UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Alan Wagner, Hartz Family Career Development Assistant Professor in Aerospace Engineering at Penn State, received a National Science Foundation (NSF) Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award to support his research in human-robot interactions.

The NSF CAREER Awards are given to early-career faculty who have potential to serve as academic role models in research and education and lead advances in the mission of their department or organization, according to the NSF website.

“Receiving this award felt incredible,” Wagner said. “Earning an NSF CAREER Award has been a goal of mine since I was a graduate student…