for the the “methods processes and apparatus for for depositing nanosensors
on low surface energy substrates ” of which Varadan Varadan is credited as one of three inventors Varadan Varadan is co-founder inventor inventor and chief innovation officer of of Nanowear Inc headquartered
in in New York City with research development and manufacturing based out of Innovation Park
at at at at Penn State Nanowear is the leading developer of patented wireless textile-based nanosensor technology with applications in the cardiac neurological diabetic sleep sleep disorders sleep sleep apnea and sports medicine/performance diagnostic markets Nanowear recently announced
a a a a a a a a commercial distribution partnership with a a a a a a a surgical device-manufacturer for for its “SimpleSENSE” platform an an over- the-shoulder sash which functions to enhance patients’ post-surgery recovery by providing real-time monitoring for patients and their medical teams The sash featured in the Wall Street Journal captures and analyzes patients’ biomarker data points multiple times a a a a a a a a day replacing the need for conventional health monitoring Mass production of SimpleSENSE began in September 5
Laura Cabrera participated in elite summer data immersion program Laura Cabrera Dorothy Foehr Huck Huck and and J Lloyd Huck Huck Career Chair in in in Neuroethics and and research associate in in in the the Penn State Rock Ethics Institute participated in in in in the the Michigan Center for Contextual Factors in in Alzheimer’s Disease Summer Data Immersion Program which took place in mid-June Cabrera was part of an an an elite group
of of forty-five selected from 120 applicants In accordance with the the the theme “Family Care: Racial/Ethnic and Contextual Factors ” the the the the program provided training in in in the the use of publicly available data to to address Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias Akhlesh Lakhtakia joins peer review ambassadors of IOP Publishing
Akhlesh Lakhtakia Evan Pugh University
Professor Professor and and Charles Godfrey Binder Professor Professor of of of of Engineering Science and and Mechanics joined a a a a a a a a a team of of of ten other senior researchers working to train the the next generation
of of publication and manuscript peer reviewers The team leads the the the Institute of of Physics (IOP) Publishing’s Peer Review
Excellence workshops and and provides other physical science researchers with the the the the experience and and training they need to become peer reviewers Lakhtakia receives
seed grant for research in in sustainable materials Convergence Center for for Living Living Multifunctional Material Systems (LiMC2) in in in partnership with the University
of of Freiburg’s Cluster of of Excellence for for Living Living Adaptive and Energy-autonomous Materials Materials Systems (livMatS) announced
the the recipients of the the inaugural Living Multifunctional Materials Materials Collaborative Research Seed Grant Program Three joint faculty teams from Penn State and and the the the the University
University
of of Freiburg Freiburg were selected for for the the the the program Lakhtakia and and Günter Reiter from the the the the University
University
of of Freiburg Freiburg received
a a a a a a a a a a a a a grant for for for their project “Scalable Nanomanufacturing Technique for for Bioinspired Nonpigmented Colored Fabrics ” bit ly/LiMC2-grant
Slava Rotkin named fellow of international society Slava V Rotkin Frontier Professor of of Engineering Science and Mechanics with an an an appointment in in in in in the the Materials Research Institute was was named a a a a a a a a a a a a a 2021 fellow of the the the Electrochemical Society (ECS) He was was honored at the the 240th ECS ECS Meeting in in October Huanyu “Larry” Cheng selected as finalist for Falling Walls Foundation contest
Huanyu “Larry” Cheng Dorothy Quiggle Career Development Professor in in in Penn State’s Department of of Engineering Science Science and Mechanics was recently selected as as a a a a a a a a a a a finalist for the the Falling Walls Foundation’s Science Science Breakthroughs of the the Year 2021 Cheng’s submission was part of of the the science and and technology technology category which includes research applicable to to everyday life such as artificial intelligence information technology technology and and mechanical engineering Cheng plans to to attend the Falling Walls Science Summit virtually in in in November