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Man demonstrating how to use a mobile phone application to capture pulse rate

Visualizing vitals through video

12/3/18

Researchers from Penn State and Johns Hopkins University are working to develop additional capabilities by capturing vital signs of patients in resource-constrained environments with a device most Americans use every day — a cellphone camera.

Woman standing in front of a wall with the Penn State athletics symbol and the wording "Penn State Nittany Lions."

End zone engineering

11/6/18

Scarlett Miller, associate professor of engineering design and industrial engineering, served as the guest football coach for the first game of Penn State's 2018 season.

Illustration of data entering a digital mock-up of a human head

Developing digital design data

10/24/18

Researchers at Penn State have received a $424,743 grant from the National Science Foundation to investigate how the size and quality of datasets created by digital models relate to machine learning and how this impacts the support provided to engineering designers.

A man in a warehouse looks through a virtual-reality headset.

NSF funds three-year study of virtual-reality engineering simulations

10/5/18

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.

Old Main walkways cleared of snow

No more snow days?

9/28/18

Since 2010, the University Park campus has canceled classes just three full days due to snowfall. Much to the chagrin of students — and likely some faculty and staff — the snow day at Penn State may just have become even more elusive, thanks to software developed by recent industrial engineering graduate Achal Goel.

Connor Jennings

Grit and a great mentor gave this graduate student his competitive edge

9/24/18

Connor Jennings, a soon-to-be graduate of the industrial engineering graduate program, discusses how his adviser along with the rigorous curriculum and research with the Center for e-Design at Penn State have helped prepare him for an industry in which collaboration and communication are key.

distribution center, emergency room, electrical utility pole, food service

Penn State partners with engineering society to create service engineering award

9/17/18

The Service Enterprise Engineering Advisory Board within the Harold and Inge Marcus Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering has partnered with the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers to develop an international award that celebrates outstanding innovation in service systems engineering.

Stephen Richards recording data behind the Berkey Creamery counter

Engineering scholars investigate service system challenges on campus

9/13/18

Undergraduate industrial engineering students can apply what they learn in the classroom to real-world service system challenges by being selected as a Service Enterprise Engineering 360 scholar. Through collaborations with on-campus businesses such as the Penn State Berkey Creamery and Beaver Stadium, scholars have the opportunity to collect data and create formulas that could provide long-term improvements for these services.

Cody Heaton gets sworn in as UPUA President.

UPUA president uses engineering skills to be a better leader

9/12/18

Cody Heaton, an industrial engineering senior, uses his engineering skills to be a better leader. Heaton balances a variety of extracurriculars while serving as the University Park Undergraduate Association President and taking classes.

Guha Manogharan, assistant professor of mechanical engineering at Penn State

Manogharan named outstanding researcher in additive manufacturing

9/7/18

In recognition of his exceptional contributions to the field of additive manufacturing, Guha Manogharan, assistant professor of mechanical engineering at Penn State, has been awarded the International Outstanding Young Researcher in Freeform and Additive Manufacturing Award.

Tim Simpson receiving the ASME Robert E. Abbot Award.

Simpson receives two engineering design awards at international conference

9/4/18

Tim Simpson, a professor and researcher known for his knowledge within the realm of product design and additive manufacturing, was the recipient of two awards at the 2018 American Society of Mechanical Engineers International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference.

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