Jay D. Martin, a research associate at the Penn State Applied Research Laboratory, will present "Dynamic Schedule Development to Evaluate Manufacturability and Cost" at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 22, in 102 Leonhard Building on the University Park campus of Penn state. The talk, free and open to the public, is part of the ongoing Industrial Engineering Colloquium Series. (more)
Penn State's Applied Research Laboratory and Sciaky, Inc., a subsidiary of Phillips Service Industries, will establish the Center for Innovative Materials Processing through Direct Digital Deposition as a Manufacturing Demonstration Facility under the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's Open Manufacturing Initiative. The project will receive $3.8 million over four years. (more)
A team of industrial engineering faculty members and researchers from the Applied Research Laboratory (ARL) have won a $1.5 million award from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). (more)
Christopher Griffin, a faculty member in Penn State's Applied Research Lab, has been awarded the Sidney D. Drell Academic Award by the Intelligence and National Security Alliance (INSA). The award is one of several achievement awards presented annually by the INSA to outstanding young professionals across the national security and intelligence field. Award winners are nominated by their peers for their leadership, commitment, hard work and dedication to their professional sector. (more)
Tim Simpson, professor of industrial and mechanical engineering, and a team of students and faculty in aerospace, industrial and mechanical engineering, the College of Information Science and Technology, and the Applied Research Laboratory have developed a suite of multi-dimensional data visualization tools to support model-based engineering and design. (more)
Research Unplugged will feature Michael Paul, a space systems engineer at Penn State's Applied Research Laboratory (ARL) and team leader of Lunar Lion, presenting "Lunar Lion: Penn State Enters the Private Sector Race to the Moon" from noon to 1 p.m. on Nov. 2 at the Penn State Downtown Theatre. (more)
Michael V. Paul, space systems engineer in Penn State's Applied Research Laboratory, has received a $100,000 grant under the NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts program and been named a Fellow of this recently reformed program in NASA's Office of the Chief Technologist. Paul, who leads the Penn State Lunar Lion team -- part of the Google Lunar X PRIZE competition -- receives his grant for "Non-Radioisotope Power Systems for Sunless Solar System Exploration Missions." Several targets of scientific interest in solar system exploration require nonsolar power sources because of permanent shading from craters or clouds, or extreme distances from the sun. (more)
Patricia G. Hayes, assistant to the director, Information and Diversity Programs, at the Applied Research Laboratory (ARL), has been selected to receive the 2011 Dr. James Robinson Equal Opportunity Award. The award, sponsored by the Penn State Alumni Association, was established in 1988 and renamed in 1998 to honor the late James Robinson, a distinguished alumnus and former member of the Alumni Council. It recognizes a full-time faculty or staff member, with at least two years of active service, who has promoted equal opportunity through affirmative action and/or contributes to enhancing the educational environment of the University through improving cross-cultural understanding. (more)
Just like people in a bar or other noisy location, North American right whales increase the volume of their calls as environmental noise increases; and just like humans, at a certain point, it may become too costly to continue to shout, according to marine and acoustic scientists. "The impacts of increases in ocean noise from human activities are a concern for the conservation of marine animals like right whales," said Susan Parks, assistant professor of acoustics and research associate, Applied Research Laboratory, Penn State. "The ability to change vocalizations to compensate for environmental noise is critical for successful communication in an increasingly noisy ocean." (more)
The Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) will hold an information session at 11:30 a.m. Friday, Sept. 11, in 113 Information Science and Technology Building on Penn State's University Park campus. The event will highlight civilian opportunities available with NAVSEA, including research collaborations for faculty and students. The information session, sponsored by the Applied Research Laboratory, includes free pizza. Guests are asked to RSVP via e-mail to contractorhall@arl.psu.edu. (more)
