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University Park Airport Emergency Response Exercise
Commencement across Penn State: Spring 2012
Spring commencement 2012 under way
Penn State, Moroccan students problem-solve together
Finals Week Spring Semester 2012
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
Before a crowd of more than a thousand engineering seniors, Robert D. Braun, the David and Andrew Lewis Professor of Space Technology and director of the Space Systems Design Laboratory at the Georgia Institute of Technology, exhorted the class of 2012 to change the world through innovation. (more)
Degrees will be conferred on 1,009 students at the Penn State College of Engineering's spring commencement ceremony on May 4 at 8 p.m. at the Bryce Jordan Center. Delivering this year's commencement address is Robert D. Braun, the David and Andrew Lewis Professor of Space Technology and director of the Space Systems Design Laboratory at the Georgia Institute of Technology. (more)
Brandi Wingate, an aerospace engineering senior at Penn State, received the Sigma Gamma Tau Mid-Atlantic Region Undergraduate Student Award. Wingate serves as the president of the Penn State Sigma Gamma Tau chapter, the national aerospace engineering honors society. (more)
Penn State will honor four members of the College of Engineering faculty with the 2012 Faculty/Staff Awards. The annual awards recognize high levels of academic excellence, outstanding leadership and meritorious service among employees from across campuses, colleges and administrative units. (more)
An electric aircraft team led by Jack W. Langelaan, assistant professor of aerospace engineering at Penn State, is among four nominees for the National Aeronautic Association's (NAA) Collier Trophy, the "Greatest Award in Aviation." (more)
A pioneering astronaut and U.S. Air Force colonel, Penn State Distinguished Alumnus Guion S. "Guy" Bluford has been awarded The Pennsylvania Society's Gold Medal for Distinguished Achievement. Bluford received the honor on Dec. 10 at the Pennsylvania Society's 113th Annual Dinner. A nonprofit charitable organization with nearly 2,000 members, the Society honors achievement and excellence and celebrates service to the Commonwealth and humanity. The Gold Medal is presented each year to a prominent person "in recognition of leadership, citizenship and contributions to the arts, science, education and industry," according to the Society. (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)
A Penn State Engineering team led by Jack W. Langelaan, assistant professor of aerospace engineering, took home first place and $1.35 million in prize money in the Comparative Aircraft Flight Efficiency (CAFE) Foundation Green Flight Challenge held on Oct. 4. This is the largest prize ever awarded in aviation history, according to the agency.
The contest, held in Santa Rosa, Calif., challenges teams to design and build an electric aircraft capable of flying at an average speed of at least 100 mph over a 200-mile course while achieving a fuel efficiency greater than 200 passenger miles per gallon equivalent. (more)
David Spencer, associate professor of aerospace engineering, was elected to the ranking of fellow in the American Astronautical Society (AAS). (more)
Penn State was ranked the top engineering school for aerospace and defense company recruitment in the 2011 Aviation Week Workforce Study.
In the study, Aviation Week polled aerospace and defense companies to find out from which institutions they hire the most graduates. The respondents ranked the universities based on the school's reputation, degree programs offered, location and diversity. (more)
