Three graduate students honored with Distinguished Master's Thesis Award
4/12/19
Three Penn State graduate students ─ Umme Hani, Aravinth Sadagopan, and Olivia Shotyk ─ have been awarded the Distinguished Master’s Thesis Award.
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Ten students receive Martin Graduate Assistant Outstanding Teaching Awards
4/12/19
Ten Penn State graduate students have received the 2019 Harold F. Martin Graduate Assistant Outstanding Teaching Award.
GreenBriq student venture wins top $7,500 prize in Ag Springboard pitch contest
4/12/19
GreenBriq, a student venture aimed at turning the biomass of invasive water hyacinth plants into affordable fuel briquettes for Kenyan families, recently won first place in the Ag Springboard pitch contest. The competition is a signature event of the Entrepreneurship & Innovation Program in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences.
Law, policy and engineering experts convene to address biodevice needs
4/12/19
Experts from across the United States gathered at Penn State on April 11 to address the next generation of devices for biotechnology and biomedicine. It was the second event hosted under the Law, Policy and Engineering initiative. Jointly sponsored by the College of Engineering, Penn State Law, and the School of International Affairs, the initiative invites collaboration to address the profound challenges of humankind.
Pennsylvania KidWind Challenge 2019
4/12/19
On April 3, 2019, Penn State’s College of Engineering and Center for Science and the Schools hosted the PA KidWind Challenge 2019 at Penn State University Park.
New SCATTIRSTORM microscope could improve bioenergy production
4/11/19
The construction of a new multimodal optical microscope, SCATTIRSTORM, that could enable more efficient bioenergy production, is the focus of a three-year, $1.5 million, U.S. Department of Energy grant awarded to three Penn State researchers.
2019 Rosemary Schraer Mentoring and Achieving Women awardees announced
4/10/19
Every year, an exceptional mentor and women who have shown remarkable professionalism and leadership at Penn State are recognized with two awards: the Rosemary Schraer Mentoring Award and the Achieving Women Award. The 2019 award winners will be honored at a luncheon on Friday, April 26, from noon-1:30 p.m., in the Presidents Hall at the Penn Stater Hotel and Conference Center.
New center founded to develop more efficient flexible solar cells
4/10/19
New organic materials for creating advanced, flexible, light-weight solar cells and electronics for military and civilian use in remote areas away from power grids will be the focus of a new research center directed by Enrique Gomez, professor of chemical engineering and materials science and engineering at Penn State.
Student-engineered rocket creates launchpad for experience
4/10/19
After 18 months of painstaking design and construction, a team of engineers witnessed equipment they built take to the skies, attached to a rocket launched in Norway. But they weren’t NASA scientists -- they were undergraduate students in the Penn State College of Engineering.
Gala recognizes past to celebrate the future of mechanical engineering
4/10/19
On April 7, the past, present and future distinguished voices of Penn State Mechanical Engineering gathered at the Nittany Lion Inn for a celebratory evening.
Susan Stewart receives PennFuture Woman of Renewable Energy and Climate Award
4/9/19
Susan Stewart, associate teaching professor of aerospace engineering at Penn State, was recently named the recipient of the 2019 PennFuture Woman of Renewable Energy and Climate Award.
Penn State's Boothby honored by Structural Engineering Institute
4/9/19
Thomas Boothby, professor of architectural engineering at Penn State, has been named the recipient of the 2019 George Winter Award by the Structural Engineering Institute of the American Society of Civil Engineers.
Industrial engineering alumna starts enterprises in travel, hospitality services
4/9/19
Entrepreneur, world-traveler, business woman, engineer: these are all words that can be used to describe Penn State alumna Maneesha Panicker. She attributes her knowledge of industrial engineering and its connection to all the different studies instrumental in her personal success in the travel and hospitality industries. Service engineering, specifically, has had an immensely strong influence on her career and its path.
Penn State Habitat for Humanity to host Lego build fundraiser April 14
4/9/19
The Penn State campus chapter of Habitat for Humanity will host a Lego build fundraiser from 2-4 p.m. April 14 at Foundry Park, located behind Hammond Building at University Park.
Capstone course seeks to inspire humanitarian-focused engineers
4/9/19
“When these students graduate, they will be engineers who are also human beings with the responsibility to make a positive difference in the world,” explained Zoubeida Ounaies, professor of mechanical engineering and associate head for administration.