Welcome to the News and Press Release section of the Future Is N.E.A.R. website

While effective and complete documentation of research is critical in research, effective communication is equally essential.  If what is accomplished, successes and failures, is not documented and shared, the world cannot collectively move forward in the quest to improve the human condition!

Please see news and press releases regarding many of the research endeavors happening in the Engineering Design and Development course of the North Penn High School Engineering Academy.
 

Of Nanomaterials and Nitinol: Philly Materials Day Wows Region's Young Scientists

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - February 5, 2019 -
Saturday was a hydrophobic, memory alloy, Van der Waals bonding, adhesive, crystallizing, nanofiltering, pixelating, non-Newtonian good time for scores of attendees at the 9th Annual Philly Materials Science and Engineering Day, held at the Bossone Research Enterprise Center.  Read More...

 

North Penn EDD Students Present at Philly Materials Day!!!

Lansdale, Pennsylvania - February 2, 2019 -
Philly Materials Day, an event held in the Bossone Research Center at Drexel University every February, is an open, free to the public, event designed to introduce the exciting field of Materials Science and Engineering to visitors of all ages.  Read More...

 

North Penn EDD Students to Present at Philly Materials Day 

Lansdale, Pennsylvania - January 21, 2019 -
on February 2, 2019 from 10am - 3pm, twenty five North Penn EDD students will travel to Drexel University to present in their 9th annual Philly Materials Day Event.  The event, held by Drexel University and the University of Pennsylvania is free and open to the public.    Read More...

North Penn International Research Team [USIRT1819] Electrospins Cellulose Nanofibers (CNF)  |  Electrospinning Cellulose: A first for the NPNERL

Lansdale, Pennsylvania - January 08, 2019 -
Senior international research students in the North Penn High School Engineering Academy have successfully electrospun cellulose nanofibers (CNF) from ionic liquid systems for the first time in the North Penn Nanotechnology and Engineering Research Laboratory (NPNERL).

As part of a dual research team endeavor, the North Penn team...    Read More...

EDD Student Research Teams: 2018 - 2019

The 2018-19 Engineering Design and Development students have chosen their teams and their research endeavors!
 

Biomedical / Health

Dermacure: Cellular Scaffolding

FiberCare: Organic Antibacterial Dressings

TiGrowth: Tissue Engineering

NeuroTouch: Synthetic Nerve Development

Stimul-Aids: Electrically Stimulated Healing

Chromalight Barrier Technologies: Ultraviolet Detection

Environment

Carbon Capture Development: CO2 Capture

NanoFilter: Deionized Water Filtration

Dynamic Purification Systems: Nanofiber Based Filtration media

Energy Harvesting & Storage

Dynamic Energy: Self Reliant Electric Vehicles

Energy Finders: Energy Harvesting & Storage

Hybrid Electrics: Multisource Energy Harvesting

ARK Energy: Renewable Energy Sources

LANtech: Energy Monitoring & Storage

MAP Electrical Solutions: Renewable Energy Integration

Sole Energy: Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting

Materials Science

ZBC Chrome: Electrochromic Materials

The Future is N.E.A.R. Is Now International!

Lansdale, Pennsylvania - October 23, 2018 -
Students from the North Penn High School Engineering Academy, Lansdale, PA, USA and the Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Faversham, UK in collaboration with the University of Bristol, Bristol UK have begun to research the development of cellulose nanofibers from ionic liquid systems.  

In general, nanofibers and their applications in the biomedical, agricultural, healthcare, energy, environmental, and many other sectors have evolved over the years with research and development being performed in many leading universities and research groups throughout the world.  
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