Research Centers
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Institutes, centers, laboratories, consortia, and research groups at Penn State that may be of interest to faculty in the Eberly College of Science are listed below.
To search a comprehensive database of all Penn State institutes and centers visit the Penn State Industrial Research Office.
Institutes
These consortia were established to fulfill initiatives outlined by University President Graham Spanier in his 1997 State-of-the-University Address for selective investment in areas that promise to have significant impact on society. Each institute has centers within it.
Materials Research Institute
- Center for Computational Materials Design (CCMD)
- Center for Dielectric Studies
- The Electrochemical Engine Center
- Center for Glass Surfaces, Interfaces and Coatings Research (CGR)
- H2E (Hydrogen Energy) Center
- Keck Smart Materials Integration Lab
- Materials Simulation Center
- Microwave Processing and Engineering Center
- Center for Nanoscale Science
- Particulate Materials Center
- Center for Single Crystal Piezoelectric Materials
The Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences
- Bioinformatics Consulting Center
- Center for Chemical Ecology
- Center for Comparative Genomics and Bioinformatics
- Center for Computational Genomics
- Center for Eukaryotic Gene Regulation
- Center for Gene Regulation
- Institute for Genomics, Proteomics and Bioinformatics
- Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics (CIDD)
- Center for Molecular Immunology and Infectious Disease
- Neuroscience Institute
- Center of Excellence in Nutrigenomics
Penn State Institutes of Energy and the Environment
- Advanced Energy Storage Center (PA Transportation Institute)
- Applied Catalysis in Energy Laboratory
- Biomass Energy Center
- Carbon Research Center
- Earth and Environmental Systems Institute
- Energy Institute
- Institute for Computational Science
Social Science Research Institute
Cross-College Research Centers
Multidisciplinary research collaborations have resulted in several cross-college research centers, many of which are listed below:
- Astrobiology Research Center
- Electro-Optics Center
- Center for Environmental Chemistry and Geochemistry
- Center for Environmental Kinetics Analysis
- Environmental Molecular Science Group
- Center for Excellence in Chemical Ecology
- Fuel Cell Dynamics and Diagnostics Laboratory
- Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics
- Methodology Center
- Center for Molecular Nanofabrication and Devices
- Center for Molecular Toxicology and Carcinogenesis
- Center for Nanoscalse Science (a MRSEC center)
- The Pennsylvania Space Grant Consortium (PSGC)
- Center for Space Research Programs
- Pennsylvania Water Resources Research Center
Centers and Institutes within the Eberly College of Science
The Eberly College of Science has a number of research centers and institutes, including the following:
- Center for Astrostatistics
- Center for Bioinorganic Chemistry (J. Golbeck, Director: 865-1163)
- Center for Biomolecular Structure and Function (863-1153)
- Center for Computational Mathematics and Applications
- Center for Dynamics and Geometry
- Center for Geometry and Mathematical Physics
- Institute for Gravitation and the Cosmos
- Center for Likelihood Studies
- Institute of Molecular Evolutionary Genetics
- Center for Multivariate Analysis
- Statistical Consulting Center
- Statistical Consulting Center for Astronomy
- Center for Statistical Ecology and Environmental Statistics
Laboratories and Facilities of Interest to ECoS Faculty
- Agricultural Analytical Services Laboratory
- Applied Research Laboratory
- Cell Science/Flow Cytometry Core Facility
- Center for Sustainability
- DNA Microarray Facility
- Electron Beam-Physical Vapor Deposition Facility
- Electron Microscopy Facility
- High Energy Laser Facility
- High Pressure Test Facility
- Hybridoma and Cell Culture Laboratory
- International Materials Institute (IMI) - New Functionality in Glasses
- Laser Processing Division
- Macromolecular Core Laboratory
- Macromolecular X-ray Crystallography Facility
- Materials Characterization Laboratory
- Molecular Genetics Core Facility
- Nanofabrication Facility
- Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Facility
- Nucleic Acid Facility
- Precision Model and Instrumentation Shop
- Protein X-ray Crystallography Core Facility
- Proteomics and Mass Spectrometry Core Facility
- Scanning Laser Vibrometry Facility
- Spray Metal Forming Facility
- Synthetic Environment Application Laboratory
- Transgenic Core Laboratory
- Transgenic Mouse Facility