Density estimation methods often involve kernels, but there are advantages to using splines. Especially if the shape of the density is known to be decreasing, or unimodal, or bimodal, or if the ...

Numerical optimization plays a vital role in the design of complex engineered systems. Real world engineered systems are seldom designed based on a single objective; rather they involve multiple ...

Twelve Penn State faculty members received Fulbright Scholar Awards for the 2024-25 academic year, according to the Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program. An additional four faculty members have been named ...

Shabnam Akhtari, professor of mathematics, is interested in number theory, an old branch of mathematics that is focused on the study of numbers, particularly integers or whole numbers. She uses ...

A heavy use of computational tools can help to detect what has yet to be discovered, according to Chad Hanna, professor of physics and of astronomy and astrophysics at Penn State. “The LIGO ...

The Penn State Eberly College of Science community is mourning the loss of Michael Dann, a recently retired teaching professor emeritus of biology, who died on Sept. 18, 2024. Dann earned his three ...

Lukas Muechler, an assistant professor of chemistry and of physics in the Eberly College of Science at Penn State, has received the 2024 Department of Energy (DOE) Early Career Research Award for his ...

Penn State Learning named Marielle Manes and Austin Bentzinger as the recipients of the Outstanding Guided Study Group Leader Award for the spring 2024 semester. Each student received a certificate of ...

More than 60 scientists from prominent U.S. and global research institutions gathered this past summer for the 7th International Symposium on Monolayer-Protected Clusters, hosted by the Department of ...

Elizabeth Elacqua, associate professor of chemistry, has been appointed the Weinreb Early Career Professor. The professorship provides support to an outstanding faculty member studying organic ...

Amie Boal, professor of chemistry and of biochemistry and molecular biology, has been named the Nicholas and Gelsa Pelick Family Chair in Science. The purpose of the endowed faculty chair is to ...