Researchers at Penn State have been awarded $250,000 from the Transportation Research Board to improve bus driver health and safety by transforming operator workstation design, assessment and ergonomics.
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.
In October, the Engineering Leadership Development (ELD) program collaborated with the Engineering-Consulting Collaborative (E-CC) to design a case competition to introduce students to the graduate degrees offered in Engineering Leadership and Innovation Management (ELIM) and Engineering Design (DESIGN).
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.
Seven Penn State alumni working in the arts, design and communications fields will participate in the Women of Color in Art and Design Symposium from 6:30 to 8 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 13, at the Palmer Lipcon Auditorium, Palmer Museum of Art. Sponsored by the College of Arts and Architecture and moderated by Kikora Franklin, associate professor of theatre, the symposium will feature a panel discussion where participants talk about career goals and the challenges of working as women of color in their respective fields.
Understanding the common terms and descriptions of Penn State health care plan features will help employees make the right choices for them and their families when choosing a medical benefits plan.
Penn State will offer art and photography studio classes online for the first time as part of the new bachelor of design in digital multimedia design.
This fall, five Penn State faculty making up the first cohort of the Blended Learning Transformation (BlendLT) program offered by Penn State Teaching and Learning with Technology will be teaching their newly designed blended courses. Born out of Penn State’s mission to transform education, BlendLT not only offers full support for faculty who wish to redesign their existing residential instruction course to an innovative blended (face-to-face and online) format, but also sees the process through the actual teaching of the course and measurement of learning outcomes once the course has ended.
Anyone interested in new online software and tools for design is invited to participate in a short study in the Borland Project Space (125 Borland), as part of a research project, “Measuring Orientation Methods to Online Tools for Design Studio Tasks.”
Penn State students design affordable, eco-friendly homes for local families.
The Arts Project at Penn State Lehigh Valley has announced its fall 2014 session options for Sept. 15 to Dec. 11. Additionally, a special two-day workshop, Creating Ceramic Vessels and Raku Firing, will be offered.
The Arts Project at Penn State Lehigh Valley will offer two workshops: Drawing and Design Fundamentals, and Advanced Jewelry and Metalsmithing; for adults and teens beginning in June.
