"Seek out people that want to try new things...looking at what else is available out there will open new doors. Your idea will start as one thing and then it is going to evolve. Finding partners is tricky; you need to be confident that you can work together. Go out and do a market survey, find out if that problem you want to solve really exists."
-- Liz Kisenwether, assistant professor in Penn State's School of Engineering Design, Technology and Professional Programs, and co-director of Lion Launch Pad (LLP), a business accelerator program for Penn State undergraduate students and student teams. Kisenwether presented a workshop about Penn State resources for start-up ideas on Tuesday (April 10) at the College of Information Sciences and Technology (IST), during IST's Start-up Week. (more)
Gul Kremer, associate professor of engineering design, will present "Complexity Propagation in Design, Assembly and Supply Logistics" at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 5, 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)
Students in EDSGN 100 Introduction to Engineering Design will be displaying their solutions in the inaugural Design for Emerging Markets Showcase from 3:30 to 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 29, in Kunkle Lounge. (more)
On Thursday, Dec. 9, a group of Penn State Beaver students from the Engineering Design course gave a demonstration to area firefighters and firefighting equipment manufacturers who gathered at the Pine Run Volunteer Fire Department in Freedom, Pa. The course is taught by James A. Hendrickson, instructor in engineering at Beaver. Working in teams throughout the fall semester, students interviewed 57 Beaver County fire departments and firefighting equipment manufacturers to conduct research on improving and enhancing firefighters' safety and equipment, including equipment for the Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA) and Rapid Intervention Team (RIT). Fire chiefs, volunteer firemen, and representatives from the Mine Safety Appliances Company and Scott Health and Safety attended the presentation. Both companies are leading global producers of innovative, enhanced firefighting equipment. For more information about the event or the students' project, contact Hendrickson at jah64@psu.edu or 724-773-3859. (more)
A project to reduce helicopter blade noise and a supply chain shipping analysis took the top awards in the fall 2010 College of Engineering Project Design Showcase, held Dec. 9 at the HUB's Alumni Hall. (more)
More than 100 area firefighters as well as firefighting equipment manufacturers are expected to attend a presentation by Penn State Beaver engineering students at 6:30 p.m., Thursday, Dec. 9, at the Pine Run Volunteer Fire Department, Station 59, 1691 Ninth Street Extension, in Freedom, Pa. The students are members of the Engineering Design course taught by James A. Hendrickson, instructor in engineering at Beaver campus. Working in teams throughout the fall semester, students interviewed 57 Beaver County fire departments and firefighting equipment manufacturers to conduct research on improving and enhancing firefighters' safety and equipment. (more)
The public is invited to attend presentations that will be made by Penn State Beaver engineering students to area firefighters, 6:30 p.m., Thursday, Dec. 9, at the Pine Run Volunteer Fire Department Social Hall, Station 59. The students, enrolled in the Introduction to Engineering Design course taught by James A. Hendrickson, instructor in engineering, will give a presentation on the research they have conducted in conjunction with 57 volunteer fire departments in Beaver County. A student team led by sophomore engineering major Jessika Murray will provide an overview of her team's project, "Design of a Rapid Intervention Team (RIT) Pack for Firefighter Rescue." (more)
Gul Kremer, associate professor of engineering design and industrial engineering, has been awarded a Fulbright Scholar grant, according to the U.S. Department of State and the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board. Kremer will investigate the effectiveness of systematic innovation methods in design contexts during the 2010-11 academic year while at the Dublin Institute of Technology in Ireland. (more)
Bill Dowell, director of research at seating and furniture company Herman Miller Inc., will lead an interdisciplinary design seminarfrom 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 11, in Lipcon Auditorium in the Palmer Art Museum on Penn State's University Park campus. The presentation will focus on a range of topics, including the design and development process at Herman Miller, research into the arts of daily living and the office of the future. (more)
Gul Kremer, associate professor of engineering design and industrial engineering, has been selected to participate in the National Academy of Engineering's (NAE) Frontiers of Engineering Education (FOEE) inaugural symposium. The event will bring together engineering faculty members in the first half of their careers who are developing and implementing innovative educational approaches in a variety of disciplines, encourage participants to share ideas, learn from research and best practice in education and leave with a charter to bring about improvement in their home institution. (more)
