4/8/2020
Penn State and the College of Engineering faculty, staff and students are mourning the loss of alumnus and longtime supporter Walter L. Robb, who died on March 23, at age 91 from complications from COVID-19 in Schenectady, New York.
3/30/2020
An interdisciplinary team of more than 100 Penn State faculty, staff and students has mobilized to address the widespread shortage of protective gear as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic by creating fast and scalable solutions for sterilizing and manufacturing PPEs.
3/30/2020
Jesse McTernan, assistant teaching professor in Penn State's School of Engineering Design, Technology, and Professional Programs, is giving us the opportunity to laugh with a video parody he created.
3/26/2020
Paul Mittan will join the Penn State College of Engineering's School of Engineering Design, Technology, and Professional Programs as the new director of the Engineering Leadership Development program.
3/26/2020
VentureWell, a nonprofit organization dedicated to empowering future inventors, innovators and entrepreneurs, has awarded researchers in the Penn State College of Engineering's School of Engineering Design, Technology, and Professional Programs $24,000 to support and expand an existing extracurricular program in the College of Engineering, Boosting Undergraduate Innovation and Leadership through Design (BUILD).
3/23/2020
Penn State students from the Student Space Programs Laboratory comprise one of eight university teams recently selected by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to develop new technology to study the surface of the moon.
3/18/2020
Low Design Office, an architecture and integrative design studio that was cofounded by DK Osseo-Asare, assistant professor of architecture and engineering design at Penn State, has been named to Domus magazine's 50 Best Architecture Firms in 2020 list.
2/28/2020
Ryan Laverty and Sal Campisi, two 2016 Penn State Smeal College of Business graduates, said they were concerned that alcoholic beverages often lacked nutritional information or ingredients lists. Equipped with skills from an entrepreneurial leadership course they took in the Penn State College of Engineering, they had the motivation and know-how to tackle this lack of transparency and create their own alcoholic beverage company, one which values premium ingredients and honesty above all else.
2/28/2020
When Lucy Spicher first saw her mother's wireless insulin pod, it was an emotional experience.
2/25/2020
Scarlett Miller, associate professor of engineering design and industrial engineering at Penn State, has been named the new director of the School of Engineering Design, Technology, and Professional Programs' engineering design program; and Sarah Ritter, associate teaching professor of engineering design at the University, was recently appointed associate director of the engineering design program.
2/21/2020
After graduating in 2012, College of Engineering alumnus John-Thomas "JT" Marino co-founded Tuft & Needle, a direct-to-consumer online mattress retailer.
2/5/2020
Kathryn W. Jablokow, professor of engineering design and mechanical engineering and associate chief academic officer, Penn State Great Valley, is headed to Alexandria, Virginia, for a two-year term as program director for the National Science Foundation's Engineering Design and Systems Engineering program in the Division of Civil, Mechanical and Manufacturing Innovation.
2/5/2020
A $20,000 gift from Lockheed Martin has helped to establish and support the continued advancement of the Maker Ambassador program, an initiative designed to engage women and minority engineers interested in making and leading.
1/29/2020
The University Fellowships Office and University Libraries are continuing their series of events focused on helping undergraduates learn about and navigate the world of research opportunities at Penn State.
1/27/2020
Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf has announced a proposal to provide $2.35 million in funding for Invent Penn State as part of a $12.35 million spending initiative focused on technology and innovation programs.
1/21/2020
Morgan Roggenbaum, a junior studying biological engineering, is the recipient of the prestigious Genentech Pharmaceutical Technical Development Outstanding Student Award for 2020.
1/21/2020
Before their selection as University Innovation Fellows, Penn State students Hayden Long and Michael Miller knew they had a passion for entrepreneurship.
1/17/2020
The Pennsylvania Technical Assistance Program (PennTAP) at Penn State is looking for undergraduate entrepreneurs from any Penn State campus to compete in the 2020 Inc.U Competition.
1/14/2020
By day, Tim Ayres is an employee at Lockheed Martin working on airplanes, fluid systems and hydraulic parts. By evening, Ayres is a 3D printing entrepreneur and a Penn State World Campus graduate student.
1/14/2020
Penn State received six top-10 rankings in U.S. News and World Report's 2020 Best Online Programs, the most of any college or university in the country for the fourth consecutive year.
1/13/2020
The 2020 Summer Founders program provides selected Penn State entrepreneurial teams (founders) $15,000 to work full time on their startup, social good or nonprofit idea. Working over the summer, the program provides workspace and a plethora of resources and support.
1/8/2020
On Dec. 11 during the ME 340: Mechanical Engineering Design Methodology final exam, there were no blue books or pencils in sight. The quiet and concentration typical of an intensive exam was nowhere to be found.
1/6/2020
Idea submissions are now being accepted for the 2020 Nittany AI Challenge. Student teams with a wide variety of skill sets are invited to submit their ideas for using artificial intelligence to improve the world by providing solutions for problems within the areas of education, health, sustainability, climate change and humanitarian challenges.
1/6/2020
John Messner, Charles and Elinor Matts Professor of Architectural Engineering at Penn State, is leading a $240,000 Construction Industry Institute (CII)-funded project to study building projects that have utilized digital modeling and to compile recommended best practices for organizing, retrieving and analyzing project data.
1/6/2020
Ted Graef has joined the School of Engineering Design, Technology, and Professional Programs (SEDTAPP) as the director of the Engineering Entrepreneurship (E-SHIP) program at Penn State.
