Research

In his keynote address, Dr. Glenn Sterner, assistant professor of Criminal Justice at Penn State Abington, provided an overview of the opioid crisis from the early 2000s until today. “This is a disease. This is not a moral failing,” he said.

A Penn State Abington student studies a manuscript that dates back to the Shakespearian era at the Folger library in Washington, D.C.

Penn State student Adriana Vagelli's undergraduate research project won first place at the ACURA poster fair for information literacy.

Penn State Abington senior Adriana Vagelli

The logo of The Dialectics: Journal of Law, Leadership, and Society.

This year’s TLT Faculty Fellows, clockwise from top left: Siu Ling "Pansy" Leung, Pierce Salguero, Priya Sharma and Ed Glantz.

Penn State Abington student Cezary Krysztofiak used a CNC machine to fabricate an aluminum structure for CubeSat within the required tolerance of < 0.1 mm. A CNC, or computer numerical control machine, is a high-precision tool that is computer-controlled and makes repeated, accurate movements.  

To test how the prototype would perform at high altitudes, Penn State Abington student Lingqi Li used the cooling baths method to model the temperature of the stratosphere at minus 56 degrees Celsius (approximately minus 69 degrees Fahrenheit). After several versions of these tests, the students could identify which components would satisfy the thermal requirements of flight tests. 

Penn State Abington students flew an experimental version of the CubeSat prototype to test its features.

A plaque at the Elmina Slave Castle in Ghana.