Civil and environmental engineering announces tenure for five faculty members
6/20/19
Five Penn State Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering faculty members have been selected for promotion and/or tenure, effective July 1, 2019.
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Engineering professor named editor-in-chief of architectural engineering journal
5/28/19
Ali Memari, professor of civil and architectural engineering, Bernard and Henrietta Hankin Chair in Residential Building Construction, and director of the Pennsylvania Housing Research Center at Penn State, was recently named the editor-in-chief of the Journal of Architectural Engineering, produced by the American Society of Civil Engineers.
Net carbon-negative electricity source may offer economical alternative to China
5/20/19
Researchers say burning a mixture of coal and crop residue biomass might provide a cost-effective, net carbon-negative electricity source that can be scaled to commercial levels in China in order to meet global temperature objectives by mid-century.
Environmental engineering graduate student 'a source of inspiration' for family
5/14/19
Emmanuel Fonseca, a doctoral student in environmental engineering at Penn State, is the first of his family to attend college and strives to be an inspiration to his younger siblings through his own successes.
Penn State is a Google AI Impact grantee
5/7/19
Penn State is one of 20 organizations that will share $25 million in grants from Google.org; credit and consulting from Google Cloud; and coaching by Google’s AI experts, as a grantee of the Google AI Impact Challenge.
Program's student diversity strengthens its impact and reach
5/2/19
Through its unique opportunities focused on social entrepreneurship and humanitarian technology development, the Humanitarian Engineering and Social Entrepreneurship (HESE) program attracts a diverse group of Penn State students wanting to inspire change. Together, these students help to solve problems using technology-based, sustainable approaches that impact millions of lives around the world.
Meet Olivia Rockwell, a Penn State civil engineering student and risk taker
4/26/19
Olivia Rockwell, a senior civil engineering student at Penn State, describes herself as someone who is always up for a challenge. That's why she made sure to immerse herself in a wide variety of clubs and organizations outside of her engineering studies, like Penn State Homecoming, the Swing Dance Club, the Ukulele Club and the Nittany Grotto Caving Club.
Fox receives recognition for paper published in Geosynthetics International
4/23/19
A research paper written by Patrick Fox, the John A. and Harriette K. Shaw Professor and Head of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Penn State, has been honored with the 2018 Editor’s Choice Award by Geosynthetics International, an official journal of the International Geosynthetics Society.
Civil engineering's Radlinska named chair of Concrete Research Council
4/15/19
Aleksandra Radlińska, assistant professor of civil engineering at Penn State, was recently named chair of the Concrete Research Council for the American Concrete Institute.
Grant to study how driver behavior is impacted by autonomous vehicle technology
4/15/19
Penn State researchers aim to develop a driver-in-the-loop, vehicle simulator tool in order to better understand the effects that Connected and Autonomous Vehicle technology has on commuting behavior, thanks to a $60,000 Multidisciplinary Research Seed Grant.
Penn State 3D printing team advances in NASA competition
3/27/19
Penn State’s 3D printing team, PennStateDen@Mars, has advanced to Phase 3, Level 4 of the NASA 3D-Printed Habitat Competition, after capturing a third-place victory in Phase 3, Level 3 of the competition.
Penn State senior named one of 10 'New Faces of Civil Engineering'
3/21/19
Penn State civil engineering senior Nicole Dato was named one of the 10 American Society of Civil Engineers 2019 New Faces of Civil Engineering in the college category.
Foundation makes gifts in engineering alumnus' memory
3/20/19
The Ballantyne and Leonard Foundation has made commitments totaling $500,000 to support the Summer Founders Program, an Invent Penn State initiative, and students in the Penn State College of Engineering.
Penn State places second at National Association of Home Builders competition
3/12/19
The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) student chapter at Penn State placed second in the Four-Year College category of the NAHB Student Competition, held Feb. 18-20 at the 2019 NAHB International Builders’ Show in Las Vegas. The competition challenges student teams to solve a real-life construction-management problem and develop a proposal for a residential subdivision.
PHRC Housing Conference to be held March 13-14
3/1/19
The Pennsylvania Housing Research Center (PHRC), housed in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Penn State, will be hosting the 27th Annual PHRC Housing Conference on March 13-14 at the Penn Stater Hotel and Conference Center.