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Catherine Berdanier

Catherine Berdanier

Catherine G. P. Berdanier, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at The Pennsylvania State University. A recent NSF CAREER award recipient, she graduated in 2016 with a Ph.D. in Engineering Education from Purdue University. She holds a B.S. in Chemistry from the University of South Dakota and an M.S. in Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering from Purdue University. At Purdue, she was a part of the Integrative Graduate Education and Research in Magnetic and Nanostructured Materials (IGERT-NMN), a collaboration between Cornell University and Norfolk State University. She also worked with another IGERT initiative on Sustainable Electronics in collaboration with Tuskegee University. Catherine was an active member in Purdue University’s Women in Engineering Graduate Mentoring Program. Read more about her research laboratory here.