Wednesday, September 23, 2009
The Nittany Lion Shrine on Penn State's University Park campus is undergoing a digital laser imaging procedure that will create a detailed digital model of the iconic campus fixture. A pair of metrology specialists from the engineering measurement firm Survice Metrology arrived on Tuesday, Sept. 22, and will complete their work today (Sept. 23). The firm was contracted to digitally construct a model of the Lion statue so Penn State will have a way to reconstruct the statue if it sustains any damage. Over the life-span of the shrine, the lion has had to have its right ear replaced tree times, twice because of vandalism. (more)
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Efforts to preserve and protect the stately Nittany Lion Shrine are going high-tech. The lion shrine, crouched across the street from Rec Hall on Penn State's University Park campus, will be digitally scanned and unavailable to receive guests on Tuesday and Wednesday, Sept. 22 and 23. Survice Metrology of Belcamp, Md., will do the 3-D modeling of the shrine. The process will result in a digital replica of the shrine, which then can be used to re-create the shrine in part or in whole, to repair any damage. (more)
Wednesday, August 05, 2009
At roughly 10 a.m. on Thursday, Aug. 13, with the help of Dan Puchyr, Penn State Lehigh Valley alumnus and president of Bracy Contracting, the Lehigh Valley campus Nittany Lion Shrine will make its way from the top of Mohr Lane in Fogelsville to its new home in front of the campus' new location in Center Valley. It will travel aboard a 20-foot stake body truck along Route 78. Bracy Contracting is donating the equipment and labor to ensure this monumental task goes off without a hitch. (more)
