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6/22/2026
Twelve research projects, including nine from the College of Engineering, have been selected for the 2026 Penn State Commercialization GAP Fund. Awarded projects receive $75,000 in funding and other support to develop promising proof-of-concept research into commercial ready technology.
6/10/2026
Matthew Hollingham, a third-year doctoral student in architectural engineering, has developed a carbon capture system that collects carbon dioxide (CO2) from flue gas — a byproduct of boilers that contains water vapor, CO2, and nitrogen — and converts it into materials that can be used to make concrete. The system is expected to start operating this fall at the Penn State Bakery, helping to pave the way for carbon capture and utilization.
6/2/2026
The Cocoziello Institute supported workforce development through a student summit funded through a new endowment from the Master Builders’ Association of Western Pennsylvania.
5/20/2026
Penn State has announced academic promotions for tenured and tenure-line faculty members at Penn State, including 25 faculty from the College of Engineering, effective July 1, 2026.
4/9/2026
The Penn State College of Engineering has named its student marshals for the spring 2026 commencement, recognizing top students from each major and ROTC for academic excellence and leadership. The honor highlights their achievements and contributions to the engineering community as they prepare to graduate.
4/6/2026
The Penn State College of Engineering will recognize 21 alumni with the 2026 Outstanding Engineering Alumni Award and Early Career Award in a ceremony on April 9 in the State Theatre. The event marks the second year in which the two awards will be presented during a combined ceremony.
4/6/2026
Data centers consume millions of homes’worth of electricity each year, with much of that electricity simply powering the cooling systems that keep the facilities operational. Researchers at Penn State are addressing this inefficiency by using artificial intelligence (AI) to dynamically adjust data centers’ power usage to peak when the weather is favorable and electricity is affordable.
3/31/2026
Julia Ho, doctoral student in architectural engineering, received first place in the 2025-26 Penn State Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition, hosted by the J. Jeffrey and Ann Marie Fox Graduate School. Ho’s presentation was titled “Developing accurate, efficient models to design optimal heating and cooling systems."
3/25/2026
ASHRAE President Bill McQuade visited Penn State’s Department of Architectural Engineering on Jan. 27 to meet with faculty and students.
3/20/2026
Penn State Global has announced the 2025-26 recipients of its annual awards that recognize the outstanding contributions of individuals and academic programs at the University who have contributed to advancing its global engagement goals.
3/18/2026
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State has been named as a sub-awardee on four teams selected for funding by the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H). Three of the projects are funded through the ARPA-H
Building Resilient Environments for Air and Total Health (BREATHE) and aim to enhance indoor air quality, and one of the projects is funded through the ARPA-H Personalized Regenerative Immunocompetent Nanotechnology Tissue (PRINT) program and aims to bioprint organs on demand.
3/9/2026
Wangda Zuo, Penn State professor of architectural engineering, is part of a team of researchers who was recently recognized by the journal Energy and Buildings for work that “withstands the test of time.”
2/5/2026
Julia Ho, a fourth year doctoral student in architectural engineering, has been named one of 10 finalists for the 2025-26 J. Jeffrey and Ann Marie Fox Graduate School Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition.
1/14/2026
The Penn State Center for Socially Responsible Artificial Intelligence (CSRAI) has announced the results of its most recent seed-funding competition. The center awarded more than $152,000 to seven interdisciplinary research projects representing six colleges, including two projects involving College of Engineering faculty.
1/13/2026
A team of researchers from Penn State and Warwick University has been awarded a $1.6 million international Belmont Forum’s Collaborative Research Action project by the U.S. National Science Foundation and UK Research and Innovation’s Natural Environment Research Council (NERC). Led by Penn State researchers, the project will explore how building design, infrastructure and development decisions can help reduce malaria risk worldwide.
1/6/2026
Rebecca Napolitano, assistant professor of architectural engineering at Penn State, has been awarded a five-year, $618,863 U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award for her project, “Integrating Structural, Social, and Preservation Factors in Tornado Damage and Recover Models.”
12/12/2025
The Penn State Institute for Computational and Data Sciences’ (ICDS) Mid-Scale Seed Grant Program has awarded over $540,000 in total to 24 Penn State faculty members across eight teams representing six colleges and three campuses — University Park, Behrend and Hershey — that will contribute to one or more of the institute’s research hubs or affiliated centers. Thirteen College of Engineering faculty members are involved in a total of six of the eight projects.
12/5/2025
The Penn State Learning Factory will host its biannual end-of-semester showcase for engineering students to present their cornerstone and capstone design projects. The in-person showcase will take place from 1:00-3:00 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 11, at the Bryce Jordan Center, while a virtual showcase will take place on Friday, Dec. 12 through Friday, Dec. 19. Both versions of the event are free and open to the public.
11/20/2025
The Penn State Institute for Computational and Data Sciences (ICDS) has awarded 20 fellowships to University faculty, including seven to College of Engineering faculty, through its Faculty Upskilling Fellowships in artificial intelligence (AI) and quantum sciences program. The program seeks to provide faculty members with the opportunity to learn new skills and to focus on professional development.
11/12/2025
Penn State will celebrate its eleventh GivingTuesday on Dec. 2 — and the College of Engineering invites alumni and friends to be a part of the event by making a gift to support engineering student success.
10/24/2025
Penn State researchers are drawing inspiration from honey bee colonies to improve the resilience of electric grids by enabling energy devices to communicate and share power directly, similar to how bees coordinate resources in a hive. Led by Wangda Zuo and funded by a $1 million NSF Early-concept Grants for Exploratory Research award, the project aims to build smarter, more adaptable peer-to-peer energy networks.
10/22/2025
Third-year Schreyer Scholar Morgan Dawkins has been unwavering in her childhood dream of designing buildings and her enthusiasm for innovation. Now, she said, she’s realizing that goal as part of the Integrated Undergraduate-Graduate Program (IUG) in Architectural Engineering.
10/17/2025
Five years ago, the A. James & Alice B. Clark Foundation established the A. James Clark Scholars Program, a comprehensive scholarship and curricular support program for exceptional Penn State engineering undergraduates who demonstrate financial need. Now, with an additional $11 million investment, the Clark Foundation renewed its support for the program, ensuring that 10 new undergraduate engineering majors at Penn State will receive full tuition, fees, room and board, and curricular enrichment support each year in perpetuity.
10/17/2025
Four Penn State researchers, including two from the College of Engineering, have been selected as 2025 fellows of the Institute of Energy and the Environment (IEE). The IEE Fellowship Program recognizes researchers whose work has significantly advanced energy and environmental research and provides support to further their efforts.
9/22/2025
Between February and August 2025, the Penn State College of Engineering welcomed 12 new faculty members across various departments, including tenure-line, professional track, and administrative roles. This expansion supports the college’s strategic commitment to academic and research excellence.
9/9/2025
Kathryn Hinkelman, a recent Ph.D. graduate from Penn State, received the 2025 IBPSA Godfried Augenbroe Award for Outstanding Ph.D. Thesis for her dissertation on biomimicry and district energy systems. She is now an assistant professor at the University of Vermont.
8/25/2025
Julian Wang, professor of architectural engineering, is the principal investigator on a project funded through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Healthy Homes Program that seeks to develop and improve heatwave resistance in residential housing. Supported by a $1 million, three-year grant, Wang and his team are working with community organizations to develop a system that pinpoints the vulnerabilities leaving residents and their homes at risk during extreme weather events like heatwaves.
8/6/2025
Penn State Professor of Architectural Engineering Wangda Zuo discusses how he collaborates with
international teams to implement research findings in the real world.
