Barry Voight elected to National Academy of Engineering
10/20/17
Barry Voight, professor emeritus of geology and geological engineering, Penn State, is among 84 new members and 22 foreign associates elected to the National Academy of Engineering.
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National Academy of Engineering's Alton Romig to give EMS commencement address
4/21/17
Alton D. Romig Jr., executive officer of the National Academy of Engineering, will deliver the address for the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences (EMS) baccalaureate degree commencement ceremony, to be held at 8 p.m. May 5 in Pegula Ice Arena on Penn State’s University Park campus.
Engineering's Gayah selected to attend National Academy of Engineering symposium
9/23/16
Vikash Gayah, assistant professor of civil engineering at Penn State, was recently selected to be a part of the National Academy of Engineering’s Frontiers of Engineering Education (FOEE) Symposium, which will take place Sept. 25 to 28 in Irvine, California.
Tucker appointed to National Academy of Engineering advisory committee
2/29/16
Conrad Tucker, assistant professor of engineering design and industrial engineering and an affiliate faculty member in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, has been invited by National Academy of Engineering (NAE) President Dan Mote to join the Advisory Committee for the NAE’s Frontiers of Engineering Education Symposium, to be held Sept. 25-28 in Irvine, California.
Leonhard Center, Rock Ethics Institute lauded for efforts in ethics education
2/18/16
The National Academy of Engineering's Center for Engineering Ethics and Society has selected the pioneering efforts to create a community of ethics educators in Penn State’s College of Engineering as an Exemplar in Engineering Ethics Education. Penn State’s program was one of only 25 recognized across the country.
Students learn how to sell the next big engineering idea
5/4/15
In a competitive course that leverages alumni and industry judges, materials science and engineering students compete to develop ideas to address the National Academy of Engineering's Grand Challenges. The course helps students build practical, industry-specific communication skills and the top teams win cash prizes.
Elsworth elected to National Academy of Engineering
2/9/15
Derek Elsworth, professor of energy and geo-environmental engineering at Penn State, is among the 67 new members and 12 foreign associates elected to the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) on Feb. 5.
Former Myriant VP Alger named director of new institute for natural gas research
5/13/14
Monty Alger, former senior vice president of research and development (R&D) at Myriant Corp. in Woburn, Mass., has been selected as the inaugural director of the Institute for Natural Gas Research (INGaR) at Penn State.
Engineers enter NAE video contest with top prize of $25,000
4/21/14
Three Penn State engineering teams are among the entries for the National Academy of Engineering's Engineering for You video contest commemorating the NAE's 50th anniversary.
Logan elected American Association for the Advancement of Science fellow
12/2/13
Bruce Logan, Evan Pugh Professor and the Stan and Flora Kappe Professor of Environmental Engineering at Penn State, has been elected a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the group announced on Nov. 29.
Tucker selected for NAE Frontiers of Engineering Education symposium
9/20/13
Conrad Tucker, assistant professor in the Harold and Inge Marcus Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering and the School of Engineering Design, Technology and Professional Programs, will participate in the National Academy of Engineering's (NAE) fifth Frontiers of Engineering Education (FOEE) symposium Oct. 27 to 30 in Irvine, Calif.
Penn State students' affordable greenhouse effort helping African farmers
9/3/13
An ongoing project by students in the College of Engineering's Humanitarian and Social Entrepreneurship program is helping Africans move beyond subsistence farming by developing affordable, inexpensive greenhouses.
Professor emeritus named to National Academy of Engineering
4/13/12
Richard Hogg, professor emeritus of mineral processing and geo-environmental engineering, was elected to membership in the National Academy of Engineering. Election to the NAE is among the highest professional distinctions accorded to an engineer. Academy membership honors those who have made outstanding contributions to "engineering research, practice or education, including, where appropriate, significant contributions to the engineering literature."