Aleksandra Radlińska, assistant professor of civil engineering at Penn State, was recently named chair of the Concrete Research Council for the American Concrete Institute.
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’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 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.
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.
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.
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.
The remote town of Barrow, Alaska, home to more than 4,000 people, touts picturesque views of the Arctic Ocean as well as an unparalleled connection to the Alaskan wild, but underneath its stunning beauty lies a major global crisis — permafrost coastal erosion — causing Barrow to gradually slip into the sea.
Understanding the behavior of composite materials is important to advancing their design since attempts to further strengthen or stiffen them can sometimes produce counterproductive results. A $545,000 grant over three years from the National Science Foundation aims to answer some of the central questions about the microstructural mechanisms that lead to composite performance.
As part of a larger series of events focused on increasing female and minority student engagement with the Learning Factory at Penn State, 'Build Night' establishes and strengthens engineering skills by presenting attendees with hands-on making activities.
“Be prepared.” This famous mantra isn’t just for the Boy Scouts of America. The need to build durable infrastructure on other planets is coming. To prepare, Penn State researchers have teamed up with NASA to explore how cement solidifies in microgravity environments.
Patrick J. Fox, the John A. and Harriette K. Shaw Professor and Head of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, has recently been elected vice president of the Geo-Institute. The G-I is one of the nine specialty institutes of the American Society of Civil Engineers.
Bahman Sheikh, a doctoral student in civil engineering at Penn State, recently was awarded a scholarship by the International Association of Foundation Drilling. The scholarship, which focuses on geotechnical engineering, is intended to stimulate the involvement of highly qualified engineers within the industry.
Penn State’s student chapter of the American Concrete Institute has not only been restarted following several semesters of hiatus, but it is also being spearheaded by its first-ever all-female leadership team.
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.
