On Sept. 9 at Penn State's University Park campus, Clayton Daniel Mote Jr., immediate past president of the National Academy of Engineering and former president of the University of Maryland, addressed faculty, students and staff in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, reflecting on the past achievements of engineering while casting a gaze to the goals of the future.
Susan Trolier-McKinstry, the Steward S. Flaschen Professor of Ceramic Science and Engineering, Penn State, has been named a member of the National Academy of Engineering (NAE).
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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."
