UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa., Sept. 9 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news release:

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - Roshan Eapen, assistant professor of aerospace engineering at Penn State, has been selected as one of seven recipients nationwide of NASA's Early Career Faculty (ECF) 2025 Award, a competitive program that supports innovative research by outstanding early-career faculty members in science and engineering. The monetary awards are made for the previous year, meaning the most recent recipients are referred to as the 2025 cohort. Eapen will receive $677,267 over three years to support his project.

The NASA Early Career Faculty Award program, which is administered through NASA's Space Technology Mission Directorate recogniz...