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7/2/2026
The Penn State Graduate Program in Acoustics is now offering three graduate certificate options, enabling working professions, as well as engineering graduate students in other discipline areas, the opportunity to further their careers by upskilling or reskilling. The program recently rounded out its first academic year, having matriculated its first class in the fall of 2025.
5/21/2026
A team of researchers at Penn State have designed a system that can manipulate sound waves so that they are only audible at a precise spot slightly wider than an inch. Despite this tiny focal point, their system can produce high-quality audio, potentially offering listeners a crisp, yet private, sound experience. The team detailed their work in a paper recently published in IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics.
5/20/2026
Two Penn State engineering faculty and one Penn State engineering alumna received notable awards from the Acoustical Society of America at the society’s recent annual meeting, which took place May 11 – 15 in Philadelphia.
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.
2/4/2026
Julianna Simon, associate professor of acoustics and of biomedical engineering, has been named the director of the Penn State Graduate Program in Acoustics, effective Jan. 1. The promotion follows her service as interim director since the summer of 2024 and as a Penn State faculty member since 2017.
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.
