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Lady Lions Alex Bentley, left, and Zhaque Gray celebrate their Big Ten championship after beating Ohio State 84-66 on Monday, Feb. 20, at the Bryce Jordan Center on Penn State's University Park campus. The Lady Lions clinched their first conference regular season title since 2004.

Lady Lions win Big Ten championship

THON 2012 shattered last year's total, raising $10,686,924.83 for the Four Diamonds Fund.

THON 2012 breaks $10 million

THON child Megan Eslinger, 4, chases bubbles blown by dancer Elizabeth Ferrari on Saturday afternoon, Feb. 18, during THON at the Bryce Jordan Center on Penn State's University Park campus. The 46-hour no-sitting, no-sleeping event raises millions of dollars each year for the Four Diamonds Fund.

THON 2012 going strong

Owen Divers and Quinn Allen started off strong for THON 2012 on Friday, Feb. 17.

THON 2012 under way

Mike Rybar made final adjustments to the Penn State Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineering teams Goldberg machine prior to the 2012 Rube Goldberg competition held on Feb. 11 at Penn State's Nittany Lion Inn. Rybar and his team created a musically themed machine that needed to complete a simple task (inflate a balloon) in twenty or more elaborate steps. The annual competition is named for cartoonist Rube Goldberg who created famous artwork depicting overly complicated machines doing everyday tasks.

Rube Goldberg Competition: Feb. 11, 2012

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Team receives honorable mention at sustainable design expo

Monday, May 10, 2010

A team of Penn State engineering students received an honorable mention at the recent National Sustainable Design Expo in Washington, D.C.

The students were competing in the Environmental Protection Agency's P3: People, Prosperity and the Planet Student Design Competition for Sustainability.

The team's project, "Design of an Engine Generator for the Rural Poor: A Sustainable Systems Approach," focused on developing a business venture to produce electricity for rural subsistence farmers in Kenya. The system uses canola seed oil, grown by local farmers, as the feedstock for production of biodiesel. The fuel is then combusted to produce steam that powers a low-cost steam engine generator that provides electricity.

Thomas Colledge, assistant professor of engineering design, served as one of the team's faculty advisers.

Forty-one teams from across the country brought their designs, prototypes and other exhibition materials to the National Mall in hopes of receiving Phase II funding for their projects.

The P3 Award competition began with the receipt of Phase I grants for each team at the start of the academic year.

A second team from Penn State Mont Alto also participated in the competition.

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