Christopher McComb, assistant professor of engineering design and mechanical engineering, and researchers at Carnegie Mellon University have received funding from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to design a computer algorithm that is able to simulate and enhance human problem-solving capabilities.
Joshua Beauchamp’s lifelong passion for robotics introduced him to Penn State Brandywine. Today, as a Brandywine student, he is introducing grade-school students to the world of robotics.
Kathryn Jablokow, professor of engineering design and mechanical engineering in the College of Engineering, was recently appointed associate chief academic officer at Penn State Great Valley.
Researchers at Penn State and the University of Maryland will use a $399,999 grant from the National Science Foundation to evaluate how creative ideas in engineering design are gauged, in order to create a unified measurement system.
An interdisciplinary Penn State team led by Stuckeman School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture faculty members Shadi Nazarian and José Duarte earned second place and a $150,000 prize in NASA’s 3D-Printed Habitat Challenge, a Centennial Challenge competition established to develop the technology necessary to create shelters to support the human exploration of Mars.
Engineering Leadership Development minor students are partnering with students from Belgium Campus iTversity and Corvinus University of Budapest to research and design a smart farming application for South African farmers.
Conrad Tucker, associate professor of engineering design and industrial engineering, is currently serving a four-month term as a Science and Policy Fellow with the Atlantic Council’s Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security’s Foresight, Strategy, and Risks Initiative (FSR).
Students in the Engineering Leadership Development minor traveled to Senegal to learn about new cultures and the real-world applications of their engineering leadership coursework.
Humanitarian Engineering and Social Entrepreneurship students place third in the IST IdeaMaker contest, winning the David Hall award by proposing affordable eye care to those with visual impairments using locally made and inexpensive 3-D printed eyeglasses.
Three representatives from the School of Engineering Design, Technology, and Professional Program’s (SEDTAPP) Engineering Design graduate program recently took their design expertise abroad for Design Thinking Week.
Initially, Randall Bock simply wanted to make a rocket for his son’s sixth birthday party. Now Bock, instructor in engineering design and agricultural research assistant, has launched his interest in 3D printing and rockets into first place, winning the Stratasys Learning Center of Excellence 3D printing competition.
The PawPrint, a student-centered sustainability metric, helps students at Penn State’s University Park campus understand how they can behave more sustainably by making better day-to-day choices.
Robinson Laventure, Penn State student in biological engineering, spent three months helping to redesign 3D-printed prosthetics for TakeaHand, a biotechnology company located in Santiago, Chile.
Penn State School of International Affairs student Briana Casey is spending her Maymester in Tanzania, where she and a team of students from across the University are putting an idea to the test they’ve worked on for the past semester.
Researchers at Penn State have been awarded a three-year, $300,000 National Science Foundation grant to study the impacts that industry-sponsored projects have on students’ design performance, and their engagement with the projects and in cornerstone courses. Researchers will use that information to develop an assessment tool to use in project-based learning settings.
