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.
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.
NHK, Japan’s national public broadcasting organization, will be on the University Park campus Jan. 22 to film the Penn State interdisciplinary team that has advanced to the third phase of NASA’s $3.1-million 3D-Printed Habitat Challenge.
Sez Atamturktur has been named the Harry and Arlene Schell Professor and Head of the Department of Architectural Engineering at Penn State, effective July 1.
Penn State has been asked by the United Nations to lead a global network to advance building science, construction processes and building management. The network aims to create an international framework that will make buildings more sustainable, more efficient and healthier to live and work in.
A real-time, virtual building mapping and monitoring system developed for Penn State was named a finalist for a 2017 Bentley "Be Inspired" award.
A unique partnership between Penn State and industry members is working to advance solar and wind energy through energy storage and microgrid systems education and training. The Energy Storage and Microgrid Training and Certification (ESAM-TAC) program is part of the GridSTAR Center, a smart grid education and research center at Penn State at The Navy Yard, located in Philadelphia.
Representatives from Penn State at the Navy Yard recently traveled to Europe to meet with United Nations ambassadors, Irish government officials, and representatives from Ecole Polytechnique Federaler De Lausanne (EPFL) to discuss sustainable building principles and related research and educational opportunities.
William Bahnfleth, professor of architectural engineering at Penn State, and alumnus Joseph Firrantello are investigating the use of ultraviolet germicidal irradiation as a long-term maintenance solution for cooling coils in heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) systems in buildings.
The Penn State Department of Architectural Engineering AEI Student Design Competition team received first place honors in four of the five categories at the recent AEI Student Design Competition 2017 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
Geoffrey Tanudjaja, a fourth-year architectural engineering student, is the recipient of the Simpson Gumpertz & Heger (SGH) 60th Anniversary Scholarship.
John Messner, professor of architectural engineering, shares his family's experience with pediatric cancer, THON and the Four Diamonds Fund.
Oluwatobi Jewoola, an architectural engineering student, overcomes financial woes, with help from the University, College of Engineering and Department of Architectural Engineering, and excels in a time of hardship.
Penn State University, in collaboration with the Philadelphia Industrial Development Corporation and other technology providers and with funding from the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), is demonstrating a cost-effective technology path to increase the use of renewable-energy power generation in Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania Marcellus shale gas will be used to fuel a gas-fired turbine power generator in combination with solar cell and battery energy storage systems.
Esther Obonyo, associate professor of engineering design and architectural engineering at Penn State, will serve as the interim director of the Humanitarian Engineering and Social Entrepreneurship (HESE) program, effective Jan. 1, 2017.
