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Public events safety addressed by 9th International Law Enforcement Forum

4/24/13

Representatives from Canada, Guyana, Sweden, United Kingdom and United States attended the 9th International Law Enforcement Forum at Penn State, April 16-18, 2013. The Forum's workshop focused on "Protecting the Public, Protecting the Protector," giving special attention to improving safety at major public events, particularly after the Boston Marathon bombing.

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Penn State's ARL awarded up to $853 million for critical defense work

9/13/12

The U.S. Navy's Naval Sea Systems Command awarded Penn State's Applied Research Laboratory a contract for up to $853 million over the next 10 years to support critical defense work. NAVSEA will provide an estimated $415 million over the next five years with an option to renew for an additional five years at $438 million. ARL has had continuous Navy funding since its establishment by the Navy in 1945.

Penn State ARL to lead defense manufacturing research project

8/30/12

Streamlining the design and manufacture of U.S. Department of Defense equipment, including vehicles, weapons and other complex systems, is the goal of a $48 million contract recently awarded to Penn State's Applied Research Laboratory. The contract was awarded through the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's (DARPA) Instant Foundry Adaptive through Bits (iFAB) program, which is part of the agency's Adaptive Vehicle Make (AVM) portfolio.

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Lunar Lion team to appear at Arts Fest Children's Day

7/2/12

The Penn State Lunar Lion team will be on hand during the Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts' Children and Youth Day to talk about their effort to land a vehicle on the moon. Team members will appear at Discovery Space of Central Pennsylvania at 112 W. Foster Ave. in State College from 1 to 4 p.m. on Wednesday, July 11.

Manufacturability, cost focus of IE colloquium

3/15/12

Jay D. Martin, a research associate at the Penn State Applied Research Laboratory, will present "Dynamic Schedule Development to Evaluate Manufacturability and Cost" at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 22, in 102 Leonhard Building on the University Park campus of Penn state. The talk, free and open to the public, is part of the ongoing Industrial Engineering Colloquium Series.

Center for Innovative Materials Processing created

3/15/12

Penn State's Applied Research Laboratory and Sciaky, Inc., a subsidiary of Phillips Service Industries, will establish the Center for Innovative Materials Processing through Direct Digital Deposition as a Manufacturing Demonstration Facility under the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's Open Manufacturing Initiative. The project will receive $3.8 million over four years.

Faculty member in Applied Research Lab wins national achievement award

11/28/11

Christopher Griffin, a faculty member in Penn State's Applied Research Lab, has been awarded the Sidney D. Drell Academic Award by the Intelligence and National Security Alliance (INSA). The award is one of several achievement awards presented annually by the INSA to outstanding young professionals across the national security and intelligence field. Award winners are nominated by their peers for their leadership, commitment, hard work and dedication to their professional sector.

Penn State collaboration produces design software and license

10/24/11

Tim Simpson, professor of industrial and mechanical engineering, and a team of students and faculty in aerospace, industrial and mechanical engineering, the College of Information Science and Technology, and the Applied Research Laboratory have developed a suite of multi-dimensional data visualization tools to support model-based engineering and design.

Lunar Lion leader Paul to speak at Nov. 2 Research Unplugged

10/24/11

Research Unplugged will feature Michael Paul, a space systems engineer at Penn State's Applied Research Laboratory (ARL) and team leader of Lunar Lion, presenting "Lunar Lion: Penn State Enters the Private Sector Race to the Moon" from noon to 1 p.m. on Nov. 2 at the Penn State Downtown Theatre.

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NASA awards $100,000 for space exploration power systems

9/13/11

Michael V. Paul, space systems engineer in Penn State's Applied Research Laboratory, has received a $100,000 grant under the NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts program and been named a Fellow of this recently reformed program in NASA's Office of the Chief Technologist. Paul, who leads the Penn State Lunar Lion team -- part of the Google Lunar X PRIZE competition -- receives his grant for "Non-Radioisotope Power Systems for Sunless Solar System Exploration Missions." Several targets of scientific interest in solar system exploration require nonsolar power sources because of permanent shading from craters or clouds, or extreme distances from the sun.

Hayes to receive Robinson Equal Opportunity Award

3/17/11

Patricia G. Hayes, assistant to the director, Information and Diversity Programs, at the Applied Research Laboratory (ARL), has been selected to receive the 2011 Dr. James Robinson Equal Opportunity Award. The award, sponsored by the Penn State Alumni Association, was established in 1988 and renamed in 1998 to honor the late James Robinson, a distinguished alumnus and former member of the Alumni Council. It recognizes a full-time faculty or staff member, with at least two years of active service, who has promoted equal opportunity through affirmative action and/or contributes to enhancing the educational environment of the University through improving cross-cultural understanding.

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Public events safety addressed by 9th International Law Enforcement Forum

4/24/13

Representatives from Canada, Guyana, Sweden, United Kingdom and United States attended the 9th International Law Enforcement Forum at Penn State, April 16-18, 2013. The Forum's workshop focused on "Protecting the Public, Protecting the Protector," giving special attention to improving safety at major public events, particularly after the Boston Marathon bombing.

Untitled

Penn State's ARL awarded up to $853 million for critical defense work

9/13/12

The U.S. Navy's Naval Sea Systems Command awarded Penn State's Applied Research Laboratory a contract for up to $853 million over the next 10 years to support critical defense work. NAVSEA will provide an estimated $415 million over the next five years with an option to renew for an additional five years at $438 million. ARL has had continuous Navy funding since its establishment by the Navy in 1945.

Penn State ARL to lead defense manufacturing research project

8/30/12

Streamlining the design and manufacture of U.S. Department of Defense equipment, including vehicles, weapons and other complex systems, is the goal of a $48 million contract recently awarded to Penn State's Applied Research Laboratory. The contract was awarded through the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's (DARPA) Instant Foundry Adaptive through Bits (iFAB) program, which is part of the agency's Adaptive Vehicle Make (AVM) portfolio.

Untitled

Lunar Lion team to appear at Arts Fest Children's Day

7/2/12

The Penn State Lunar Lion team will be on hand during the Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts' Children and Youth Day to talk about their effort to land a vehicle on the moon. Team members will appear at Discovery Space of Central Pennsylvania at 112 W. Foster Ave. in State College from 1 to 4 p.m. on Wednesday, July 11.

Manufacturability, cost focus of IE colloquium

3/15/12

Jay D. Martin, a research associate at the Penn State Applied Research Laboratory, will present "Dynamic Schedule Development to Evaluate Manufacturability and Cost" at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 22, in 102 Leonhard Building on the University Park campus of Penn state. The talk, free and open to the public, is part of the ongoing Industrial Engineering Colloquium Series.

Center for Innovative Materials Processing created

3/15/12

Penn State's Applied Research Laboratory and Sciaky, Inc., a subsidiary of Phillips Service Industries, will establish the Center for Innovative Materials Processing through Direct Digital Deposition as a Manufacturing Demonstration Facility under the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's Open Manufacturing Initiative. The project will receive $3.8 million over four years.

Faculty member in Applied Research Lab wins national achievement award

11/28/11

Christopher Griffin, a faculty member in Penn State's Applied Research Lab, has been awarded the Sidney D. Drell Academic Award by the Intelligence and National Security Alliance (INSA). The award is one of several achievement awards presented annually by the INSA to outstanding young professionals across the national security and intelligence field. Award winners are nominated by their peers for their leadership, commitment, hard work and dedication to their professional sector.

Penn State collaboration produces design software and license

10/24/11

Tim Simpson, professor of industrial and mechanical engineering, and a team of students and faculty in aerospace, industrial and mechanical engineering, the College of Information Science and Technology, and the Applied Research Laboratory have developed a suite of multi-dimensional data visualization tools to support model-based engineering and design.

Lunar Lion leader Paul to speak at Nov. 2 Research Unplugged

10/24/11

Research Unplugged will feature Michael Paul, a space systems engineer at Penn State's Applied Research Laboratory (ARL) and team leader of Lunar Lion, presenting "Lunar Lion: Penn State Enters the Private Sector Race to the Moon" from noon to 1 p.m. on Nov. 2 at the Penn State Downtown Theatre.

Untitled

NASA awards $100,000 for space exploration power systems

9/13/11

Michael V. Paul, space systems engineer in Penn State's Applied Research Laboratory, has received a $100,000 grant under the NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts program and been named a Fellow of this recently reformed program in NASA's Office of the Chief Technologist. Paul, who leads the Penn State Lunar Lion team -- part of the Google Lunar X PRIZE competition -- receives his grant for "Non-Radioisotope Power Systems for Sunless Solar System Exploration Missions." Several targets of scientific interest in solar system exploration require nonsolar power sources because of permanent shading from craters or clouds, or extreme distances from the sun.

Hayes to receive Robinson Equal Opportunity Award

3/17/11

Patricia G. Hayes, assistant to the director, Information and Diversity Programs, at the Applied Research Laboratory (ARL), has been selected to receive the 2011 Dr. James Robinson Equal Opportunity Award. The award, sponsored by the Penn State Alumni Association, was established in 1988 and renamed in 1998 to honor the late James Robinson, a distinguished alumnus and former member of the Alumni Council. It recognizes a full-time faculty or staff member, with at least two years of active service, who has promoted equal opportunity through affirmative action and/or contributes to enhancing the educational environment of the University through improving cross-cultural understanding.