Research Centers

College Centers
Center for Nanotechnology Education & Utilization	Director: Stephen Fonash 188 MRI Building Phone: (814) 865-3303 Fax: (814) 865-9400 sfonash@psu.edu http://www.cneu.psu.edu/
Center for Sustainability	Director: David Riley 104 Engineering Unit A Phone: (814) 863-2079 drr107@psu.edu http://www.engr.psu.edu/cfs
Environmental Institute	Director: Bruce Logan 212 Sackett Building Phone: (814) 863-7098 Fax: (814) 863-7304 blogan@psu.edu http://www.engr.psu.edu/eei
The Leonhard Center for Advancement of Engineering Education	Director: Tom Litzinger 201 Hammond Building Phone: (814) 865-4020 Fax: (814) 865-402 tal2@psu.edu http://www.engr.psu.edu/LeonhardCenter/eec/lc/
Penn State Nanofabrication Facility (Nanofab)	Associate Director: Theresa Mayer 189 Materials Research Institute Phone: (814) 865-6577 Fax: (814) 865-7173 tsm2@psu.edu http://www.nanofab.psu.edu/
The Pennsylvania Transportation Institute (PTI)	Director: John M. Mason Transportation Research Building www.pti.psu.edu
Penn State Facilities Engineering Institute	Director: James Myers, P.E. 202 Engineering Unit A Phone: (814) 865-7615 Fax: (814) 863-7835 jrmarc@engr.psu.edu www.engr.psu.edu/psfei/about.htm
Radiation Science and Engineering Center *[Back to Top]*	Director: Frederick Sears 118 Breazeale Nuclear Reactor Phone: (814) 865-6351 Fax: (814) 863-4840 cfs7@psu.edu http://www.rsec.psu.edu/
Intercollege Research
Children, Youth, and Families Consortium	Director: Karen Linn Bierman 105 Heath & Human Development East Phone: (814) 865-3879 Fax: (814) 231-8674 kb2@psu.edu http://www.cyfc.psu.edu/
Institute for the Arts and Humanistic Studies	Director: Laura Knoppers 105 Ihlseng Bldg. Phone: (814) 865-0495 llk6@psu.edu http://www.research.psu.edu/iahs/
Huck Institutes of Life Sciences	Director: Channa Reddy (Interim) 519 Wartik Lab Phone: (814) 863-3650 Fax: (814) 863-1357 nvf1@psu.edu http://www.huck.psu.edu
Institute for Computational Science	Directors: Lyle N. Long 229 Hammond Building Phone: (814) 865-1172 Fax: (814) 865-7092 Fax lnl@psu.edu http://www.ics.psu.edu/
Materials Research Institute (MRI)	Carlo G. Pantano 199 Materials Research Laboratory Phone: (814) 863-8407 Fax: (814) 863-856 cgp1@psu.edu http://www.mri.psu.edu
Penn State Institutes of the Environment	William Easterling Land and Water Building Phone: (814) 863-0291 Fax: (814) 865-3378 BillEasterling@psu.eud http://www.environment.psu.edu/
Social Science Research Institute	Director: Mark Hayward 601 Oswald Tower Phone: (814) 863-3529 Fax: (814) 863-8342 mxh29@psu.edu http://www.ssri.psu.edu/
Applied Research Laboratory (ARL)	Ed Liszka 224 ARL Building Phone: (814) 865-6343 Fax: (814) 865-3105 lrh3@psu.edu www.arl.psu.edu
Marine Corps Research University *[Back to Top]*	304 Old Main Phone: (814) 863-9580 Fax: (814) 863-9659 mcgrath@psu.edu http://www.mcru.org/
Department Centers
Altoona Bus Testing and Research Center	Pennsylvania Transportation Institute Transportation Research Building http://www.vss.psu.edu/btrc.htm
Center for Acoustics and Vibration	Co-Directors: Gary H. Koopmann & George Lesieture 157 Hammond Building Phone: (814) 865-2761 Fax: (814) 863-7222 ghk@kirkof.psu.edu http://kirkof.psu.edu
Center for Cumulative Trauma Disorders	Director: Andris Freivalds 310 Leonhard Building Phone: (814) 863-2361 axf@psu.edu http://www.ie.psu.edu/ResearchLabs/CCTD/cctd.htm
Center for Electronic and Photonic Devices *Checking for NEW link - this one broken*	Director: Tom Jackson & Srinivas Tadigadapa 121 EE East Building Phone: (814) 863-8570 Fax: (814) 865-7065 tnj1@psu.edu
Center for Electro-Optics Research	Director: Francis T. S. Yu 216 EE East Phone: (814) 863-2989 Fax: (814) 865-7065 fty1@psu.edu
Center for Engineering Design and Entrepreneurship (CEDE)	Director: Dhushy Sathianathan 213-D Hammond Bldg. Phone: (814) 865-7580 Fax: (814) 863-7229 dhushy@psu.edu http://cede.psu.edu/
Center for Food Manufacturing	Director: Greg Ziegler 102 Borland Laboratory Phone: (814) 863-7860 Fax: (814) 863-6132 grz1@psu.edu www.psu.edu/dept/foodmfg
Center for Information and Communications Technology Research	Director: Mohsen Kavehrad 229 EE East Phone: (814) 865-7179 Fax: (814) 863-3191 mkaverad@psu.edu www.cictr.ee.psu.edu
Center for Intelligent Information Processing	Director: Soundar Tirupatikumara 310 Leonhard Building Phone: (814) 863-2359 skumara@psu.edu www.iddr.ie.psu.edu
Center for Machine Learning and Applications *(Website not available)*	Director: Hongyuan Zha 321 Pond Laboratory Phone: (814) 865-0608 Fax: (814) 865-3176 zha@cse.psu.edu
Center for Thin Film Devices	Director: Thomas Jackson 121 EE East Building Phone: (814) 863-8570 Fax: (814) 865-7065 tnj1@psu.edu http://jerg.ee.psu.edu/index.htm
Center for Intelligent Transportation Systems (CITranS)	Director: Sean Brennan 318 Leonhard Building 201 Transportation Research Building SNB10@psu.edu Phone: (814) 863-2430 Fax: (814) 865-9693 http://citrans.pti.psu.edu/
Kinesiology Research *(Formerly - Center for Locomotive Studies)*	Kinesiology Research Director: Neil Sharkey 29 Recreation Building Phone: (814) 865-1972 Fax: (814) 863-4755 nas9@psu.edu www.kinesiology.psu.edu/research
Center for Manufacturing Enterprise Integration (CMEI)	Director: Vittal Prabhu 310 Leonhard Bldg Phone: (814) 863- 3212 Fax: (814) 863-4745 prabhu@engr.psu.edu http://www2.ie.psu.edu/Prabhu/Research/cmei/index.htm
Center for Multiscale Wave-Materials Interactions *More information TBA*	Director: Judith Todd
Center for Neural Engineering	Director: Steven J. Schiff 212 Earth-Engineering Sciences Building University Park, PA 16802 Phone: (814) 865-2481 Assoc. Director: Bruce J. Gluckman 212 Earth-Engineering Sciences Building University Park, PA 16802 Phone: (814) 865-0178 http://www.esm.psu.edu/wiki/research:cne:start
Center for Spatial and Temporal Signal Processing	Director: Nirmal K. Bose 209 C EE West Phone: (814) 865-3912 nkb1@psu.edu
The Center for the Study of Polymeric Systems (CSPS)	Ronald P. Danner Phone: (814) 863-4814 rpd@psu.edu Coray Colina Phone: (814) 865-3351 colina@matse.psu.edu http://polymercenter.cheme.psu.edu/
Center for Traffic Operational Analysis (CTA) *Checking for NEW link - this one broken*	Pennsylvania Transportation Institute Transportation Research Building
Center for Innovative Sintered Products (CISP)	Director: Judith Todd 212 Earth and Engineering Sciences Bldg. Phone: (814) 863-8208 Fax: (814) 863-8211 todd@psu.edu www.cisp.psu.edu
Communications and Space Sciences Laboratory	Director: John D. Mathews 318 EE East Phone: (814) 865-2354 Fax: (814) 863-8457 jdm9@psu.edu www.ee.psu.edu/cssl
Composite Manufacturing Technology Center	Director: Charles E. Bakis 212 Earth & Engineering Science Building Phone: (814) 865-3178 Fax: (814) 863-6031 cbakis@psu.edu www.esm.psu.edu/HTMLs/DeptInfo/CMTC/cmtc.html
Condition Based Monitoring and Prognostics	Director: Karl Reichard 229 ARL Building Phone: (814) 863-7681 kmr5@psu.edu http://www.arl.psu.edu/areas/soa/conditionmaint.htm
Consortium for the Advancement of Building Sciences *Checking for NEW link - this one broken*	Director: M. Kevin Parfitt 104 Engineering Unit A Phone: (814) 863-3244 mkp@psu.edu
Crash Safety Research Center	Pennsylvania Transportation Institute http://www.vss.psu.edu/csrc.htm
Electrochemical Engine Center (ECEC)	Director: Chao-Yang Wang 117 Reber Building Phone: (814) 863-4762 cxw31@psu.edu http://mtrl1/Homepage.html
Embedded and Mobile Computing Design Center (emc²)	Directors: Mary Jane Irwin & Anand Sivasubramaniam 351 IST Building Phone: (814) 865-1406 Fax: (814) 865-3176 {mji,anand}@cse.psu.edu www.cse.psu.edu/~emcc
Engineering Nanostructure Characterization Center	Director: Bernhard R. Tittman 307 E EES Building Phone: (814) 865-2737 Fax: (814) 865-3626 http://www.esm.psu.edu/centers/ENCC_BRT/
Factory for Advanced Manufacturing Education (FAME)	Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering 310 Leonhard Bldg. Phone: (814) 863-1001 Fax: (814) 863-4745 rwysk@psu.edu http://www.engr.psu.edu/cim/FAME/index.html
Graduate Automotive Technology Education Center (GATE)	Director: Dan Haworth 204 Transportation Research Building Phone: (814) 865-1894 dch12@psu.edu http://www.vss.psu.edu/gate.htm
Haas Technical Center (Part of FAME)	Director: Sanjay Joshi 310 Leonhard Building Phone: (814) 865-2108 Fax: (814) 863-4745 SJoshi@psu.edu http://www.ie.psu.edu/Facilities/InstructionalLabs/HAAS.htm
H2E (Hydrogen Energy Center) Center	Director: Bruce Logan 205 Sackett Bldg. Phone: (814) 863-7908 Fax: (814) 863-7304 blogan@psu.edu http://www.engr.psu.edu/h2e
High Pressure Combustion Laboratory	Director: Kenneth K. Kuo 140 Research Building East Phone: (814) 863-6270 Fax: (814) 863-2264 kenkuo@psu.edu http://www.hpcl.psu.edu
Indoor Environment Center	Director: William P. Bahnfleth 207 Engineering Unit A Phone: (814) 863-2076 Fax: (814) 863-4789 wbahnfleth@psu.edu www.arche.psu.edu/faculty/WBahnfleth/
Machining Research Laboratory	Director: Paul Cohen 310 Leonhard Building Phone: (814) 863-2357 Fax: (814) 865-4745 phc3@psu.edu www.ie.psu.edu/labs/mcresearch/mrlab/htm
Metal Casting Research Center	Director: Robert C. Voigt 310 Leonhard Building Phone: (814) 863-5640 Fax: (814) 863-4745 http://www.ie.psu.edu/mcg/default.htm
Mid-Atlantic Universities Transportation Center	Director: John Mason 201 Transportation Research Bldg. Phone: (814) 863-5621 Fax: (814) 865-3039 http://www.pti.psu.edu/mautc/index.htm
Networking Research and Security Center	Director: Thomas LaPorta 360B IST Building (814) 865-6725 tlp@cse.psu.edu http://nsrc.cse.psu.edu/
Northeast Center of Excellence for Pavement Technology	Director: Mansour Solaimanian 221 Transportation Research Building Phone: (814) 863-1903 Fax: (814) 865-3039 msol@psu.edu http://www.superpave.psu.edu/
NSF Material Research Science and Engineering Center (part of MRI)	Director: Moses Chan 327 Davey Laboratory Phone: (814) 863-2622 Fax: (814) 865-3604 mhc2@psu.edu
Particulate Materials Center	Director: Virendra Puri 229 Ag Eng. Building Phone: (814) 863-3280 Fax: (814) 863-9704 vmpuri@psu.edu www.psu.edu.mrl/pmcenter/
Partnership for Achieving Construction Excellence (PACE)	Director: David Riley 104 Engineering Unit A Phone: (814) 863-2079 driley@engr.psu.edu www.engr.psu.edu/pace
Penn State Gas Dynamics Lab	Director: Gary S. Settles 301 D Reber Building Phone: (814) 863-1504 Fax: (814) 865-0118 gss2@psu.edu www.me.psu.edu/psgdl
Penn State Rotorcraft Center of Excellence	Co-Directors: Edward C. Smith & Lyle Long 233 Hammond Building Phone: (814) 863-0966 Fax: (814) 865-7092 ecs5@psu.edu www.psu.edu/dept/rcoe/
Pennsylvania Housing Research Center	Director: Bo Kasal 219 Sackett Building Phone: (814) 865-2341 Fax: (814) 863-7304 phrc@psu.edu www.engr.psu.edu/phrc/
Pennsylvania Space Grant Consortium	Director: Lisa Brown 2217 Earth & Engineering Sciences Bldg. Phone: (814) 863-7687 Fax: (814) 863-8286 Lisabrown@psu.edu www.psu.edu/spacegrant/
Powdered Materials (P/M) Lab *Checking for NEW link - this one broken*	Director: Randall German 118 Research Building West Phone: (814) 865-2121 Fax: (814) 863-8211 rmg4@psu.edu
Propulsion Engineering Research Center (PERC)	Director: Robert Santoro 240 Research Building East Phone: (814) 863-NASA (6272) Fax: (814) 865-3389 rjs2@psu.edu http://www.psu.edu/dept/PERC
Protective Technology Center	Director: To be announced 3127 Research Drive, CATO Park State College, PA 16801 Phone: (814) 863-2932 Fax: (814) 865-9630 ptc@engr.psu.edu http://www.ptc.psu.edu/
State Research Education & Tech. Transfer Center	Pennsylvania Transportation Institute (PTI) Transportation Research Bldg. http://www.pti.psu.edu/stcenter/index.cfm
Structural Dynamics and Controls Lab	Director: Kon-Well Wang 157E Hammond Building, University Park, PA 16802 Phone: (814) 865-2183 Lab: (814 ) 863-1986 Fax: (814 )863-7222 kwwang@psu.edu http://www2.mne.psu.edu/sdcl//
Surface Engineering and Manufacturing Technology Center	Director: Maurice Amateau 168 ARL Building Phone: (814) 863-4214 Fax: (814) 863-0006 mfa1@psu.edu
Ultrasonics R&D Laboratory	Director: Joseph Rose 212 Earth-Engineering Sciences Bldg Phone: (814) 863-8026 Fax: (814) 863-8164 jlr9@psu.edu http://www.esm.psu.edu/ultrasonics
Vehicle Systems Simulation Research Center (VSRC) *[Back to Top]*	Director: Dan Haworth 232 Research Building East Phone: (814) 863-6269 Fax: (814) 865-3389 dch12@psu.edu Pennsylvania Transportation Institute Transportation Research Building http://www.vss.psu.edu/VSRC.htm

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