Scholar troubleshoots for international space mission during co-op
10/24/18
Schreyer Honors Scholar and aerospace engineering student Kriston Ramdass helped keep an upcoming NASA mission on schedule this year during an eight-month co-op at Moog.
Engineering
Engineering
William Bahnfleth receives ASHRAE E.K. Campbell Award
10/24/18
William P. Bahnfleth, professor of architectural engineering, will be recognized by the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) as the 2019 recipient of the E.K. Campbell Award. The annual award is given to an ASHRAE member for outstanding service and achievement in teaching in an accredited engineering or engineering technology program.
Professional Women in Building panel to offer experience and advice
10/24/18
In honor of the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) Professional Women in Building Week, the Penn State NAHB Student Chapter, Penn State Solar Decathlon Team and USGBC Central PA Student Chapter at Penn State will be hosting a moderated panel discussion of women in the residential construction industry from 6 to 8 p.m. Monday, Oct. 29, in the Jury Space on the first floor of the Stuckeman Family Building.
NSF selects Penn State to create, lead Center for Trustworthy Machine Learning
10/24/18
Patrick McDaniel, distinguished professor of computer science and engineering and the William L. Weiss Chair in Information and Communications Technology in the Penn State College of Engineering, has been awarded a National Science Foundation Frontier grant to establish and lead the Center for Trustworthy Machine Learning.
High-performance buildings will be focus of Nov. 2 meeting
10/23/18
The Institutes of Energy and the Environment (IEE) and the Department of Architectural Engineering will hold a meeting on high-performance buildings in connection with IEE’s 2018 seed grant call. The event will be held from 9 to 10:30 a.m. on Friday, Nov. 2, in 211 Keller Building.
Davis receives best paper award at human and computing interaction conference
10/23/18
Felecia Davis, assistant professor of architecture in the Stuckeman School, brought home a best paper award from the Human and Computing Interaction International 2018 Conference, which was held earlier this year in Las Vegas.
Students workshop leadership skills on team-building retreat
10/22/18
In late August, 15 students arrived at Penn State’s Stone Valley Recreation Area for a weekend retreat focused on building self-awareness and authentic leadership as part of a retreat organized by the Engineering Leadership Development (ELD) program.
Fracking wastewater accumulation found in freshwater mussels' shells
10/22/18
Elevated concentrations of strontium, an element associated with oil and gas wastewaters, have accumulated in the shells of freshwater mussels downstream from fracking wastewater disposal sites, according to researchers from Penn State and Union College.
2018 Nittany AI Challenge winners provide EdTech solutions, receive $50,000
10/19/18
The Nittany AI Challenge offers teams of students, faculty and staff the chance to compete for grants by developing and presenting AI-based solutions that solve real-world problems and improve the student experience and/or University operations at Penn State.
Penn State hosting webinars for National Distance Learning Week
10/18/18
Online learning experts from Penn State will offer a series of free webinars to mark National Distance Learning Week from Nov. 5-9.
New BME center brings together disciplines to train a new generation of research
10/17/18
The Department of Biomedical Engineer's newest center, the Center for Mathematics of Living and Mimetic Matter, brings together leading Penn State scientists from many departments, including mathematicians, chemists, biologists, materials scientists and engineers, to develop a much better understanding of the dynamic processes occurring in living and mimetic matter under out-of-equilibrium conditions.
Engineers to study use of beamed microwave energy to launch space vehicles
10/17/18
The Air Force Office of Scientific Research has awarded two College of Engineering faculty members funding totaling more than $823,000 for a three-year program to develop and use a facility to study the use of beamed microwave energy to launch space vehicles off the surface of Earth.
Registration open for Penn State Ethics and Engineering Case Competition
10/16/18
Registration is now open for undergraduate students interested in participating in the upcoming Penn State Ethics and Engineering Case Competition, which will take place at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 15, in 220 Hammond Building.
Research programs offered for undergraduates
10/13/18
Applications are now open for the Women in Science Engineering Research, Minority Undergraduate Research Experience and First-year Undergraduate Research Program. The application deadline is Nov. 1.
Teaching and Learning with Technology introduces new Faculty Fellows
10/12/18
Teaching and Learning with Technology at Penn State has named its four TLT Faculty Fellows for the 2018-19 academic year — David Hunter, Kathryn W. Jablokow, Karen Kackley-Dutt, and Alan Wagner. This year's TLT Faculty Fellows will work on projects covering data science, digital fluency, immersive experiences, and robotics.