Grad student awarded AT&T fellowship, using wireless tech to innovate turbines
Eric DeShong, a doctoral student in the Penn State Department of Mechanical Engineering, has been awarded the 2019 AT&T Graduate Fellowship. To provide funding and recognition to outstanding...
View ArticleMechanical engineering alumna honored with Early Career Engineering Award
Brianne Santarelli, business improvement lead at Air Products, has been awarded the 2019 Penn State Mechanical Engineering Society (PSMES) Early Career Award.
View ArticleDepartment of Mechanical Engineering recognizes exceptional student leaders
Several outstanding students in the Penn State Department of Mechanical Engineering were honored in the E-Knowledge Commons on March 13.
View ArticlePenn State senior named one of 10 'New Faces of Civil Engineering'
Penn State civil engineering senior Nicole Dato was named one of the 10 American Society of Civil Engineers 2019 New Faces of Civil Engineering in the college category.
View ArticlePenn State's Solar Decathlon Team prepares for spring competition
Penn State’s Solar Decathlon team, previously called the Race to Zero Team, is gearing up for the U.S. Department of Energy's annual competition this spring.
View ArticleInnovation lays foundation for off-campus learning opportunity
Off-campus visit connects Penn State New Kensington's focus on innovation and Industry 4.0 to real-world application by a large company and industry.
View ArticleCapstone course seeks to inspire humanitarian-focused engineers
“When these students graduate, they will be engineers who are also human beings with the responsibility to make a positive difference in the world,” explained Zoubeida Ounaies, professor of mechanical...
View ArticleGala recognizes past to celebrate the future of mechanical engineering
On April 7, the past, present and future distinguished voices of Penn State Mechanical Engineering gathered at the Nittany Lion Inn for a celebratory evening.
View ArticleMechanical engineering student earns Alumni Dissertation Award
Penn State doctoral student Jacob Snyder’s work in harnessing additive manufacturing could influence the next generation of energy-efficient gas turbines.
View ArticleWomen in Engineering Design Competition announces winners
The final round of the Women in Engineering Design Competition took place April 13-14, in Penn State Altoona's Penn Building.
View ArticleAmazon CFO shares insights, advice with engineering and business students
In early April, Brian T. Olsavsky, senior vice president and chief financial officer (CFO) at Amazon, returned to his alma mater, the Penn State Department of Mechanical Engineering to receive an...
View ArticleBahnfleth Environmental Health Award honors professor, spans generations
A determination to improve people’s health and productivity through improved indoor environmental quality isn’t the only thing William P. Bahnfleth, professor of architectural engineering at Penn...
View ArticlePenn State startup, spotLESS Materials, wins $367K in pitch competition
spotLESS Materials LLC, a startup company developed from research conducted in the Penn State Department of Mechanical Engineering, won third place and $367,500 at the 2019 Rice Business Plan...
View ArticleNSF fellowship sets mechanical engineering student's research in motion
Claire Rodman, a doctoral student in the Penn State Department of Mechanical Engineering, received a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship, recognizing her potential for significant...
View ArticleSTEAM careers are focus of program for seventh grade girls
More than 200 seventh grade girls will explore all things STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art, and mathematics) during the 23rd annual Pathways to Your Future: Exploring STEAM Careers program...
View ArticleNSF grant unites cross-campus researchers to study and optimize flying robots
Researchers in the Penn State Department of Mechanical Engineering recently received a $389,919 grant from the National Science Foundation to investigate, explore and innovate new flying mechanisms for...
View ArticleHead named for Ken and Mary Alice Lindquist Department of Nuclear Engineering
Jean Paul Allain has been named the inaugural head of the recently established Ken and Mary Alice Lindquist Department of Nuclear Engineering at Penn State, effective July 1. He will hold the Lloyd and...
View ArticleEngineering professor named editor-in-chief of architectural engineering journal
Ali Memari, professor of civil and architectural engineering, Bernard and Henrietta Hankin Chair in Residential Building Construction, and director of the Pennsylvania Housing Research Center at Penn...
View ArticleSchool of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science names first professorship
A gift from Roger Liang and Annie Kuo will establish the first named professorship within Penn State’s School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.
View ArticleScholarship brings student's additive manufacturing expertise to Germany
Maryam Tilton, a doctoral student studying mechanical engineering at Penn State, has been awarded a Research Internship in Science and Engineering (RISE) Scholarship from the German Academic Exchange...
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