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Firefighters battled a controlled blaze on the tarmac at Penn State's University Park Airport on May 23 during a full-scale emergency exercise. The exercise was designed to provide real-time training and recertification for emergency response personnel from around the Centre Region.

University Park Airport Emergency Response Exercise

A moment of levity: Penn State Lehigh Valley graduates celebrated with the Nittany Lion after commencement ceremonies, held May 5 at Stabler Arena in Bethlehem, Pa.

Commencement across Penn State: Spring 2012

New graduates of Penn State's Eberly College of Science listened to the commencement address provided by United States Secretary of Energy Steven Chu during spring 2012 graduation ceremonies held May 5 at the Bryce Jordan Center on the University Park campus.

Spring commencement 2012 under way

A Moroccan farmer taught Penn State students about the properties of vetiver grass, including its ability to clean wastewater. The grass could be used as part of a solution to water-quality problems being experienced in Assoul, Morocco, where students spent time recently.

Penn State, Moroccan students problem-solve together

Anjelica Fortunato, left, and Jeffrey Lu reviewed for their Anatomy 129 final exam on May 1 on the HUB-Robeson Center Lawn on Penn State's University Park campus. Penn State students are preparing for and taking final exams throughout the week as spring semester 2012 comes to a close.

Finals Week Spring Semester 2012

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Civil engineering's Reed wins ASCE Huber Research Prize

Friday, May 11, 2012

Patrick Reed, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering at Penn State, has been named the winner of the 2012 Walter L. Huber Civil Engineering Research Prize by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). (more)

Architectural engineering's Memari named Hankin Chair

Ali M. Memari, professor of architectural engineering at Penn State.
Thursday, May 10, 2012

Ali M. Memari, professor of architectural engineering, has been named the Bernard and Henrietta Hankin Chair of Residential Construction and director of the Pennsylvania Housing Research Center (PHRC), effective July 1. (more)

College of Engineering Research Symposium winners announced

Tuesday, April 17, 2012

Eight engineering students were honored at the annual College of Engineering Research Symposium (CERS) on April 5 at the Nittany Lion Inn. (more)

Annual Jeremy Herbstritt 5K to be held April 16

Thursday, April 12, 2012

Registration is open for the sixth annual Jeremy Herbstritt 5K Run/Walk, an event honoring the Penn State engineering alumnus who died at the Virginia Tech shootings in 2007. The 5K Run/Walk will begin at 6:30 p.m. on April 16 at the Intramural Building on Curtin Road on the University Park campus of Penn State. (more)

Harleman Lecture to focus on root of water problem

Monday, April 09, 2012

The 2012 Donald R.F Harleman Memorial Water Resources Engineering Lecture will be held at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, April 11, in 22 Deike Building. The lecture will feature Charles J. Vorosmarty, director of the CUNY Environmental Cross-Roads Initiative and professor of civil engineering at the City College of New York, presenting "Water for a Crowded Planet: 21st Century Challenges Rooted in the Past." (more)

Kavanagh Lecture to explore bridges as art

Monday, April 02, 2012

Linda Figg, president and CEO of Figg Engineering Group (FIGG), will present "Creating Bridges as Art" at the 2012 Thomas C. Kavanagh Memorial Structural Engineering Lecture at 7:30 p.m. on April 5, in Heritage Hall in the HUB-Robeson Center on Penn State's University Park campus. (more)

Larson Institute receives $3.5 million grant

Vehicles are equipped with advanced technology cameras and sensors at Penn State as part of a safety research project for the Strategic Highway Research Program.
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)

Civil engineering's Himes receives MAUTC Student of the Year Award

Scott Himes, a doctoral candidate in civil engineering and research assistant at the Larson Institute at Penn State
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)

Civil engineering's Peggy Johnson wins Woman of the Year Award

Monday, January 09, 2012

Peggy Johnson, professor and head of civil and environmental engineering, has been named the winner of the American Society of Civil Engineering Environmental and Water Resources Institute (EWRI) Margaret S. Petersen Outstanding Woman of the Year Award. (more)

Vehicle systems program receives A2LA accreditation

The Vehicle and Safety Program, which often tests crash performance, recently received laboratory accreditation from the American Association for Laboratory Accreditation.
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)