Still Life
Commencement across Penn State: Spring 2012
Spring commencement 2012 under way
Penn State, Moroccan students problem-solve together
Finals Week Spring Semester 2012
Children explore career options at University Park
Painting the Lines at Beaver Stadium
Did They Get It Right? - RedTails
Iconic Penn State elm taken down over spring break 2012
We ... are Penn State (December 19, 2011)
Disease stricken matching elm tree slated for removal
Penn State's creamery, from the cow to the cone
Victor W. Sparrow, professor of acoustics and interim chair of the Graduate Program in Acoustics, received the 2012 Outstanding Faculty of the Year Award from the Federal Aviation Administration's Center of Excellence for Aircraft Noise and Aviation Emissions Mitigation. (more)
Three graduate students from the College of Engineering received Penn State Alumni Association Dissertation Awards this spring in recognition of their outstanding achievement in scholarship and professional accomplishments. (more)
Who's got the loudest college basketball arena in the country? ESPN the Magazine recently asked engineers from Penn State's graduate acoustics program to help answer the question. The results appear in the magazine's Nov. 15 issue, which is available on newsstands. Micah Shepherd, a doctoral candidate in acoustics and a research assistant at the Applied Research Laboratory (ARL) who led the effort, said the magazine heard about the crowd noise measurements conducted at Penn State football games at Beaver Stadium. (more)
Susan Parks, assistant professor of acoustics, will discuss "What? I Can't Hear You! Whale and Dolphin Communication in a Noisy Ocean" as part of the ongoing Research Unplugged series at noon Wednesday, Nov. 10, at the Penn State Downtown Theatre Center on South Allen Street, State College, Pa. (more)
For Andrew Webb, professor of bioengineering, establishing a scholarship to encourage women in engineering was only the start of his effort to honor his late wife's memory. To promote awareness of the scholarship, Webb plans to run the local Tussey Mountainback 50-mile ultramarathon on Oct. 16. (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)
Penn State is a founding member of a new consortium centered on training naval systems engineers for the Navy's civilian acquisition, engineering and science workforce. Established by Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) through a five-year, $7.5 million contract, the Naval Engineering Education Consortium (NEEC) comprises 15 colleges and universities, along with the American Society of Naval Engineers and the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers. (more)
Victor Sparrow, professor of acoustics at Penn State, will take the position of interim chair of the Intercollege Graduate Program in Acoustics beginning Jan. 1, 2010. Sparrow will serve as interim chair until a permanent chair is appointed. (more)
Buzby Networks, Penn State's entry to the 2009 Idea to Product (I2P) Global Competition, took third place and a $2,500 prize in the contest's Technology Entrepreneurship Society Global Championship round. The I2P Global Competition was held Oct. 30 to 31 at the University of Texas in Austin, Texas. (more)
How loud can 110,000 people be? That's what engineers from Penn State's Graduate Program in Acoustics set out to measure at Saturday night's Penn State-Iowa football game. Andrew Barnard, a senior research assistant at the university's Applied Research Laboratory (ARL) and acoustics doctoral candidate, said the Department of Intercollegiate Athletics wanted a better understanding of how crowd noise works in Beaver Stadium. (more)
