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U.S. Navy and Penn State Center teach STEM using underwater robotics

4/3/17

More than 100 students and educators from western Pennsylvania schools will compete in the 2017 Pittsburgh Regional SeaPerch Competition from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, April 8, at California University of Pennsylvania. The Penn State Center Pittsburgh, United States Navy City Outreach and Navy Recruiting District Pittsburgh partnered to facilitate the regional contest.

Ilker Oruc, doctoral candidate in aerospace engineering, approaches a frigate in an SH-60 helicopter in the VLRCOE Fixed-base Flight Simulator Lab.

Penn State awarded $13 million for vertical lift technology research

12/14/16

The Penn State Vertical Lift Research Center of Excellence (VLRCOE) was awarded $13,786,974 in funding through a cooperative agreement with the U.S. Army, U.S. Navy and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to support a wide range of fundamental research related to vertical lift technology and educational activities for students.

PSUkraine

3/1/96

The large, white-walled room feels almost empty. A desk looks dwarfed pushed against one wall. A scattering of other furnishings seems faceless and nondescript. In the middle of the floor, however, is a machine, an apparatus, that commands attention.