advanced research areas - Anonymous employee Penn State Employee Review

4.0
Jan 12, 2016
Anonymous employee
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Pros

The university has high ranked academic programs such as Materials Science and Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Astronomy, etc. Specifically for materials science and engineering, there is a cluster of shared facilities including electron microscopies, XRD for various research projects. Also, ceramics is the area ranked top 1 in the US. The surrounding communities are mainly occupied by the students, faculty, and staffs, and the safety is pretty good.

Cons

The community is relatively small, and far away from the main big cities. Also, the winters are pretty long, so pack your winter clothing before coming here.

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5.0
Jun 27, 2026
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Pros

They were very flexible with hours and it was a fun place to work. There was lots of downtime to do other things while on the clock, and an e-bike to get around campus quickly.

Cons

Toward the end they got pretty strict about keeping your computer on a certain tab to take online tickets, and you could get in trouble for not doing it. It’s tedious work overall.

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