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Mechanical engineering, chemistry major named College of Engineering marshal

October 22, 2024

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Q&A: Can you encourage inclusivity by changing how students work together?

October 14, 2024

Taylor Lecture 2024

‘Materials for Energy Innovation’ theme for 2024 Nelson W. Taylor Lecture Series

October 09, 2024

Penn State professor Robert Hickey stands in his laboratory.

$4.5M grant to fund 3D-printed high-performance ceramics project

October 01, 2024

This artistic illustration depicts the unique arrangement of atoms in high-entropy thermoelectric materials.

Waste heat to green energy: Approach boosts thermoelectric generator efficiency

September 24, 2024

Two rows of people stand in front of Old Main.

Nine researchers named Institute of Energy and the Environment Fellows

September 12, 2024

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Q&A: Achieving energy literacy through decarbonization research

July 30, 2024

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Celebrating excellence in postdoctoral scholarship and mentorship at Penn State

June 21, 2024

Scarlett Miller named Cocoziello Institute of Real Estate Innovation director

June 13, 2024

Two students wearing blue polos pose indoors behind a blue, black and green backdrop.

Two nuclear engineering grad students awarded Department of Energy fellowships

June 10, 2024

People work around a table covered in tools and metal

$4.4 million investment will expand metals-based outreach programs at Penn State

May 28, 2024

Head of Nittany Lion Shrine

Forty-three undergraduates receive Erickson Discovery Grants

May 14, 2024

A group of students sits in the foreground talking, and a second group of students stands in the background, also collaborating.

How to build a robot in three days

April 29, 2024

Tak Sing Wong poses for a photo outside in front of green foliage. He is wearing a white shirt, black blazer, and glasses.

Engineering professor elected fellow of two professional societies

April 29, 2024

An indoors portrait of two individuals wearing blue polo shirts.

Twinning: Kaylie and Kylie Barber named mechanical engineering student marshals

April 25, 2024

MVC Best of Show - Saman Zavari

Winners announced for 16th annual Materials Visualization Competition

April 23, 2024

Close up of the nittany lion shrine at Penn State University Park Campus.

College of Engineering names student marshals for spring 2024 commencement

April 22, 2024

A close-up view of a building's columns

College of Engineering offers information session on new microcredential program

April 17, 2024

A person in a white coat stands in front of a table holding a needle and an ultrasound wand

Novel robotic training program reduces physician errors placing central lines

April 17, 2024

Gil, Molloy, O’Connor named 2024 Penn State Teaching Fellows

March 26, 2024

A posed portrait of a person wearing glasses in a lab setting

Listen to your gut: Using microbiota analysis for precision health care

March 25, 2024

Image of brochosomes, soccer-ball shaped spheroids that are produced by leafhoppers.

Backyard insect inspires invisibility devices, next gen tech

March 18, 2024

An outdoors portrait of an individiual

Mechanical engineering researcher Amrita Basak awarded NSF CAREER

March 18, 2024

Nittany Lion Shrine

Twelve alumni recognized with College of Engineering’s highest honor

March 18, 2024

Three individuals adjust a piece of lab equipment.

Sun and space: Harnessing cold universe and solar power for renewable energy

March 13, 2024

Two individuals draw on a whiteboard.

Q&A with Jessica Menold, a ‘new voice’ for scientific collaboration

February 16, 2024

A portrait of a person indoors.

Guha Manogharan named co-director of Penn State’s additive manufacturing center

February 02, 2024

Two individuals look down at a robotic arm.

$4M grant funds project to make robotic prostheses more like biological limbs

January 30, 2024

A black-and-white photo of three brothers, one wearing a cap and gown, posing outdoors.

New scholarship to benefit engineering students from the Coal Region

January 12, 2024

Three female students pose in front of a Penn State Smeal College of Business backdrop holding 1st place certificates

Penn State students excel in Smeal case competition

December 19, 2023

two headshots side by side on a blue background

Q&A: Enhancing defense readiness with renewable energy and sensor materials

December 13, 2023

An indoor portrait of an individual standing in front of a gas turbine.

Engineering professor named fellow of Royal Aeronautical Society

November 28, 2023

Anna Stasto, Chaoxing Liu and Adri van Duin

Three Penn State faculty members elected as American Physical Society fellows

November 27, 2023

Old Main bell tower in the fall

Engineering alumni society recognizes awardees' outstanding contributions

November 16, 2023

Scarlett Miller, Jason Moore and Isra Elsaadany sit at a table with a manikin on it.

Q&A: Enhancing physicians’ colonoscopy training for early cancer prevention

November 15, 2023

START Lab expansion aims to make aviation greener

START Lab expansion aims to make aviation greener

November 12, 2023

Team members pose for a picture with their autonomous vehicle in front of a garage

Penn State students build on success in international AutoDrive competition

November 08, 2023

Video: Take a virtual tour of the Mechanical Engineering Knowledge Lab

October 25, 2023

A collage of six student photos against a blue background.

Six Penn State graduate students receive prestigious defense fellowship

October 19, 2023

Penn State undergraduate students thrive in iPRISM research internship program

October 19, 2023

Sun streaming through Penn State's Old Main bell tower

Engineering researcher joining Institutes of Energy and the Environment

August 15, 2023

Five students, Dale Miller, Kieran Meehan, Taylor Casavant, Sydney McKernan and James Fong, stand in a row, all holding award statues of the Penn State Nittany Lion

Five engineering student teams honored in national airport design competition

August 10, 2023

brian fronk poses for photo outside next to a column with arms crossed

Q&A: Carbon voyage

August 09, 2023

Engineering professor elected to national society's board of governors

August 03, 2023

Jennifer Colborn and Jacqueline O’Connor stand in a laboratory, looking at a tube with a blue light in it.

Mechanical engineering doctoral student named 2023 Amelia Earhart Fellow

July 06, 2023

NASA Pennsylvania Space Grant announces its 2023 fellowship, scholarship winners

June 29, 2023

Four microscopic images of a green blob.

Follow the leader: Researchers identify mechanism of cancer invasion

June 26, 2023

Q&A: A conversation with three experts on engineering education research

June 26, 2023

A person in a suit jacket holds metal components in front of two computer monitors

3D-printed ceramics may increase gas turbine fuel efficiency, researchers report

June 20, 2023

A display of four plaques that each read "Early Career Award"

College of Engineering recognizes 2023 Early Career Award recipients

June 12, 2023

Two individuals pose in a large open lab surrounded by lab equipment.

NASA-funded student team builds microwave system to smelt metal on the moon

June 12, 2023

Saturn V space rocket taking off

Penn State junior Ian Rivera earns Astronaut Scholarship

June 02, 2023

Penn State's Old Main building

College of Engineering names student marshals for spring 2023 commencement

April 25, 2023

A person wearing a blue dress and sweater poses for a photo outside.

Mechanical engineering faculty wins international award from Combustion Institute

April 11, 2023

Smiling bald man with dark beard and mustache and wearing brown long-sleeve t-shirt stand with arms crossed in classroom building.

Fish-inspired, self-charging electric battery may help power space applications

April 07, 2023

A person in a blue blazer smiles at the camera in front of a turbine in a lab

Propelling the future: A Q&A with START Lab Director Karen Thole

March 15, 2023

Mirror statue featuring the words WE ARE stands in front of bright blue sky, green trees, and red brick building.

Eleven alumni to receive College of Engineering's highest honor

March 08, 2023

Berks LaunchBox

Berks LaunchBox co-working companies celebrate major milestones

March 07, 2023

Image with "NSF CAREER Awards" on the left and a photo of the Nittany Lion shrine on the right.

Five engineers recognized with NSF early career awards

March 06, 2023

Three female researchers wearing business attire examine material in lab setting.

3D printing of medical devices focus of $2 million NSF grant

March 03, 2023

Illustrations of elephant and boat-shaped resonators and wave propagation simulations

Engineers design metasurfaces to help control surface wave propagation

March 01, 2023

Business head shots of woman with long brown hair, bald man with dark beard and mustache, and man with dark hair and glasses.

Three Engineering faculty named Air Force Young Investigators

February 16, 2023

A bell with green foliage visible in the background.

17 new faculty members join the College of Engineering

February 14, 2023

Growing Impact Podcast

'Growing Impact' podcast discusses making fuels from waste

February 02, 2023

Blonde-haired woman in business attire poses in front of turbine equipment.

Mechanical engineer recognized by ASME; appointed to U.S. Air Force board

January 23, 2023

Beese named co-director of additive manufacturing center CIMP-3D

January 10, 2023

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Mechanical engineering, chemistry major named College of Engineering marshal

October 22, 2024

An individual smiles and converses in a group of people.

Q&A: Can you encourage inclusivity by changing how students work together?

October 14, 2024

Taylor Lecture 2024

‘Materials for Energy Innovation’ theme for 2024 Nelson W. Taylor Lecture Series

October 09, 2024

Penn State professor Robert Hickey stands in his laboratory.

$4.5M grant to fund 3D-printed high-performance ceramics project

October 01, 2024

This artistic illustration depicts the unique arrangement of atoms in high-entropy thermoelectric materials.

Waste heat to green energy: Approach boosts thermoelectric generator efficiency

September 24, 2024

Two rows of people stand in front of Old Main.

Nine researchers named Institute of Energy and the Environment Fellows

September 12, 2024

Two individuals pose outdoors for a portrait.

Q&A: Achieving energy literacy through decarbonization research

July 30, 2024

A person accepts an award from another person.

Celebrating excellence in postdoctoral scholarship and mentorship at Penn State

June 21, 2024

Scarlett Miller named Cocoziello Institute of Real Estate Innovation director

June 13, 2024

Two students wearing blue polos pose indoors behind a blue, black and green backdrop.

Two nuclear engineering grad students awarded Department of Energy fellowships

June 10, 2024

People work around a table covered in tools and metal

$4.4 million investment will expand metals-based outreach programs at Penn State

May 28, 2024

Head of Nittany Lion Shrine

Forty-three undergraduates receive Erickson Discovery Grants

May 14, 2024

A group of students sits in the foreground talking, and a second group of students stands in the background, also collaborating.

How to build a robot in three days

April 29, 2024

Tak Sing Wong poses for a photo outside in front of green foliage. He is wearing a white shirt, black blazer, and glasses.

Engineering professor elected fellow of two professional societies

April 29, 2024

An indoors portrait of two individuals wearing blue polo shirts.

Twinning: Kaylie and Kylie Barber named mechanical engineering student marshals

April 25, 2024

MVC Best of Show - Saman Zavari

Winners announced for 16th annual Materials Visualization Competition

April 23, 2024

Close up of the nittany lion shrine at Penn State University Park Campus.

College of Engineering names student marshals for spring 2024 commencement

April 22, 2024

A close-up view of a building's columns

College of Engineering offers information session on new microcredential program

April 17, 2024

A person in a white coat stands in front of a table holding a needle and an ultrasound wand

Novel robotic training program reduces physician errors placing central lines

April 17, 2024

Gil, Molloy, O’Connor named 2024 Penn State Teaching Fellows

March 26, 2024

A posed portrait of a person wearing glasses in a lab setting

Listen to your gut: Using microbiota analysis for precision health care

March 25, 2024

Image of brochosomes, soccer-ball shaped spheroids that are produced by leafhoppers.

Backyard insect inspires invisibility devices, next gen tech

March 18, 2024

An outdoors portrait of an individiual

Mechanical engineering researcher Amrita Basak awarded NSF CAREER

March 18, 2024

Nittany Lion Shrine

Twelve alumni recognized with College of Engineering’s highest honor

March 18, 2024

Three individuals adjust a piece of lab equipment.

Sun and space: Harnessing cold universe and solar power for renewable energy

March 13, 2024

Two individuals draw on a whiteboard.

Q&A with Jessica Menold, a ‘new voice’ for scientific collaboration

February 16, 2024

A portrait of a person indoors.

Guha Manogharan named co-director of Penn State’s additive manufacturing center

February 02, 2024

Two individuals look down at a robotic arm.

$4M grant funds project to make robotic prostheses more like biological limbs

January 30, 2024

A black-and-white photo of three brothers, one wearing a cap and gown, posing outdoors.

New scholarship to benefit engineering students from the Coal Region

January 12, 2024

Three female students pose in front of a Penn State Smeal College of Business backdrop holding 1st place certificates

Penn State students excel in Smeal case competition

December 19, 2023

two headshots side by side on a blue background

Q&A: Enhancing defense readiness with renewable energy and sensor materials

December 13, 2023

An indoor portrait of an individual standing in front of a gas turbine.

Engineering professor named fellow of Royal Aeronautical Society

November 28, 2023

Anna Stasto, Chaoxing Liu and Adri van Duin

Three Penn State faculty members elected as American Physical Society fellows

November 27, 2023

Old Main bell tower in the fall

Engineering alumni society recognizes awardees' outstanding contributions

November 16, 2023

Scarlett Miller, Jason Moore and Isra Elsaadany sit at a table with a manikin on it.

Q&A: Enhancing physicians’ colonoscopy training for early cancer prevention

November 15, 2023

START Lab expansion aims to make aviation greener

START Lab expansion aims to make aviation greener

November 12, 2023

Team members pose for a picture with their autonomous vehicle in front of a garage

Penn State students build on success in international AutoDrive competition

November 08, 2023

Video: Take a virtual tour of the Mechanical Engineering Knowledge Lab

October 25, 2023

A collage of six student photos against a blue background.

Six Penn State graduate students receive prestigious defense fellowship

October 19, 2023

Penn State undergraduate students thrive in iPRISM research internship program

October 19, 2023

Sun streaming through Penn State's Old Main bell tower

Engineering researcher joining Institutes of Energy and the Environment

August 15, 2023

Five students, Dale Miller, Kieran Meehan, Taylor Casavant, Sydney McKernan and James Fong, stand in a row, all holding award statues of the Penn State Nittany Lion

Five engineering student teams honored in national airport design competition

August 10, 2023

brian fronk poses for photo outside next to a column with arms crossed

Q&A: Carbon voyage

August 09, 2023

Engineering professor elected to national society's board of governors

August 03, 2023

Jennifer Colborn and Jacqueline O’Connor stand in a laboratory, looking at a tube with a blue light in it.

Mechanical engineering doctoral student named 2023 Amelia Earhart Fellow

July 06, 2023

NASA Pennsylvania Space Grant announces its 2023 fellowship, scholarship winners

June 29, 2023

Four microscopic images of a green blob.

Follow the leader: Researchers identify mechanism of cancer invasion

June 26, 2023

Q&A: A conversation with three experts on engineering education research

June 26, 2023

A person in a suit jacket holds metal components in front of two computer monitors

3D-printed ceramics may increase gas turbine fuel efficiency, researchers report

June 20, 2023

A display of four plaques that each read "Early Career Award"

College of Engineering recognizes 2023 Early Career Award recipients

June 12, 2023

Two individuals pose in a large open lab surrounded by lab equipment.

NASA-funded student team builds microwave system to smelt metal on the moon

June 12, 2023

Saturn V space rocket taking off

Penn State junior Ian Rivera earns Astronaut Scholarship

June 02, 2023

Penn State's Old Main building

College of Engineering names student marshals for spring 2023 commencement

April 25, 2023

A person wearing a blue dress and sweater poses for a photo outside.

Mechanical engineering faculty wins international award from Combustion Institute

April 11, 2023

Smiling bald man with dark beard and mustache and wearing brown long-sleeve t-shirt stand with arms crossed in classroom building.

Fish-inspired, self-charging electric battery may help power space applications

April 07, 2023

A person in a blue blazer smiles at the camera in front of a turbine in a lab

Propelling the future: A Q&A with START Lab Director Karen Thole

March 15, 2023

Mirror statue featuring the words WE ARE stands in front of bright blue sky, green trees, and red brick building.

Eleven alumni to receive College of Engineering's highest honor

March 08, 2023

Berks LaunchBox

Berks LaunchBox co-working companies celebrate major milestones

March 07, 2023

Image with "NSF CAREER Awards" on the left and a photo of the Nittany Lion shrine on the right.

Five engineers recognized with NSF early career awards

March 06, 2023

Three female researchers wearing business attire examine material in lab setting.

3D printing of medical devices focus of $2 million NSF grant

March 03, 2023

Illustrations of elephant and boat-shaped resonators and wave propagation simulations

Engineers design metasurfaces to help control surface wave propagation

March 01, 2023

Business head shots of woman with long brown hair, bald man with dark beard and mustache, and man with dark hair and glasses.

Three Engineering faculty named Air Force Young Investigators

February 16, 2023

A bell with green foliage visible in the background.

17 new faculty members join the College of Engineering

February 14, 2023

Growing Impact Podcast

'Growing Impact' podcast discusses making fuels from waste

February 02, 2023

Blonde-haired woman in business attire poses in front of turbine equipment.

Mechanical engineer recognized by ASME; appointed to U.S. Air Force board

January 23, 2023

Beese named co-director of additive manufacturing center CIMP-3D

January 10, 2023

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