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Engineering students explore prototyping through maker opportunities at Behrend

5/2/18

At Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, students in the honors sections of Charlotte de Vries’ EDGSN 100: Introduction to Engineering Design course have become more engaged in the classroom thanks to the ability to make Arduino prototypes. De Vries, assistant professor of mechanical engineering, started this project in the fall as a solution to lack of student engagement and interest in classes where students were unable to build actual prototypes.

Esther Gomez, assistant professor of chemical engineering and biomedical engineering, Penn State

Gomez receives NSF CAREER award

5/2/18

Esther Gomez, assistant professor of chemical engineering and biomedical engineering at Penn State, has received the National Science Foundation’sEarly Career (CAREER) award to better understand the mechanobiology of mesenchymal-epithelial transition.

Engineering students Ryan Shea and Sarah Tevis test out the Ford prototype.

Student engineers innovate passenger car seats with Ford

4/30/18

A team of engineers worked diligently for months designing a new passenger car seat for the Ford Motor Company, harnessing years of education to create a finished prototype. But they weren’t professionals working in Detroit — the team members were all undergraduate seniors at Penn State.

Conrad Tucker with Bill Gates at the Millennium Scholars Program Celebration.

Engineering's Tucker attends Gates Millennium Scholars Program celebration

4/30/18

Conrad Tucker, associate professor of engineering design and industrial and manufacturing engineering, was invited by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to attend the Gates Millennium Scholars Program Celebration on April 24 in Seattle. Although there are more than 20,000 Gates Millennium Scholars and alumni of the program, Tucker was one of only approximately 30 scholars invited to the event.

Visual representation of heart rate detection on a patient's face
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Video-based heart rate estimation

4/27/18

An example of video-based heart rate estimation from Tucker's Design Analysis Technology Lab that allows one to "see" the heart rate of a patient by focusing their face. 

Graduate student excellence celebrated at awards luncheon

4/27/18

Penn State President Eric Barron presented 11 awards to more than 30 graduate students in recognition of outstanding achievement during the annual Graduate Student Awards Luncheon, held April 25 at the Nittany Lion Inn.

Comparison between a regular video vs. a video that uses algorithms to detect what cannot be seen by the naked eye.
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Video-based skin color variation

4/27/18

An example of video-based skin color variation that Tucker is working on in his Design Analysis Technology Lab, which allows one to "see" in a patient what would otherwise be unobservable to the human eye.

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