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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.
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.
8/22/2025
The Penn State Advanced Vehicle Team (AVT) took home multiple wins, including fourth place overall, in its fourth year of the AutoDrive Challenge II, which took place June 1-7 at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Sponsored by SAE International and General Motors, the competition tasks student teams with developing and testing a fully autonomous passenger vehicle on a controlled urban driving course.
7/2/2025
The Penn State Engineering Alumni Society (PSEAS) held its annual awards ceremony on June 20 at the State Theatre, building on its 53-year tradition of honoring excellence among engineering faculty, staff and alumni through the PSEAS awards. The award recipients were recognized in the categories of teaching, research, advising and service.
6/27/2025
Susan Stewart, associate director of undergraduate studies and teaching professor of aerospace engineering at Penn State, has been named assistant dean for academic support and global programs, effective July 1. Stewart's promotion comes after 18 years of service to Penn State. She succeeds Christine Masters in the role, who recently retired after almost 30 years of service to the College of Engineering.
6/6/2025
Maggie Nunn, a doctoral candidate studying mechanical engineering at Penn State, was recently awarded the Amelia Earhart Fellowship. The fellowship is annually awarded to up to 30 women pursuing doctorates in the fields of aerospace engineering and space sciences, with recipients each receiving $10,000.
5/29/2025
Bob Melton, professor of aerospace engineering in the Penn State College of Engineering, will retires on July 1, leaving behind a legacy of service that includes decades of support to the University’s marshal corps.
5/12/2025
George Lesieutre, a professor of aerospace engineering at Penn State, has been selected to receive the 2025 ASME Adaptive Structures and Material Systems Award for his pioneering research in adaptive flight structures and smart materials.
5/6/2025
The Penn State College of Engineering has named its student marshals for the spring 2025 commencement ceremony, which will be held at 7:00 p.m. on Friday, May 9, in the Bryce Jordan Center at University Park.
4/24/2025
The Penn State College of Engineering will recognize 21 alumni with the 2025 Outstanding Engineering Alumni Award and Early Career Award in a ceremony on April 24 in the new Engineering Collaborative Research and Education (ECoRE) Building.
4/23/2025
The Penn State Learning Factory will host its biannual end-of-semester showcase for engineering students to present their cornerstone and capstone design projects from 1-3:30 p.m. on Tuesday, April 29, at the Bryce Jordan Center. The?virtual showcase?will take place Wednesday, April 30, through Friday, May 9.
4/14/2025
Sven Bilén, professor of engineering design, of electrical engineering and of aerospace engineering, recently began the second year of a $1 million research program to develop thruster systems for very low earth orbit
3/31/2025
Penn State’s Schreyer Honors College has chosen five Scholar Alumni, including two from the College of Engineering, to receive the 2025 Scholar Alumni Awards in recognition of their professional achievements and contributions to both the world and to Schreyer Honors College.
3/27/2025
The Penn State College of Engineering has added 25 faculty members since February 2024. The four tenure-line faculty and 21 professional track faculty represent 10 units and departments.
3/26/2025
Alexandria Rhoads, a third-year aerospace engineering undergraduate student in the Penn State College of Engineering, has been named a recipient of the 2025 Brooke Owens Fellowship.
3/24/2025
The Penn State College of Engineering’s Office of Corporate and Industry Engagement
invites engineering faculty to I-CONNECT: Intellectual Property and Innovation. The event will take place virtually and on campus at 504 Engineering Collaborative Research and Education
Building (ECoRE) from 12:30 – 2 p.m. ET on April 2.
3/19/2025
The Engineering Ambassadors Network recently held a three-day-long Spring Leadership Conference at the Penn Stater Hotel and Conference Center.
3/13/2025
Sven Bilén, professor of engineering design, of electrical engineering and of aerospace engineering at Penn State, recently authored an article about 3D printing featured on The Conversation, a site that hosts expert discussion of research and trends in science.
2/28/2025
Divya Tyagi, an aerospace engineering graduate student, and Sven Schmitz, the Boeing/A.D. Welliver Professor of Aerospace Engineering, were quoted in an Interesting Engineering article that discusses a recent wind turbine breakthrough made by Tyagi.
2/25/2025
NASA’s Microgravity Investigation of Cement Solidification project, led by Penn State civil engineering researchers, was featured in NASA’s 2024 Annual Highlight of Results. Results from this research will improve researchers' understanding of concrete hardening, and could support innovations for civil engineering, construction and manufacturing of industrial materials on exploration missions.
2/24/2025
Penn State’s Autonomous Robotics Competition Club recently developed a low-cost, unmanned aircraft system. The two-drone system includes 2D and 3D mapping technology that can assist law enforcement and first responders in indoor searches.
2/21/2025
Divya Tyagi’s work expands research in aerodynamics, unlocking new possibilities in wind turbine design that Hermann Glauert, a British aerodynamicist and the original author, did not consider.
1/8/2025
Amrita Basak, the Shuman Early Career Professor of Mechanical Engineering, and Herschel
Pangborn, assistant professor of mechanical engineering and of aerospace engineering, were selected to receive $750,000 to conduct research as 2025 Office of Naval Research Young Investigator award recipients.
1/7/2025
The legacy of Michael Micci, the late Penn State professor of aerospace engineering and expert on space propulsion, will live on through a newly established early career professorship in aerospace `engineering in the Penn State College of Engineering. Established through a $500,000 gift from Micci’s family, the professorship will provide the holder with financial support during the first years of their academic career.
11/18/2024
The Penn State Learning Factory will host its end-of-semester showcase at the Bryce Jordan Center on Dec. 10 and its virtual showcase Wednesday, Dec. 11 through Friday, Dec. 20. Both versions of the event are free and open to the public.
11/15/2024
The Penn State College of Engineering invites alumni and friends to support engineering student success through a GivingTuesday gift on Dec. 3 as Penn State celebrates its tenth GivingTuesday.
11/14/2024
Nate Osikowicz, a Penn State doctoral student in aerospace engineering, has received a NASA Space Technology Graduate Research Opportunities (NSTGRO) award. The NSTGRO sponsors graduate students who have the potential to contribute to the development of innovative new space technologies.
