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7/29/2026
Penn State’s Wind Energy Club placed first overall in the 2026 Eastern Region Collegiate Wind Competition, which took place from May 14-16 in the Engineering Collaborative Research and Education (ECoRE) Building on the University Park campus. The Penn State team also earned first place in the Turbine Design and Testing and Project Development and Engagement competitions and earned the People’s Choice Poster award.
7/27/2026
Penn State aerospace engineering faculty James Coder and Mark Maughmer earned two national ASEE awards for research on ChatGPT's role in engineering education. Their findings suggest AI can support learning but should be used alongside instruction to help students critically evaluate its responses.
7/15/2026
On Jan. 29, 2025, an airplane on landing approach at the Ronald Reagan National Airport (DCA) and a military helicopter collided, killing 67 people, including Penn State aerospace engineering alumnus Anthony Parente. To help prevent similar tragedies, Congress has convened an ad hoc study committee, chartered by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine, of nine experts to study risks and protocols and to issue a report with key findings and recommendations. Among the nine experts named to the committee was Amy Pritchett, department head and professor of aerospace engineering at Penn State.
7/6/2026
Mackenzie Mangette, a Penn State doctoral student in aerospace engineering, received the 2025 Committee on Space Research (COSPAR) Outstanding Paper Award for Young Scientists for their research on improving trajectory design for lunar surface access.
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.
5/6/2026
Members of the first cohort of high school students to participate in a Penn State program that helped prepare them for college are completing the journey they began years ago, graduating with their bachelor’s degrees.
4/16/2026
The engineering graduate programs at Penn State rose to No. 28 in the U.S. News & World Report’s 2026 Best Graduate Schools rankings, climbing three spots from the 2025 edition. Penn State’s College of Engineering ranks No. 14 among public universities and remains the No. 1 public university in the state of Pennsylvania.
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.
3/31/2026
Daryl Cameron, associate professor of psychology, and Wagner, associate professor of aerospace engineering, collaborated with other scholars on an article assessing how empathy for and from robots is considered from an interdisciplinary perspective.
3/4/2026
A Penn State aerospace engineering student-led team has been selected as a stage two winner for their Emergency Response Flyer prototype in the NASA-backed, global competition, GoAERO. The team, along with seven other selected teams from across the world, will receive funding to transition their prototype into a full-fledged unmanned aerial vehicle or the 2027 Final Fly Off at NASA Ames Research Center.
2/25/2026
Puneet Singla, the Harry and Arlene Schell Professor of Engineering at Penn State, has been named a Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, one of the highest professional honors in the aerospace field. The recognition highlights his sustained contributions and leadership in aerospace and space systems research.
2/17/2026
The Penn State College of Engineering has welcomed nine new faculty members across multiple departments, including several former postdoctoral scholars who have transitioned into faculty roles. These appointments strengthen the college’s research and teaching mission while reinforcing its commitment to investing in emerging talent.
2/4/2026
The Leonhard Center for Enhancement of Engineering Education has announced the winners of its inaugural Arts and Engineering Competition. The competition celebrates the creativity and innovation at the intersection of art and engineering.
12/8/2025
A multi-institution team led by researchers at Penn State received a U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) Industry-University Cooperative Research Center (IUCRC) planning grant to begin the process of establishing the Center for Research in Emerging Sustainable Space Technologies (CRES2T).
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.
11/12/2025
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.
10/17/2025
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.
9/25/2025
Designing complex engineered systems — such as planes, cars and manufacturing systems — with multiple attributes comes with a lot of intricate challenges and a significant amount of computational power, according to Ashwin Renganathan, assistant professor of aerospace engineering, Penn State Institute for Computational and Data Sciences (ICDS) co-hire and director of the Computational complex engineered Systems Design Lab (CSDL) at Penn State.
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.
