An apparatus built as a capstone project by a team of senior biological engineering students was created to save farmers' lives by demonstrating extreme danger.
Final plans for a renovation and construction project to modernize the Agricultural Engineering Building at an estimated cost of $44.5 million were approved by the Board of Trustees at their May 6 meeting.
Jeffrey Catchmark, associate professor of agricultural and biological engineering at Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences, is working to commercialize a patent-pending biofoam pad for wound and trauma care.
Fangle Chang, a doctoral candidate in agricultural and biological engineering, hopes to bridge the gap between human and technology perceptions of dairy farm smells.
The winners of the fall Engineering Design Showcase were announced on Thursday at the Bryce Jordan Center. The event was the culmination of a semester-long effort by students to solve real-world problems posed by industry sponsors. Participants included first-year students through seniors across a number of engineering disciplines.
Ever since Andrew Neal was a boy, the environment played a significant role in his life. Under the guidance of his father and the Boy Scouts of America, his appreciation for the outdoors grew into a passion, and it is what motivates him today in his natural-resource engineering career.
For many, the term "academic integrity" may be synonymous with preventing cheating, but a recent workshop on campus showed faculty there's more to creating an ethical classroom than just preventing cheating.
A team of students from Penn State's colleges of Agricultural Sciences and Engineering recently placed fifth overall in the International Quarter Scale Tractor Competition, sponsored by the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers.
Changing the way a plant forms cellulose may lead to more efficient, less expensive biofuel production, according to Penn State engineers. "What every biofuel manufacturer wants to do is to get to the sugars," said Jeffrey Catchmark, associate professor of agricultural and biological engineering. "But the structure of cellulose itself can be an obstacle."
Three Penn State engineering faculty members have been named winners of the National Science Foundation (NSF) Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award.
Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences has honored six of its graduates with 2012 Outstanding Alumni Awards. The awards recognize alumni for their achievements and provide opportunities for recipients to interact with the college's faculty, students and other alumni.
Two teams of students from Penn State's colleges of Agricultural Sciences and Engineering recently combined to earn a fifth place overall placing in the International Quarter Scale Tractor Competition sponsored by the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers.
