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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.
11/8/2024
Five Penn State aerospace engineering graduate students, including two brothers, were selected for the Science, Mathematics, and Research for Transformation Scholarship-for-Service Program, which is administered by the U.S. Department of Defense.
11/7/2024
To build the interest of students in pre-K through grade 12 in STEM fields, a team of aerospace engineering undergraduates built a fleet of LEGO models of vertical flight vehicles and demonstrate them at outreach events.
9/27/2024
Two Penn State aerospace engineering faculty members recently have been named American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) associate fellows.
9/12/2024
The newly constructed Engineering Collaborative Engineering Research and Education Building (ECoRE), the latest expansion for the College of Engineering onto West Campus at Penn State University Park, is a showcase for collaboration, both in how it was built and how it will be used by faculty, staff and students at the University.
8/21/2024
A paper co-authored by Sven Schmitz, the Boeing/A.D. Welliver Professor of Aerospace Engineering at Penn State, and Penn State aerospace alumnus Jason Cornelius of the NASA Ames Research Center, received the Vertical Flight Society (VFS) San Francisco Bay Area Chapter’s Velkoff Award for Outstanding Technical Paper.
8/2/2024
The latest episode of "Growing Impact" discusses the future of wind energy, including floating offshore wind turbines and a shift in turbine blade design. Wind energy is the highest-producing renewable energy source in the U.S.
7/8/2024
George Lesieutre, professor of aerospace engineering and former department head and associate dean in the Penn State College of Engineering, announced his retirement on June 30.
7/1/2024
A Penn State research team was one of eight chosen to receive funding from NASA as part of the agency’s University SmallSat Technology Partnerships (USTP) initiative within NASA’s Small Spacecraft Technology (SST) program.
6/27/2024
Six College of Engineering baccalaureate graduates have been selected for the U.S. National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (NSF-GRFP). Four engineering graduates were also named honorable mentions for the NSF-GRFP.
5/20/2024
In light of recent news regarding congressional action on aviation safety, Penn State News spoke with Amy Pritchett, department head of aerospace engineering and professor in Penn State’s College of Engineering.
5/3/2024
In 2020, the A. James & Alice B. Clark Foundation committed $15.5 million to create the A. James Clark Scholars Program in the College of Engineering to support high-achieving engineering students with significant financial need. This spring, the first cohort of A. James Clark Scholars will graduate from the Penn State College of Engineering.
4/25/2024
The Penn State College of Engineering has named its student marshals for the spring 2024 commencement ceremony.
4/5/2024
Penn State co-hosted a two-day virtual summit for the India-U.S. Defense Acceleration Ecosystem (INDUS-X) that focused on emerging space technologies and in-space assembly and manufacturing.
4/4/2024
Daning Huang, assistant professor of aerospace engineering in the Penn State College of Engineering, earned a five-year, $626,006 U.S. National Science Foundation Early Career Development (CAREER) Award for his project that addresses morphing autonomous aerial systems.
3/18/2024
Twelve Penn State engineering graduates have been selected to receive the Penn State College of Engineering’s Outstanding Engineering Alumni Award.
3/5/2024
Edward Smith, professor of aerospace engineering in the College of Engineering, has been named a distinguished professor by Penn State's Office of the Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs.
2/26/2024
Alaska needs an estimated 27,500 new housing units over the next 10 years to alleviate overcrowding and unsanitary conditions, according to the Alaska Housing Foundation Corporation. A Penn State interdisciplinary team that includes researchers from the College of Engineering is looking to alleviate some of that stress with a $376,000 U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) grant.
1/29/2024
A team of undergraduate students in Penn State’s Student Space Programs Laboratory won the 2023 Innovation Award at NASA’s annual Breakthrough, Innovative and Game-Changing (BIG) Idea Challenge.
