Architectural engineering students secure historic win
The Architectural Engineering Institute Student Design Competition, held this year at Penn State on April 5, highlights the collaboration of multidisciplinary architectural engineering student teams,...
View ArticleCollege of Engineering announces faculty promotions
Fourteen Penn State College of Engineering faculty members have been selected for promotions, effective July 1, 2019.
View ArticleProfessor funds new engineering endowment to help students travel for success
A. Ravi Ravindran, professor emeritus and a Provost’s Emeritus Faculty Teaching Scholar for the Harold and Inge Marcus Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, has worked to establish a...
View ArticleNew online master of engineering degree to be offered through World Campus
Today’s engineers need to be equipped to meet the ever-changing demands of a modern society and to understand how to innovate and better streamline processes. In order to meet these needs, Penn State...
View ArticleNanotechnology expert joins industrial engineering department
Hongtao Sun, an expert in nanoscience and nanotechnology, will join the Penn State Harold and Inge Marcus Department of Manufacturing and Industrial Engineering as an assistant professor on Aug. 15. He...
View ArticleEngineering alumnus makes $2.5 million commitment to facilities expansion
Civil engineering alumnus Andrew Kartalis and his wife, Katherine, have made a $2.5 million estate commitment to the College of Engineering’s planned facilities expansion.
View ArticleEight College of Engineering programs rise in U.S. News undergraduate rankings
In the recently released 2020 U.S. News & World Report "Best Undergraduate Schools" rankings, eight Penn State engineering specialty disciplines rose from last year’s rankings, with five of the...
View ArticleEngineering thought leader looks to the future with public lecture
On Sept. 9 at Penn State's University Park campus, Clayton Daniel Mote Jr., immediate past president of the National Academy of Engineering and former president of the University of Maryland, addressed...
View ArticleStudent awarded first Thole scholarship to support diversity in engineering
In the Penn State College of Engineering, the Professor Karen A. Thole Annual Scholarship for Diversity in Engineering was established in 2019 to support underrepresented groups in engineering...
View ArticleIndustrial engineering student embraced traveling abroad for personal growth
Doris Xu, an industrial engineering student, spent time traveling abroad and learning more about herself along the way.
View ArticleHovering closer to the secrets of hummingbird flight
The extraordinary ability of hummingbirds to perform complex escape maneuvers will be explored for its potential to enhance the field of robotics and micro aerial vehicles, thanks to a $923,483 grant...
View ArticleFormer ASME president tells engineering students 'the sky is the limit'
Charla Wise, former president of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and retired vice president of Lockheed Martin Aeronautics, visited the Penn State Department of Mechanical Engineering to...
View ArticleEstate gift from alumnus creates funds at Penn State Altoona, larger University
Programs at Penn State Altoona and the larger University will benefit from a $1 million gift from the late Gerald “Jerry” Getz, of Toledo, Ohio.
View ArticleCollege of Engineering programs rank in U.S. News ‘Best Global Universities'
Several of Penn State’s programs in the College of Engineering have made a strong showing, nationally and worldwide, in the recently released U.S. News & World Report’s “Best Global Universities”...
View ArticleProfessor named faculty chair for service enterprise engineering
Vittal Prabhu, professor of industrial engineering, has been named the Charles and Enid Schneider Faculty Chair of the Penn State Service Enterprise Engineering Initiative in the Harold and Inge Marcus...
View ArticlePlanned expansion to keep College of Engineering on leading edge
Design work is progressing for the first stage of a proposed, decade-long, multi-phase plan that will transform the Penn State College of Engineering and its footprint on the University Park campus.
View ArticleEight undergraduate students awarded Voith scholarship
To champion a more gender diverse workforce in engineering, Voith Hydro Inc., whose U.S. headquarters are located in York, Pennsylvania, has awarded eight scholarships to undergraduate students in the...
View ArticleOnline engineering student uses education to fuel personal business
Tim Ayres uses his World Campus education to better his personal business.
View ArticleRobots set for action Jan. 18 and 19 at Penn State York
Check out the robots in action when the First Tech Challenge qualifiers take place at Penn State York on Saturday and Sunday, Jan. 18 and 19. Teams from Delaware, New Jersey, New York, and all across...
View Article$15.5 million investment creates engineering scholars program at Penn State
The A. James & Alice B. Clark Foundation has committed $15.5 million to create the A. James Clark Scholars Program in the Penn State College of Engineering to support high-achieving engineering...
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