Still Life

With four guide ropes attached to it, the east-side clock face is raised into position. While it didn't seem that windy on the ground on Saturday, Jan. 28, winds higher up were strong, requiring extra guidance to bring the clock face safely to the Old Main bell tower.

Old Main clock faces installed

Ben White of New Vibrations Audio and Video works on a ledge of the Old Main bell tower, to remove the speakers from the old chime system. The company installed a new carillon system today (Jan. 27) that will play a digital recording made of the original Old Main bell that now sits adjacent to Old Main and other bells of comparable sizes.

New carillon, restored clocks being installed

The funeral procession for Joe Paterno made its way past Beaver Stadium and down Porter Road as crowds applauded on Jan. 25. Thousands lined the procession route through the University Park campus and downtown State College to bid a last farewell to Joe Paterno.

Joe Paterno's funeral procession

Coach Joe Paterno was on the field for the first half of the Nittany Lions' football game. Penn State beat the Iowa Hawkeyes 13-3 on Oct. 8, 2011, in front of an enthusiastic crowd at Beaver Stadium.

Joe Paterno through the years

Katie Knobloch and Andrew Adamietz, members of the a capella group Blue in the Face, shared a candle at the vigil held Sunday, Jan. 22, to mourn the death of Penn State football coach Joe Paterno, who passed away earlier in the day. Several thousand members of the Penn State and State College community came out to the Old Main lawn on Penn State's University Park campus for the vigil.

Thousands mourn Paterno's passing

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Tuesday, September 16, 2008

Four College of Engineering students -- Michael Stinger, Jyotsna Bhamidipati, Justin Liou and Michael Motyka -- won awards at the 53rd annual SPIE Optics+Photonics Conference.

SPIE, the Society of Optical Engineering, gave out 11 awards for excellence in research. More than 4,000 students attended the event, which was held from Aug. 10-14 in San Diego, Calif.

Stinger is a doctoral student in electrical engineering. His focus is on passive wavelength-agile multiple-time-scale optical switching.

Bhamidipati graduated in August with a master's degree in architectural engineering. She presented a paper on her thesis research topic, "Design and Construction Evaluation of Photovoltaic DC LED Lighting System."

Liou is a doctoral student in electrical engineering with a concentration on the nonlinear behavior of liquid crystals. He is the vice president of the Penn State chapter of SPIE.

Motyka is pursuing a master's degree in engineering science and mechanics. He presented a paper that discussed the first published discovery of the ability to launch multiple surface plasmon polaritons with a single monochromatic source.

Winners received a plaque and a travel grant covering the cost of travel to the exhibition.

 

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