Research Areas
Penn State Engineering conducts cutting-edge research in many areas and across many disciplines. After assessing the global landscape, the College has put strategic focus on the following research areas:
Optimal and Secure Cyberenvironments
- Network and system design
- Cybersecurity
- Cyberethics
- Systems modeling and simulation
- Data analytics and data modeling
Advanced Manufacturing for Medical and Manufacturing Sciences
- Bioprinting and biomedical sensing
- Nanomanufacturing and biomedical devices
- 3D printing and additive manufacturing
- New Materials
Resilient Infrastructure Systems
- Autonomous, optimized, and adaptive infrastructure systems
- Advanced vehicles
- Infrastructure system integration
Water-Energy-Food Nexus
- Tri-system modeling, optimization, and management
- Water resource sustainability
- Energy sourcing and production
- Food production optimization
- Ethical water-energy-food policies and social responsibility
To find out how to partner with Penn State Engineering on research initiatives, contact us at research@engr.psu.edu.
