Two Penn Staters were named to the Forbes’ 30 Under 30 class of 2017.
Assistant Professor Huanyu Cheng and football letterman/math prodigy John Urschel were featured in the 30 Under 30 in Science list for their accomplishments in their fields.
Cheng, 28, was named an assistant professor of engineering science and mechanics at Penn State’s Materials Research Institute in August 2015. Forbes highlighted Cheng’s work on a research team that created electronic tattoos that disintegrate into the human body.
The magazine also took note of Cheng’s other research efforts in “biologically-inspired electronics for use in robotics, biomedicine and energy.”
The 25-year-old Urschel, a former Penn State offensive lineman, earned both his bachelor’s and master’s degree in mathematics at Penn State in 2013, graduating with a 4.0 GPA. Forbes emphasized his “math prowess” — he’s published six peer-reviewed mathematics papers while pursuing a Ph.D. at MIT and playing for the Baltimore Ravens.
While at Penn State, he became the first Nittany Lion to win the William V. Campbell Trophy, awarded to the nation’s top football scholar-athlete.
Urschel recently returned to Penn State as the spring 2016 commencement speaker for the Eberly College of Science.
