Monday, March 26, 2012
After months of designing and simulating hybrid concept designs, the Penn State Advanced Vehicle Team (PSU AVT) will host an event to publicly reveal its final vehicle architecture for the three years of the national competition known as EcoCAR2: Plugging In to the Future.
The event will take place from noon to 3 p.m. on Wednesday, March 28, outside the Thomas D. Larson Pennsylvania Transportation Institute on University Drive and Hastings Road on the University Park campus of Penn State. Penn State community members and the general public are invited to stop by and learn about the vehicle architecture, as well as meet the dedicated team of students that designed it. (more)
Monday, January 30, 2012
A team from industry, government and academia, including Penn State researchers, received "Project of the Year" honors from the Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program. (more)
Monday, January 23, 2012
Penn State's Thomas D. Larson Pennsylvania Transportation Institute has been awarded a $3.5 million grant from the U. S. Department of Transportation as part of its leadership role in the Mid-Atlantic Universities Transportation Center (MAUTC). (more)
Monday, January 23, 2012
Scott Himes, a doctoral candidate in civil engineering and research assistant at the Larson Institute at Penn State, has received the Mid-Atlantic Universities Transportation Center (MAUTC) Student of the Year Award. (more)
Monday, January 09, 2012
The Vehicle Systems and Safety (VS&S) Program, a major research wing of The Thomas D. Larson Pennsylvania Transportation Institute at Penn State, has received laboratory accreditation from the American Association for Laboratory Accreditation (A2LA). The accreditation indicates that the program is in compliance with established standards of the International Standards Organization (ISO)/International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC). (more)
Monday, January 09, 2012
"Why Would Anyone Invest in Public Transportation?" William Millar spoke on this subject during the 2011 Thomas D. Larson Distinguished Transportation Lecture. Millar pointed out that public transportation represents a profitable and essential investment. Millar spoke to a full room on Dec. 6 at the Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel. The lecture was held in conjunction with the 17th annual Transportation Engineering and Safety Conference, Dec. 7-9. (more)
Monday, November 22, 2010
Anne Canby, project director for the OneRail Coalition and past president of the Surface Transportation Policy Partnership (STPP), will present the 2010 Thomas D. Larson Distinguished Transportation Lecture at 1:30 p.m. on Dec. 7, in room 105 at the Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel. Canby's presentation, titled "Transportation in a Changing Environment," is free and open to the public. (more)
Monday, October 18, 2010
The Penn State Advanced Vehicle Technologies (AVT) Team will hold an EcoCAR Year Three Kickoff and Odyssey Day from noon to 3 p.m. on Oct. 22 at the Thomas D. Larson Pennsylvania Transportation Institute in celebration of National Energy Awareness Month. (more)
Friday, October 01, 2010
Penn State's Thomas D. Larson Pennsylvania Transportation Institute has received an award of up to $7 million from the U.S. Department of State to enhance the security of U.S. embassies and other facilities overseas through research and development related to anti-ram barrier protection systems. (more)
Monday, May 10, 2010
It's 1 a.m. and students can be seen working late into the night at Penn State's Hybrid and Hydrogen Vehicle Research Laboratory on this, the final day of preparation before their vehicle ships for the 2010 EcoCAR: The NeXt Challenge competition May 17-27. Sixteen North American universities are expected to compete in a series of events that will test vehicles and teams at the GM Desert Proving Ground in Yuma, Ariz., and at locations throughout San Diego, Calif. (more)
