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11/29/2011
PSU Electro-Optics Center at Northpointe Wins National Award
By Jonathan Weaver, The Kittanning Paper
http://www.kittanningpaper.com/2011/11/29/psu-electro-optics-center-at-northpointe-wins-national-award/21846
"Overseas, when pilots and soldiers find a faulty unit, they turn it over to a depot center, which now can only make inspections of the part to the naked eye. Through this 21-point inspection, engineers have discovered that some devices can be repaired or replaced before being disposed of, which can solve war fighters more than an estimated $15-22.5 million annually."
More information is at this link:
http://www.kittanningpaper.com/2011/11/29/psu-electro-optics-center-at-northpointe-wins-national-award/21846
09/04/2011
Adding Hydrogen Triples Transistor Performance in Graphene
By Science News Daily
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110903141129.htm
"A technique that uses hydrogen to improve transistor performance on real-world graphene devices has been demonstrated on the wafer-scale by researchers in Penn State's Electro-Optics Center (EOC)..."
"There are two faces to a silicon carbide wafer," explains EOC materials scientist Joshua Robinson. "Graphene grown on the carbon face usually has higher electron mobility, but that's because beneath the graphene layer grown on the silicon face there is a carbon-rich buffer layer bound to the silicon carbide that acts to scatter electrons, thus reducing their mobility. If you can get rid of the buffer layer, the electrons will go much faster, which means your devices will work faster."
More information is at this link:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110903141129.htm
09/02/2011
A Hydrogenation Technique Triples Transistor Performance in Epitaxial Graphene
By Materials Research Institute, Friday, September 2, 2011
http://www.mri.psu.edu/news/2011/hydrogenation_technique/
"A technique that uses hydrogen to improve transistor performance on real-world graphene devices has been demonstrated on the wafer-scale by researchers in Penn State's Electro-Optics Center (EOC). In a paper published in the August 1, 2011, online edition of Nano Letters, the researchers demonstrated a 3x improvement in electron mobility of epitaxial graphene grown on the silicon face of a 100 mm silicon carbide wafer, as well as a similar improvement in radio-frequency transistor performance."
"There are two faces to a silicon carbide wafer," explains EOC materials scientist Joshua Robinson. "Graphene grown on the carbon face usually has higher electron mobility, but that's because beneath the graphene layer grown on the silicon face there is a carbon-rich buffer layer bound to the silicon carbide that acts to scatter electrons, thus reducing their mobility. If you can get rid of the buffer layer, the electrons will go much faster, which means your devices will work faster. It is also easier to control the thickness of the graphene on the silicon face, which is crucial if you want to make highly uniform wafer-scale devices. That's what we've been able to do."
More information is at this link:
http://www.mri.psu.edu/news/2011/hydrogenation_technique/
06/02/2011
Inspiring Girls in Engineering and Technology
The Information Networking Institute (INI), Carnegie Mellon Univeristy
http://www.ini.cmu.edu/news/2011/06/girlstech.html
"What do you want to be when you grow up? When posed this age-old question a young girl may answer 'painter', 'dancer' or 'famous rock star'. However, the recent Young Women for STEM- Knoch Middle School Recognition Night set out to prove to girls that answers such as 'engineer' or 'scientist are just as appealing...."
More information is at this link:
http://www.ini.cmu.edu/news/2011/06/girlstech.html
06/29/2011
Armstrong day camp gives girls inside look at science
By Renatta Signorini, LEADER TIMES, Wednesday, June 29, 2011
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/leadertimes/news/s_744405.html
"The purpose of the camp is to expose girls to different career fields that use science, technology, engineering and math..."
More information is at this link:
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/leadertimes/news/s_744405.html
11/14/2010
Invention Convention held at Penn State New Kensington
By Tom Yerace, VALLEY NEWS DISPATCH Sunday, November 14, 2010
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/valleynewsdispatch/s_703764.html
...Kain, 12, and his partner, Kyler Watterson, 12, both of Harrison, cooked up the device for the first Invention Convention at Penn State New Kensington. The event was sponsored by the Allegheny Valley Chamber of Commerce and Penn State, whose Electro-Optics Center at the Northpointe Industrial Park in Slate Lick provided the chamber with a $1,000 grant for the competition.
More information is at this link:
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/westmoreland/s_709315.html
11/01/2010
Donation to Buffalo Volunteer Fire Department
EOC supports South Buffalo Volunteer Fire Department through a $5,000 grant to procure a new fire engine. Pictured is Dr. Bill Kiser ( EOC Senior Director) presenting the check to Chief McCrea. The EOC is active in outreach efforts with not only the local community, but throughout Western Pennsylvania.
10/19/2010
Cutting-edge technology AIMS to save time, money
By Jacqueline Boucher, Public Affairs Specialist, Tobyhanna Army Depot.,
Friday, October 19, 2010
http://www.tobyhanna.army.mil/about/news/PDFs/10-19-10.pdf
Tobyhanna's commitment to explore technology that benefits warfighters is demonstrated by the implementation of sophisticated test equipment to save time and money.
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10/11/2010
Military project lifts job outlook in Armstrong
By Rossilynne Skena, VALLEY NEWS DISPATCH,
Monday, October 11, 2010
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/valleynewsdispatch/s_703764.html
A device developed at the Penn State Electro-Optics Center could save the government more than $15 million per year and could be built in Armstrong County, creating local jobs.
More information is at this link:
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/valleynewsdispatch/s_703764.html
07/11/2010
Critz makes rounds of Alle-Kiski Valley towns
By Rossilynne Skena, VALLEY NEWS DISPATCH, Saturday, July 10, 2010
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/valleynewsdispatch/s_689842.html
Newly elected U.S. Rep. Mark Critz explored the Alle-Kiski Valley on Friday, granting $800,000 in Lower Burrell, touring the Penn State Electro-Optics Center in South Buffalo, visiting the former Leechburg Hotel and walking through Apollo Plaza.
More information is at this link:
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/valleynewsdispatch/s_689842.html
05/28/2010
Navy's Drone Death Ray Takes Out Targets at Sea
By Nathan Hodge, WIRED, Friday, May 28, 2010
http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2010/05/navys-drone-death-ray-takes-out-targets-at-sea/
For years, the U.S. Navy has been pursuing a workable ray gun that could provide a leap ahead in ship self-defenses. Now, with a series of tests of a system called the Laser Weapon System, or LaWS), it may be one step closer to that goal.
More information is at this link:
http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2010/05/navys-drone-death-ray-takes-out-targets-at-sea/
05/01/2010
Navy Laser Destroys Unmanned Aerial Vehicle in a Maritime Environment
NAVSEA, NSWC DAHLGREN DIVISION
http://www.navsea.navy.mil/nswc/dahlgren/NEWS/LAWS/LAWS.aspx
WASHINGTON - Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA), with support from Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Dahlgren, for the second time successfully tracked, engaged, and destroyed a threat representative Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) while in flight, May 24, at San Nicholas Island, Calif.
More information is at this link:
http://www.navsea.navy.mil/nswc/dahlgren/NEWS/LAWS/LAWS.aspx
01/01/2010
Next generation devices get boost from Penn State research
Penn State Live
http://live.psu.edu/story/44043
Researchers in the Electro-Optics Center (EOC) Materials Division at Penn State have produced 100 mm diameter graphene wafers, a key milestone in the development of graphene for next generation high-power, high-frequency electronic devices.
More information is at this link: http://live.psu.edu/story/44043
05/01/2005
NCDR and Pennsylvania State University`s Electro-Optics Center Launch Project to Develop Sensors for Unmanned Military Vehicles
Army Guide Monthly
http://www.army-guide.com/eng/AGM.php?issue=8
The National Center for Defense Robotics (NCDR), an initiative of The Technology Collaborative, today announced that it has signed a $1.25 million master sub-contract with Pennsylvania State University`s Electro-Optics Center (EOC) to develop lower cost, lower weight, less power-hungry electro-optical sensors for unmanned ground vehicles and to explore methods of manufacturing and testing them more efficiently and cost-effectively.
More information is at this link: http://www.army-guide.com/eng/AGM.php?issue=8