Program encourages young women to explore STEM careers
Brand Name Business, Build Your Own World in 3D, The STEM of Fashion, and Starting From Scratch – Learn to Code are four of the new workshops being offered as part of Penn State York’s 19th annual...
View ArticleAlumni 'flying high' from awards for drone business start-up
Three Penn State Berks engineering alumni are “flying high” after receiving two different awards for their innovative plan for a start-up company, Onuku Industries, which builds customizable drones...
View ArticleThree members of civil and environmental engineering are retiring
Three members of the Penn State Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering are retiring this summer.
View ArticlePenn State launches online master’s degree in electrical engineering
Penn State is now accepting applications for the online master’s degree in electrical engineering offered through Penn State World Campus. The program will be taught by engineering faculty from Penn...
View ArticleYork campus to offer review course for engineering exam
Penn State York is offering a new technical engineering course for fall, Fundamentals of Engineering Review (EMET 402). Current students with seventh semester standing or higher, engineering graduates,...
View ArticleAnsell, assistant professor of engineering, retires after 28 years
Henry G. Ansell, assistant professor of engineering at Penn State Berks, officially retired on June 30 after 28 years of service to the college.
View ArticleFIRST Tech Challenge program hosted in regional Philadelphia engineering suite
Eighty local students in grades seven through 12 spent their Saturday in Penn State’s recently constructed engineering suite, located at Penn State Great Valley in Malvern. The suite serves as a hub...
View ArticlePenn State Lehigh Valley to celebrate Global Entrepreneurship Week Nov. 15-20
For the week of Nov. 15-20, the Lehigh Valley campus — along with all of Penn State — is celebrating Global Entrepreneurship Week.
View ArticleMcDaniel named Association for Computing Machinery fellow
Patrick McDaniel, professor of computer science and engineering at Penn State, has been named a fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) for his contributions to computer and mobile...
View ArticlePenn State Behrend 'Maker' group creates its own snowflakes
With no snow in the forecast, a small group of holiday-minded problem-solvers at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, came up with a way to make their own: They drew intricate crystal flakes on...
View ArticleYork campus to host York County Science and Engineering Fair
Penn State York will host the 33rd annual York County Science and Engineering Fair March 7-9 in the Conference Center of the Main Classroom Building. About 200 projects will be judged during the event....
View ArticleWatch the bridges come crashing down on March 12 at Penn State York
The annual Pennsylvania Society of Professional Engineers Bridge Building Competition is set for March 12 in the Conference Center of the Main Classroom Building at Penn State York. Watch the breaking...
View ArticleNew online databases available through University Libraries website
Penn State faculty, staff and students now have online access to two new databases through the University Libraries website —the Digital Library of the Society of Automotive Engineers International and...
View ArticleUniversity grant will help Beaver engineering students prototype their designs
An Engineering Technology and Commonwealth Engineering Program Enhancement Grant will allow the Beaver campus to purchase a CNC router for engineering students to prototype their designs.
View ArticleStudent innovation to be displayed at annual Capstone Design Conference
Bots that battle, a virtual art gallery, a solar-powered lawn mower, and a charger that operates on body heat are just a few of the innovative, creative projects that will be on display at the Penn...
View ArticleYamamoto receives ONR grant for scalable manufacturing of polymer nanocomposites
Namiko Yamamoto, assistant professor of aerospace engineering, has been awarded a $376,599 grant from the Office of Naval Research to develop scalable manufacturing of polymer nanocomposites to enable...
View ArticleRemote robot connects engineering students, UMaine cohorts
Penn State Abington and Brandywine engineering majors used a mobile telepresence robot — an iPad attached to a self-balancing vehicle — to collaborate with students at the University of Maine.
View ArticlePenn State, Texas A&M faculty and students team up for new research experience
Penn State and Texas A&M engineering students and faculty participated in a brand new 10-week research experience for undergraduates this summer.
View ArticleBeaver engineering students have a new 'Buddy'
Two sophomore engineering students will be responsible for running Penn State Beaver's ShopBot Buddy, a $12,000 piece of equipment capable of taking the flat drawings and computer-aided models students...
View ArticleIn a Heartbeat
Scientists and engineers at Penn State's Applied Research Lab have invented a miniature version of a submarine propeller that keeps blood flowing in heart-attack victims.
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