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Penn State students place second in international systems engineering competition

3/20/2023

A Penn State team placed second in the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers (IISE)-Society for Health Systems FlexSim Student Simulation Competition.

Eleven alumni to receive College of Engineering's highest honor

3/8/2023

Eleven Penn State engineering graduates have been selected to receive the College of Engineering’s Outstanding Engineering Alumni Awards. The ceremony will take place on March 13 at The Penn Stater.

Four engineers recognized with NSF early career awards

3/6/2023

Four faculty members in Penn State’s College of Engineering were recognized with National Science Foundation (NSF) Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Awards. Each project ranges in duration from three and a half to five years, funded by grants worth roughly $500,000.

2023 NSF CAREER Award: Christopher Dancy

3/3/2023

Christopher Dancy, Harold and Inge Marcus Industrial and Manufacturing Career Development Associate Professor of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering and of Computer Science and Engineering in the Penn State College of Engineering, earned a five-year, $581,257 NSF CAREER Award for a project titled “SocioCulturally Competent Agents to Study and Improve Human-AI Interaction.”?

Annual Substance Use and Addiction Conference to be held May 1 Subheading: Researchers, students and community members encouraged to attend

3/1/2023

The Social Science Research Institute’s Consortium on Substance Use and Addiction will host its fourth annual conference, “Evidence to Impact,” in-person and via Zoom on from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on Monday, May 1 in the HUB-Robeson Center at the University Park campus.

Engineering student wins award at Society of Medical Decision Making conference

12/22/2022

Yu-Hsin Chen, doctoral student of industrial and manufacturing engineering at Penn State, won a presentation award at the 44th annual Society of Medical Decision Making Conference held Oct. 23-26 in Seattle.

Scalable model makes for more efficient, smarter grid use, researchers report

11/29/2022

A Penn State-led research collaboration developed a scalable model specifically to control large groups of buildings and their energy demand in realistic operational settings. They published their approach in the Journal of Energy Storage.

Ensuring fair distribution of the $1 billion+ opioid settlement in Pennsylvania

11/28/2022

To ensure fair and impartial distribution of the $1.07 billion that was awarded to Pennsylvania as part of 2021’s massive settlement with opioid manufacturers and distributors, a team of interdisciplinary researchers from Penn State worked with counties across the commonwealth to develop the formula by which funds are being distributed.

Yiqi Zhang recognized for contributions to human factors engineering in transportation

11/2/2022

Yiqi Zhang, assistant professor of industrial engineering at Penn State, was awarded the Stephanie Binder Young Professional Award by the Surface Transportation Technical Group (STTG) of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (HFES).

Media mention: ‘The White House’s ‘AI Bill of Rights’ outlines five principles'

10/28/2022

Christopher Dancy, Harold and Inge Marcus Industrial and Manufacturing Career Development Associate Professor, wrote an article that appeared on The Conversation, an online source of news stories and research reports with accompanying expert opinion and analysis.

Tim Simpson receives ASME Design Theory and Methodology Award

10/26/2022

Tim Simpson, Paul Morrow Professor in Engineering Design and Manufacturing in the Penn State College of Engineering, has received the Design Theory and Methodology Award from the Design Engineering Division of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME).

Industrial engineering graduate earns MIT Supply Chain Excellence Award

10/17/2022

Lois Jung, a 2022 Penn State graduate in industrial and manufacturing engineering, was awarded the 2022 Massachusetts Institute of Technology Supply Chain Excellence Award, for which she received a $25,000 scholarship.

Medical history may help predict autism in young children, researchers find

10/11/2022

An interdisciplinary Penn State research team developed machine learning models that assess the connections among hundreds of clinical variables, including doctor visits and health care services for seemingly unrelated medical conditions, to predict the likelihood of autism spectrum disorder in young children. They published the results in BMJ Health & Care Informatics, and a related team earned a NIH grant to pursue the work further.

28 new faculty members join the College of Engineering

10/6/2022

Twenty-eight new faculty members have joined the Penn State College of Engineering since the end of the spring semester. The 17 tenured or tenure-line members and 11 non-tenure-line members represent 12 units and departments and include two new department heads.

Industrial engineering student interns at Boeing

10/6/2022

Josephine Pindro, a third-year Penn State undergraduate student in industrial engineering, received a grant from Penn State’s Student Engagement Network to support her summer 2022 internship at Boeing, a leader in aircraft manufacturing.

Research center will help industries connect with Penn State’s AI prowess

10/6/2022

Penn State’s Institute for Computational and Data Sciences has announced the creation of the Center for Applications of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning to Industry, which will connect experienced artificial intelligence and machine learning researchers at Penn State with industry partners to identify and pursue collaborative, industry-sponsored, exploratory research projects.

Engineering faculty member, student win journal award for research paper

10/3/2022

Enrique del Castillo, Penn State Distinguished Professor of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering and professor of statistics, and former Penn State industrial engineering doctoral student Xueqi Zhao received the Youden award, which honors the best paper from the annual edition of Technometrics.

Media Mention: ‘Americans are larger. Should the FAA stop airplane seats from shrinking?’

10/1/2022

Matthew Parkinson, professor of engineering design, mechanical engineering and industrial and manufacturing engineering, was quoted in a Washington Post article about the debate surrounding standard airplane seat sizing.

Four engineering faculty named fellows for STEM leadership program

9/26/2022

Four Penn State College of Engineering faculty members were selected as part of the 2022-23 cohort of Drexel University’s Executive Leadership in Academic Technology, Engineering and Science (ELATES) program. The one-year, part-time leadership program provides training and development for women faculty and administrators.

Penn State ranks 31st among national public universities in U.S. News ranking

9/12/2022

Penn State ranked 22 out of 212 schools in "Best Engineering Programs" at schools whose highest degree is a doctorate. The University also ranked well in a number of engineering specialties.

Students engineer solutions to airport aggravations

8/29/2022

Students taking a leadership course in Penn State’s School of Engineering Design Technology, and Professional Programs placed in the Airport Cooperative Research Program, a national engineering competition that aims to solve problems and inconveniences common to airports.

International society recognizes industrial engineering Penn Staters

7/26/2022

SME, formerly known as the Society of Manufacturing Engineers, has named two Penn Staters to their 10th annual 30 Under 30 list, recognizing them as future leaders of manufacturing: Qianyu Hu and Rico Polim. The full list was published in the society’s magazine, Manufacturing Engineering.

Professor named to 25 Leaders Transforming Manufacturing list

7/1/2022

Hui Yang, professor of industrial and manufacturing engineering and of biomedical engineering, was named to the annual SME 25 Leaders Transforming Manufacturing list.

Penn State World Campus engineering students explore research at University Park

6/28/2022

Penn State students in the online Master of Engineering Additive Manufacturing and Design program at World Campus visited University Park from May 16-20, as a component of the three-credit core course, ME 566: Metal Additive Manufacturing Lab.

Suicide vulnerability index, machine learning model help predict counties’ risk

6/27/2022

Suicide is a leading cause of death in the United States, but the models that have been used to predict suicide rates weight risk factors equally and rely on data for large geographic areas, limiting the precision of the predictions, according to Penn State researchers. Now, the researchers have developed a machine learning-based model that uses their newly developed suicide vulnerability index, which weights risk factors, to identify at-risk communities at the U.S. county level.

Eight Penn State engineering students receive Diefenderfer Graduate Fellowships

6/24/2022

Eight Penn State engineering graduate students received the Diefenderfer Graduate Fellowship in Entrepreneurship for the 2022-2023 academic year.

Biotechnology platforms enable fast, customizable vaccine production

6/13/2022

COVID-19 created an urgent need for vaccines that could be made quickly, safely and cost-effectively. Novel biotechnology platform-based techniques for vaccine manufacturing are more robust, customizable and flexible than traditional vaccine development and manufacturing approaches.

Engineering faculty members named Fulbright Scholars, Fulbright Specialist

6/9/2022

Three Penn State College of Engineering faculty have received Fulbright Awards for the 2022-23 academic year, according to the Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program, the U.S. government's flagship international educational exchange program. Another was named a Fulbright Specialist.

Outstanding Innovation in Service Systems Engineering Award — Finalist

6/9/2022

Four teams were recognized for outstanding innovation in service systems engineering with an international award co-sponsored by the Penn State Harold and Inge Marcus Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering and the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineering.

Outstanding Innovation in Service Systems Engineering Award — First Place

6/9/2022

Four teams were recognized for outstanding innovation in service systems engineering with an international award co-sponsored by the Penn State Harold and Inge Marcus Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering and the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineering.

Outstanding Innovation in Service Systems Engineering Award — Second Place

6/9/2022

Four teams were recognized for outstanding innovation in service systems engineering with an international award co-sponsored by the Penn State Harold and Inge Marcus Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering and the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineering.

Outstanding Innovation in Service Systems Engineering Award — Third Place

6/9/2022

Four teams were recognized for outstanding innovation in service systems engineering with an international award co-sponsored by the Penn State Harold and Inge Marcus Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering and the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineering.

Service systems engineering projects highlighted with international award

6/9/2022

Four teams were recognized for outstanding innovation in service systems engineering with an international award co-sponsored by the Penn State Harold and Inge Marcus Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering and the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineering.

College of Engineering recognizes early career alumni

6/3/2022

The Penn State College of Engineering will recognize 11 early career alumni for their achievements and demonstrated commitment to their professions, communities and Penn State at a ceremony on June 17 at University Park.

Engineering student voted People’s Choice winner in libraries contest

6/3/2022

The winning submissions from Penn State University Libraries Short Stories’ “Written in the Stars” spring 2022 contest have been announced. Representing 50 submissions across 10 Penn State campuses, the latest writing contest encouraged students, faculty and staff across the commonwealth to submit their best “fate-themed” original short stories or poetry.

Two industrial engineering students receive Alpha Pi Mu scholarships

5/27/2022

Two Penn State industrial engineering fourth-year undergraduate students received scholarships from Alpha Pi Mu, the industrial engineering national honor society.

Penn State announces academic promotions, effective July 1

5/19/2022

Penn State announced academic promotions for tenured and tenure-line faculty members at the University, including 33 in engineering. The promotions will take effect on July 1.

Six Penn State engineering students receive NSF Graduate Research Fellowships

5/2/2022

The National Science Foundation has selected five current Penn State College of Engineering students as 2022 awardees for the Graduate Research Fellowship Program and one College of Engineering student for an honorable mention.

Five engineering students recognized with University-wide awards

4/21/2022

Penn State recently honored five Penn State engineering undergraduate students in recognition of their academic excellence, outstanding leadership and meritorious service. The University’s 2022 student award recipients exemplify best practices and achievements among students, reflecting the University's mission of teaching, research and service.

Industrial engineering professor named outstanding alumnus by alma mater

4/21/2022

Soundar Kumara, Allen E. Pearce and Allen M. Pearce Professor of Industrial Engineering at Penn State, received a 2021 Outstanding Industrial Engineering Alumni Award from his alma mater, Purdue University’s School of Industrial Engineering.

Materials Research Institute announces 2022 seed grant recipients

4/20/2022

The Penn State Materials Research Institute has announced the 2022 recipients of seed grants that will enable University faculty to establish new collaborations with partners outside their own units for the exploration of transformative ideas for high-impact materials science and engineering.

Three engineering students receive awards at the 2022 Graduate Exhibition

4/20/2022

Three engineering graduate students received awards for their research and scholarship in the 37th annual Penn State Graduate Exhibition.

2022 spring student marshal: Andrea Castaneda

4/18/2022

Andrea Castaneda was named the spring 2022 student marshal for industrial engineering.

College of Engineering adds 15 faculty members

3/30/2022

The Penn State College of Engineering has added 15 faculty members this semester, with 11 tenured or tenure-line members and four non-tenure-line members.

Eleven alumni to receive College of Engineering’s highest honor

3/30/2022

Eleven Penn State engineering graduates will be honored on April 4 at the College of Engineering’s Outstanding Engineering Alumni Awards ceremony at Hyatt Place State College. Charlie Blenko, an undergraduate student majoring in civil engineering, will serve as the event’s emcee.

From the ground up: Taking 3D printing technology to the next level

3/30/2022

Researchers at Penn State are at the leading edge of the field now known as additive manufacturing, working to advance the capabilities of 3D printing with a goal of addressing pressing problems in human health, housing and transportation, among other areas.

Penn State engineering rises in U.S. News & World Report graduate rankings

3/30/2022

In the 2023 U.S. News & World Report Best Graduate Engineering Programs rankings released today (March 29), engineering at Penn State University Park ranked No. 32 overall, advancing one place from last year’s report, and No. 18 among public institutions. Seven engineering specialty disciplines offered by the College of Engineering also climbed in the rankings, and eight are now ranked in the top 20 nationally.

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