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Lakeville Greenhouse

PennTAP's consultants help Pennsylvania greenhouse stay in business

11/28/18

Lakeville Specialty Produce Co. is a one-acre facility in Washingtonville, Pennsylvania, specializing in premium salad greens for restaurants, caterers and consumers. Lakeville was losing its primary heat source for its greenhouse, resulting in costs that could negatively affect the company’s bottom line and the future of its lettuce production. However, the Pennsylvania Technical Assistance Program at Penn State worked with the Montour County greenhouse to find the resources and funding needed to stay in business.

PennTAP and BWP Bats

PennTAP energy assessments provide grand slam for students and Pa. manufacturers

10/29/18

The Pennsylvania Technical Assistance Program and a team of undergraduates in energy engineering from the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences at Penn State visited BWP Bats LLC, a baseball bat manufacturer located in Brookville, Jefferson County. The goal was to provide a no-cost energy assessment that could ultimately improve the company’s bottom line.

Penn State alum and SponsrU founder, James "Jimmie" Aversa with Penn State President Barron at the 2018 Invent Penn State Venture & IP Conference

Penn State student startup SponsrU tackles student debt with crowdfunding

10/19/18

People in the United States have record student loan debt, with over $1.5 trillion in outstanding loans, a number that is still growing. Penn State startup SponsrU wants to help students by providing an online solution that aims to help reduce student loan debt through personal mentorship, employee benefits and performance incentives.

Nittany AI Celebration

Penn State team uses AI to find shortest path to graduation

10/11/18

A team of seven undergraduates were awarded $30,000 in September from the Nittany AI Alliance to further develop LionPlanner, an application that is designed to provide a solution to many undergraduate woes — finding the shortest path to graduation. Christina Warren from the College of Arts and Architecture; and Michael Roos, Benjamin Proto, Thanh Tran, Quinn Verbeke, Mathew Mancini, Dylan Shoemaker, and faculty adviser Wang-Chien Lee from the College of Engineering, developed LionPlanner as part of the 2018 Nittany AI Challenge.

HemoGo

Student entrepreneurs compete for $30,000 in funding on 'The Investment'

5/21/18

Sherveen Karbasiafshar is a biology student at Penn State. He, along with five other undergraduates, created HemoGO — a smartphone application designed to assist people who want to check their complete blood count on the go. HemoGO is one of six Penn State student startups working with the Pennsylvania Technical Assistance Program to compete for a pool of $30,000 in the annual Inc.U competition show “The Investment,” airing at 8 p.m. May 24 on WPSU.

Penn State Berks Trimatis team

Berks engineering team is finalist in Inc.U competition

3/28/18

Two Penn State Berks engineering students are tackling the issue of plastic waste by using it as filament for 3-D printers. Their team, Trimatis, is one of six finalists competing in this year’s Inc.U competition, sponsored by Penn State’s Pennsylvania Technical Assistance Program (PennTAP). The finalists earned a spot on WPSU’s "The Investment" television show where they will pitch their ideas in a "Shark Tank"-style format to a panel of judges for a chance to win investment funding. The show will air on WPSU-TV on April 7.

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