Penn State Laureate to visit York campus Oct. 19
“Art + Engineering = Creative Problem-solving” will the topic when Rebecca Strzelec, professor of visual arts at Penn State Altoona and the 2016-17 Penn State Laureate, visits Penn State York on Oct....
View ArticleMechanical Engineering degree program receives ABET accreditation
The Penn State Berks baccalaureate degree program in mechanical engineering has recently been accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission (EAC) of ABET, the global accreditor of college and...
View ArticleFTC robotics competition set for Jan. 21 at Penn State York
Velocity Vortex is the name of the game when 36 teams of middle and high school students from across Pennsylvania and Maryland take part in the FTC (FIRST Tech Challenge) South Central PA Regional...
View ArticleFuture of 3D printing looks bright at Fayette campus
One instructor at Penn State Fayette, The Eberly Campus has been working to expand educational opportunities for 3D printing at his campus, through both his classes and his push for a dedicated 3D...
View ArticlePenn State opens its first online bachelor’s degree in engineering
For the first time, students will be able to get a bachelor’s degree in engineering online from Penn State.
View ArticlePenn State opens its first online bachelor’s degree in engineering
For the first time, students will be able to get a bachelor’s degree in engineering online from Penn State.
View ArticleWatch the bridges come crashing down on March 4 at Penn State York
Watch the bridges come crashing down during the annual Pennsylvania Society of Professional Engineers Bridge Building Competition on March 4 at Penn State York. The competition begins at 2 p.m. in the...
View ArticleCampus to host York County Science and Engineering Fair March 6-8
Penn State York will host the 34th annual York County Science and Engineering Fair from March 6-8 in the Conference Center of the Main Classroom Building. About 200 projects will be judged during the...
View ArticlePenn State laureate to discuss creative problem-solving at April 13 lecture
Penn State Laureate Rebecca Strzelec will present her talk “Art + Engineering = Creative Problem Solving” at 1 p.m. April 13 in Foster Auditorium, 102 Paterno Library, on Penn State's University Park...
View ArticlePut your brain to work on April 5 at Penn State York
Educational and fun activities related to neuroscience, mental health, psychology and learning are set for April 5, when Penn State York celebrates Brain Awareness Day. The event, from noon to 1:30...
View ArticlePenn State Startup Week to inspire digital entrepreneurs
From April 17-21 on the University Park campus, Penn State’s College of Information Sciences and Technology (IST) and College of Engineering will collaborate to host a series of events aimed at...
View ArticleYoung engineering explorers visit Penn State
More than 30 middle and high school students from Tioga Explorers Inc., an engineering outreach program based in Owego, New York, toured various STEM-related facilities at the University Park campus on...
View ArticleCapstone projects highlight student innovation
More than 200 students in Penn State Harrisburg’s School of Science, Engineering, and Technology had the opportunity to demonstrate some 65 projects at the annual Capstone Design Conference, held on...
View ArticleStudents build a car and their résumés en route to first competition
In their spare time, a group of engineering students in the School of Science, Engineering, and Technology at Penn State Harrisburg decided to build a race car from scratch, on their own, with no...
View ArticleYork offering review course for Fundamentals of Engineering exam
Penn State York is offering the technical engineering course EMET 402 Fundamentals of Engineering Review for fall 2017. Current students with seventh-semester standing or higher, engineering graduates,...
View ArticleResourceful engineering students save iconic campus sign from demise
When the P and the B from Penn State Beaver’s iconic “chimney stack” entrance sign went missing, the campus called on Senior Engineering Instructor Jim Hendrickson and two of his students to find a fix.
View ArticleStudents examine sustainability during spring break in Germany
Some Penn State Harrisburg students used their spring break to visit Germany, where they got to see the inside of a windmill, a Mercedes Benz factory run mostly by robots, solar arrays “as far as the...
View ArticleArts and Architecture, Engineering faculty join forces to encourage 'making'
On a Wednesday afternoon in April, students were scattered at workstations throughout a lab space in Borland Building, experimenting with 3D pens and 3D printers to make creations out of plastic. Other...
View ArticleAlumni Feature: Melissa Daniels Foster, ExxonMobil chief engineer
Melissa Daniels Foster began her studies at Penn State Berks and completed her degree at University Park, graduating in 1987 with a bachelor of science in chemical engineering. She was recently named...
View ArticleCollege to host ASEE Mid-Atlantic Fall Conference
Penn State Berks will host the American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE) Mid-Atlantic Section Fall Conference on Oct. 6–7, in the Gaige Technology and Business Innovation Building.
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