[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 42 (Wednesday, March 16, 2016)]
[House]
[Page H1396]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




      PENN STATE'S ROLE IN DEVELOPING NEXT-GENERATION ELECTRONICS

  (Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to 
congratulate Penn State University, which is located in Pennsylvania's 
Fifth Congressional District, on receiving a nearly $18 million grant 
from the National Science Foundation.
  These grant funds will be used over the next 5 years and will be 
dedicated to the growth of two-dimensional crystals in order to 
research how they can be used in next-generation electronics. This is 
very technical work which, at times, involves the use of materials only 
a few atoms thick.
  Eventually, this research is expected to play a significant role in 
the development of electronics which are faster, use less energy, and 
can be built on flexible surfaces.
  This grant for Penn State's Materials Research Institute was only one 
of two in the Nation awarded by the National Science Foundation.
  I am proud to see such groundbreaking research happening at Penn 
State. It stands as proof of the university's leadership in this area 
of research, along with a testament to the skills of its faculty. I 
know this funding will be put to great use.

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