Todd Palmer is the Director of the Center for Innovative Sintered Products (CISP). Todd A. Palmer holds a joint appointment as a Professor of Engineering Science and Mechanics and Materials Science and Engineering and is the director of the Center for Innovative Sintered Products in the Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics at Penn State.

He earned his BS and MS degrees in metals science and engineering and PhD in materials science and engineering (1999) from Pennsylvania State University.  He also holds a master of business administration degree from Pennsylvania State University.

Prior to assuming his current position, he was with the Applied Research Laboratory at Penn State from 2007 to 2017, where he rose to the rank of Senior Scientist.  From 2000 to 2007, he was at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, Calif., where he was a metallurgist in the Materials Science and Technology Division.

The Center for Innovative Sintered Products (CISP) is a true partnership between universities, industry, government agencies and professional and trade associations to develop cutting-edge technology for the processing of sintered materials.  CISP was formed as an outgrowth of the P/M Lab and other campus-wide efforts to focus Penn State resources on this important industry. The Center is headquartered at University Park, but shares tasks with engineers and scientists from universities and companies across the U.S. and abroad. Our goals are 1) research, 2) training students and industry professionals, and 3) transfer of new technology into the production line.