Directory > Reference > Education > Colleges and Universities > North America > United States > Pennsylvania > Penn State University > Research Women in the Sciences and Engineering, Institute of A cross-disciplinary interaction among engineers, humanists, scientists, and social scientists to address the underrepresentation of women in the sciences and engineering at Penn State, nationally, and internationally. http://www.equity.psu.edu/wise/ Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Industrial Research Office Assists companies in identifying and accessing Penn State faculty expertise and research centers, and works to foster University-industry research partnerships. Personal attention is given to company representatives to assess their technical needs. http://www.techtransfer.psu.edu/iro Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Rotorcraft Center of Excellence Founded in January 1996 to develop programs focused on advancement of rotorcraft research and education. Includes approximately 30 graduate students and 12 faculty members. http://www.psu.edu/dept/rcoe/ Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Social Science Research Institute Missioned to promote research encompassing the wide range of skills and perspectives that are needed to solve complex social problems. http://www.ssri.psu.edu Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Computer Vision Laboratory Research spans a broad range of topics, such as autonomous navigation, automated visual inspection, document image analysis, human-computer interface systems, medical imaging and visualization, object recognition, telerobotics, and visual information management. http://vision.cse.psu.edu/ Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Improvement of Teaching and Learning, Center for the Current hot topics include early childhood training, study and prevention of school violence, principles and standards for school mathematics, and curriculum integration linkages. http://citl.hbg.psu.edu/ Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Pennsylvania State Data Center The Commonwealth's official source of demographic and economic data. http://pasdc.hbg.psu.edu/index.html Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Survey Research, Center for Established to provide professional and technical assistance to business and government in survey research methodologies. Missioned to serve the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania by providing data collection, analysis, technical assistance and training. http://pasdc.hbg.psu.edu/csr/ Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Teaching and Learning Consortium Assists in accelerating the efforts of that being done in different units (i.e., providing assistance for faculty and academic departments to develop and improve methods of teaching and learning) across the full breadth of the University. http://www.psu.edu/dept/tlc/ Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Sustainable Forestry Partnership The Partnership identifies forestry issues & trends, designs & conducts research, develops education & training materials and events, and provides assistance to sustainable forestry stakeholders. http://sfp.cas.psu.edu/ Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Propulsion Engineering Research Center With the support and guidance of NASA, established to enhance and broaden the capabilities of America's engineering community to meet the future needs of the propulsion industry. http://www.psu.edu/dept/PERC/ Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Prevention Research Center Aims to promote the well-being of children and youth and to reduce the prevalence of high-risk behaviors and poor outcomes in children, families and communities. http://www.prevention.psu.edu/ Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Poultry Education and Research Center Dedicated on May 19, 1994, the $6 million center consists of six buildings occupying about 50,000 square feet. These include Research, Meat Bird, Pullet, Cage Layer and Market Turkey, Breeder, and Processing buildings. http://poultry.cas.psu.edu/perc.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Population Research Institute Encourages, organizes, and supports innovative research and training in the population sciences, by providing research and data collection, graduate and postdoctoral training, core services, and publications and events. http://www.pop.psu.edu/ Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Pennsylvania Space Grant Consortium Seeks to increase the development and utilization of space resources; encourage training, research, and public service in space-related areas; recruit and train professionals for space-related careers; promote a strong science, math, and technology educational base; and promote opportunities for underrepresented groups. http://www.psu.edu/dept/spacegrant/ Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Pennsylvania Cooperative Fish & Wildlife Research Unit A research unit created to conduct interdisciplinary applied and basic research in fish and wildlife management and contribute to graduate education. http://pacfwru.cas.psu.edu/ Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Pennsylvania Forestry Association A broad-based citizens group providing sound forest management advice to its members and promoting wise stewardship of all forest resources for the citizens of the Commonwealth. http://pfa.cas.psu.edu/ Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Pennsylvania Centre Stage Mentoring young theatre professionals embarking in the theatre business by combining professionals with theatre students from Penn State and other colleges and universities. http://www.pacentrestage.psu.edu/ Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Northeast Regional Center for Rural Development One of four regional rural development centers in the nation contributing to the well-being of small towns and rural communities, focusing specifically on rural problems of the Northeast region. http://www.cas.nercrd.psu.edu/ Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Noll Physiological Research Center Primary missions are research, teaching, service and graduate education in the physiological sciences. Ongoing research involves thermoregulation, reproductive physiology, glucose and insulin interactions, cytokine physiology, protein accretion, and regulation of muscle contraction. http://www.noll.psu.edu/ Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Nanofabrication Facility A professionally-staffed Class-10 cleanroom facility providing hands-on training and use to both students and non-students, offering expertise in top-down and bottom-up nanofabrication, and providing a full range of processing capabilities for substrates. http://www.nanofab.psu.edu/ Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Mushroom Spawn Laboratory Nationally and internationally recognized for its basic and mission-directed research in air pollution, environmental stress, expert systems, Fusarium systematics, mushroom science, and root biology. http://mushroomspawn.cas.psu.edu/ Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Milton S. Hershey Medical Center Founded in 1963 as a gift from Milton S. Hershey, the Center annually admits nearly 21,000 patients, conducts nearly 500,000 outpatient visits and 26,000 emergency room visits, and performs more than 15,000 surgical procedures. http://www.hmc.psu.edu Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Media Effects Research Laboratory Dedicated to conducting empirical research on the psychological effects of media content, form, and technology. http://www.psu.edu/dept/medialab/ Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Materials Research Science and Engineering Center Assembles a team of researchers to capitalize recent advances in the synthesis of novel ordered porous hosts to understand the role of confinement on the behavior of selected materials. http://www.mrsec.psu.edu/ Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Materials Research Institute Established to coordinate activities and provide leadership for interdisciplinary materials research throughout the University and to acts as a resource about materials and a gateway to the materials faculty and facilities. http://www.mri.psu.edu/ Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Life Sciences Consortium The Consortium is dedicated to enhancing the University's ability to prepare students for tomorrow, strengthening research in the life sciences, encouraging research alliances across disciplinary boundaries and developing new approaches to the application of basic science in business. http://www.lsc.psu.edu/ Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Land Analysis Laboratory Specializes in the use of geographic information systems (GIS) and related advanced information system technologies for environmental assessment and land management. http://lal.cas.psu.edu/ Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Laboratory for Integrated Systems Applications Created to research and provide access to various computer applications online, such as NetWeaver, FIAM, and others. http://mona.psu.edu/ Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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John O. Almquist Research Center A unique facility for research on reproduction in farm animals through well-equipped laboratories for biochemistry, molecular biology, cell physiology, histology, cell culture and cryobiology. http://www.das.psu.edu/almquist/index.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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IST Solutions Institute Founded in 1999, the IST Solutions Institute was created as one source of expertise for issues that range from workforce development to learning in the e-classroom, career planning to policy making. http://solutions.ist.psu.edu/ Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Arts and Humanistic Studies, Institute for the As the center for advanced study in the arts and humanities at the Penn State, established in 1966 to allow research faculty to easily cross college and departmental lines in response to innovative ideas and proposals. http://www.research.psu.edu/iahs/ Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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High Performance Computing Applications, Institute for Designed to educate science and engineering students in high performance computing with special emphases on parallel computers, system architecture, matrix computation, object-oriented programming, and others. http://www.psu.edu/dept/ihpca/ Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Innovation Park Facilitates University collaborations with business and government, helps entrepreneurs bring ideas to the market place, and allows easy access to faculty researchers, state-of-the-art laboratory facilities, and undergraduate and graduate students. http://www.innovationpark.psu.edu/ Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Imaging Systems Laboratory Founded in 1986 at the University of Illinois, but moved to Penn State in the Department of Landscape Architecture in Fall 2000. http://www.imlab.psu.edu/ Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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HUB-Robeson Aquarium Missioned to help others understand more about the seas as well as other ecosystems - through hands-on experiences, face-to-face interaction, and using programs, labs, seminars, and presentations. http://www.psu.edu/dept/aquarium/ Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Honey Bee Lab Addresses questions about the diseases, behavior, physiology and social organization of honey bees, to better understand honey bee biology, behavior and pathology, and to develop and improve techniques for maintaining the health and productivity of honey bee colonies. http://beelab.cas.psu.edu/ Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Hamer Center for Community Design Assistance Provides communities with education and technical assistance as they seek design solutions related to land use and transportation, community and economic development, the environment and quality of life. http://www.hamercenter.psu.edu/ Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Gould Center for Geography Education and Outreach A innovative center of excellence designed to expand student access to University geography via distance education, promote active learning in geography courses, and foster outreach efforts to all of our constituents. http://www.gouldcenter.psu.edu Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Gerontology Center Strives to advance the study of aging sciences; stimulate communication among scholars of different disciplines and among others; promote development of courses in adult development and aging; and foster applied research that improves the quality of life and welfare. http://geron.psu.edu/ Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Geodynamics Research Group As a part of the Department of Geosciences, takes an interdisciplinary approach to attacking some of the research problems in tectonics, seismology, lithospheric deformation and dynamics, and plate tectonics. http://www.geodyn.psu.edu/ Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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General Clinical Research Center Provides personnel support and facilities for investigator initiated peer-reviewed research with human subjects. Objected to facilitate the transfer of basic medical knowledge to the clinical arena, to elucidate pathogenic mechanisms of disease, and to develop strategies for health promotion and disease prevention. http://www.gcrc.psu.edu Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Gastroenteric Disease Center Located at the University Park campus, functions as a reference center by accepting diagnostic cultures for characterization from outside sources. http://ecoli.cas.psu.edu/ Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Fruit Research and Extension Center In addition to providing site-specific conditions for research, the facility increases opportunities for growers, consultants, consumers, and students to observe experiments and to consult with scientists. http://frec.cas.psu.edu/ Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Foot and Mouth Disease Information Center Devoted to providing appropriate research and information to the public regarding foot and mouth disease, hoping in keeping the disease out of the United States as it has been since 1929. http://fmd.cas.psu.edu/ Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Environmental Consortium Created to increase the visibility of the University's environmental research, education, and outreach and to address current needs and provide new opportunities for faculty and students in interdisciplinary environmental research. http://www.environment.psu.edu/ Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Environment Institute Formed in 1998 to promote interaction among faculty and students with the diverse expertise needed to address the environmental issues currently facing the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences. http://www.emsei.psu.edu/ Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Energy Institute A leading research and development organization in the broad area of energy science and engineering, that also serves the University's commitment in this field to the Commonwealth and to the nation. http://www.energyinstitute.psu.edu/ Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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e-Education Institute A community of College of Earth and Mineral Sciences faculty members, staff, and students, working together to improve the quality and accessibility of EMS education through the imaginative use of networked computing. http://www.e-education.psu.edu Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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eBusiness Research Center Promotes research by academics and practitioners on various aspects of eBusiness, with emphasis on governance and execution issues. http://www.ebrc.psu.edu/ Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Earth System Science Center Brings together the Departments of Geosciences, Meteorology, Geography, and Energy, Environmental, and Mineral Economics to search for links between the Earth's physical processes and past and future global change. http://www.essc.psu.edu/ Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Cocoa, Chocolate and Confectionery Research Group Missioned to serve confectionery manufacturers and consumers by conducting research pertinent to the large and dynamic segment of Pennsylvania's food system. http://www.psu.edu/dept/cccrg/ Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Electromagnetic Communication Laboratory Current list of projects include computational EM, electronic package modeling, EM compatibility, communication antennas and systems, wideband antennas, frequency selective surfaces, and radar absorbing coatings. http://www.ecl.ee.psu.edu/ Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Multidimensional Image Processing Lab Spans many areas in the general field of imaging science: digital image processing, computer vision, scientific visualization, and virtual reality. Particularly driven by problems in high-resolution 3D medical image processing. http://cobb.ee.psu.edu/ Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Communications and Space Sciences Laboratory An interdisciplinary and intercollege component of the Penn State Department of Electrical Engineering focused on studying electromagnetic phenomena either directly or as tools for probing the atmosphere and ionosphere. http://www.ee.psu.edu/cssl/ Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Cooperative Wetlands Center Created to conduct, facilitate, and coordinate interdisciplinary research, monitoring, and training regarding wetlands and related resources, with an emphasis in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern states. http://www.wetlands.cas.psu.edu/ Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Children, Youth, and Families Consortium Researches developmental processes, factors that promote and compromise child and family well-being, and the design and evaluation of applied intervention strategies. Also includes innovative teaching and service-outreach methods, and efforts to influence and evaluate the impact of social policies. http://www.cyfc.psu.edu/ Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Information and Communications Technology Research, Center for Envisions to team with industrial partners to generate solutions to current and future technical challenges in the transmission, storage, transformation, switching and networking of digital information. http://cictr.ee.psu.edu/ Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Study of Polymer-Solvent Systems, Center for the Established in 1990 as a response to needs expressed by industry for data and models to treat polymer-solvent behavior. Founded in more than thirty years of experience in the fields of molecular diffusion and thermodynamics of polymer systems. http://polymercenter.cheme.psu.edu/ Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Jackson Electronics Research Group Consists of both the Center for Thin Film Devices and the Electronic Materials and Processing Research Laboratory. http://jerg.ee.psu.edu/ Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Study of Higher Education, Center for the Provides studies, analyses, and reports relevant to decision-making in higher education, and aids in the formulation of higher education policy. Consistently regarded as one highly rated center for the study of postsecondary education. http://www.ed.psu.edu/cshe Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Performing Arts, Center for the The Center presents the best in music, dance, theatre, and family programming and stands as one of Pennsylvania's major cultural resources, continuing to be a nationally recognized major commissioner of new works. http://www.cpa.psu.edu/ Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Sustainability, Center for Seeks to act as a catalyst for encouraging the interests and enthusiasm of a wide spectrum of students, faculty, administrators, staff, and residents from the surrounding communities with the vision of more ecologically sustainable ways of living. http://www.psu.edu/dept/cs/ Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Child Development Laboratory As an extension of the Department of Human Development and Family Studies, serves as a site for undergradutate training and education through observational projects and classroom participation; and for faculty and student research on child development, early childhood education, and parenting. http://www.psu.edu/dept/HDFS_CDL/ Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Medieval Studies, Center for Promotes research and study in the European Middle Ages across different departments and colleges through conferences, symposia, colloquia, and publications. http://www.psu.edu/dept/medieval/ Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Locomotion Studies, Center for Dedicated to understanding the mechanics of human locomotion and to the discovery and development of biomechanical solutions for pathological conditions of the feet and lower extremities. http://www.celos.psu.edu/ Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Innovative Sintered Products, Center for Extends a national investment in applied materials research at Penn State through an engineering focus on product and process development for new materials and applications of sintering. http://www.cisp.psu.edu/ Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Food Manufacturing, Center for A partnership between the University and corporate members to meet the challenges of productivity, competitiveness, and safety in food processing and manufacturing. http://www.psu.edu/dept/foodmfg/ Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Biomechanics Laboratory Applies biomechanical principles to motor control problems, and understands how muscle properties dictate the coordination of movement. http://www.psu.edu/dept/biomechanics/ Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Basin Research Group As a part of the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences, studies stratigraphy, subsurface fluid flow, sediment transport and stratigraphic modeling, especially with the use of seismic and well data. http://hydro.geosc.psu.edu/ Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Astrobiology Research Center A member of the NASA Astrobiology Institute (NAI), whose primary mission is to conduct multidisciplinary research and education in Astrobiology. http://psarc.geosc.psu.edu/ Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Applied Research Laboratory As a university center of excellence in naval science and technologies, with preeminence in undersea missions and related areas, the Applied Research Laboratory provides solutions to problems in national security, economic competitiveness, and quality of life. http://www.arl.psu.edu Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Animal Diagnostic Laboratory A nationally recognized veterinary diagnostic laboratory committed to the health of animals, that serves as a central reference facility for the approximately 1,200 veterinarians and animal owners that currently use the service. http://adl.cas.psu.edu/ Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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American Center for the Study of Distance Education Provides information about The American Journal of Distance Education, The Distance Education Online Symposium (DEOS), The Research Monograph Series, and other publications and information about America's oldest (1987) and principal center of research and scholarship about distance education. http://www.ed.psu.edu/acsde Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Air Pollution and Forest Effects Laboratory Focused on determining the effects of ozone on the health and productivity of forest and native plant species indigenous to the eastern United States and within several countries of Europe. http://www.psu.edu/dept/airpollforeff/ Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Molecular Toxicology and Carcinogenesis, Center for Created as expansion of the existing molecular toxicology program in the Life Sciences Consortium to include a number of related ongoing research programs across various colleges at Penn State. http://moltox.cas.psu.edu/cmtc.html Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Agricultural Analytical Services Laboratory Provides a wide range of testing programs for soils, plants, biosolids and other agricultural materials. The fee-based programs are available to all University faculty and staff as well as the general public. http://www.aasl.psu.edu/ Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Research, Office of Vice President for Responsible for the $507 million-per-year in University research programs, which span many disciplines and are integrated into the academic environment at both undergraduate and graduate levels. http://www.research.psu.edu/ Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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