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Nittany AI Celebration

Penn State team uses AI to find shortest path to graduation

10/11/18

A team of seven undergraduates were awarded $30,000 in September from the Nittany AI Alliance to further develop LionPlanner, an application that is designed to provide a solution to many undergraduate woes — finding the shortest path to graduation. Christina Warren from the College of Arts and Architecture; and Michael Roos, Benjamin Proto, Thanh Tran, Quinn Verbeke, Mathew Mancini, Dylan Shoemaker, and faculty adviser Wang-Chien Lee from the College of Engineering, developed LionPlanner as part of the 2018 Nittany AI Challenge.

Carlos Martín

Hankin Lecture to focus on America’s future homebuilding

10/11/18

Carlos Martín, Senior Fellow in the Metropolitan Housing and Communities Policy Center at the Urban Institute, where he leads research on the physical quality of housing and communities, will deliver the 2018 Hankin Distinguished lecture at 4 p.m. on Nov. 7 at the HUB-Robeson Center in the Freeman Auditorium.

Left to right: Justin Schwartz, Harold and Inge Marcus Dean of Engineering; Tonya Peeples, associate dean for equity and inclusion for the College of Engineering; Tom La Porta, director of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

Engineering has goal to achieve undergraduate gender equity in 7 years

10/11/18

In the fall of 2017, Justin Schwartz, Harold and Inge Marcus Dean of Engineering, Penn State, announced a bold goal: for the Penn State College of Engineering to achieve gender equity among the undergraduate student population within seven years. A year later, he and the college remain fully committed to that goal.

Dan Heller of Lockheed Martin talks to a group of Penn State engineering students

Alumnus Dan Heller featured at ExecutiveXcellence Speaker Series

10/10/18

On Sept. 25, students and faculty filled the Gursahaney Family E-Knowledge Commons in the Reber Building on the University Park campus to gain valuable insight on how to have a successful career in engineering from Dan Heller, vice president of Engineering & Technology, Lockheed Martin Rotary and Mission Systems.

Reuben Kraft, assistant professor of mechanical and biomedical engineering and co-hire with the Penn State Institute of CyberScience.

Kraft recognized with Outstanding Teaching Award

10/8/18

Reuben Kraft, assistant professor of mechanical and biomedical engineering and co-hire with the Penn State Institute of CyberScience, is being recognized with the 2018 Penn State Engineering Alumni Society Outstanding Teaching Award.

A man in a warehouse looks through a virtual-reality headset.

NSF funds three-year study of virtual-reality engineering simulations

10/5/18

Researchers at Penn State Behrend and University Park are developing a virtual-reality simulation that will place engineering students in an interactive and immersive manufacturing environment. The National Science Foundation is supporting the project with nearly $300,000 in funding.

Lugano, Switzerland

New study abroad opportunity in Italy and Switzerland for engineering students

10/4/18

The Office of Global Engineering Engagement is offering a new study abroad program open to all engineering students in Italy and Switzerland beginning in summer 2019. As the first of its kind in the College of Engineering, participants in the Cross-cultural Engagement and Technical Presentation Program learn how to deliver effective technical presentations in a European setting as they are introduced to Italian language and local culture.

Man stands in front of presentation

High-performance construction

10/4/18

Robert Leicht, associate professor of architectural engineering, uses organizational theory, communication theory and information and process modeling to research how to best assemble integrated teams and develop integrated processes in order to design and build ultra-high-performing buildings.

overhead water irrigation on crop field

Larger cities have smaller water footprint than less populated counterparts

10/4/18

Global sustainability is important now more than ever due to increasing urban populations and the resulting stress it can have on natural resources. But increased populations in cities may lead to greater efficiency, as a team of Penn State researchers discovered when they analyzed the water footprint of 65 mid- to large-sized U.S. cities.

Professor in front of the class talking to students

Reshaping first-year engineering design

10/4/18

Nicholas Meisel, assistant professor of engineering design and mechanical engineering, has received a grant from the College of Engineering’s Leonhard Center for the Enhancement of Engineering Education to design, implement and assess a new framework that will be used to create unifying design experiences during the first eight weeks of EDSGN 100.

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