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Rally in the Valley excites fans

Rally in the Valley excites fans

November 6, 2009

Students capture fall at University Park

Students capture fall at University Park

November 5, 2009

Penn State Greeks strut their Broadway stuff

Penn State Greeks strut their Broadway stuff

November 1, 2009

THON 5K draws thousands

THON 5K draws thousands

November 1, 2009

Jazz masters wow audience

Jazz masters wow audience

October 28, 2009

Arboretum boardwalk and overlook chosen as 2010 senior class gift

Arboretum boardwalk and overlook chosen as 2010 senior class gift

October 27, 2009

Outreach mission brings jazz legends to high school musicians

Outreach mission brings jazz legends to high school musicians

October 27, 2009

Penn State Altoona celebrates 70th anniversary

Penn State Altoona celebrates 70th anniversary

October 27, 2009

Campus Night Out

Campus Night Out

October 22, 2009

Photography students play with light, shadow

Photography students play with light, shadow

October 20, 2009

Homecoming 2009

Homecoming 2009

October 17, 2009

Weather not a factor in Homecoming enthusiasm

Weather not a factor in Homecoming enthusiasm

October 16, 2009

Featured Video

2009 State of the University Address

2009 State of the University Address

Penn State Solar Decathlon 2009, part two: Natural Fusion goes to Washington

Penn State Solar Decathlon 2009, part two: Natural Fusion goes to Washington

Natural Fusion, Penn State's Solar Decathlon Team 2009

Natural Fusion, Penn State's Solar Decathlon Team 2009

Behind the scenes with the stadium concessions team

Behind the scenes with the stadium concessions team

Penn State's creamery, from the cow to the cone

Penn State's creamery, from the cow to the cone

Beaver Stadium Behind the Scenes and On the Air

Beaver Stadium Behind the Scenes and On the Air

Beaver Stadium Behind the Scenes: Video Board

Beaver Stadium Behind the Scenes: Video Board

Video gives students sneak peek at new campus location

Video gives students sneak peek at new campus location

Historic Old Main Bell removed from tower for restoration and display

Historic Old Main Bell removed from tower for restoration and display

EngineeringEngineering Feed

Exhibit highlights the first American abstract painter -- an engineer

Exhibit highlights the first American abstract painter -- an engineer
Tuesday, November 03, 2009

The first American artist to paint an abstract painting was civil engineer Manierre Dawson (1887-1969). His profession, far from a deterrent to his creativity, was his primary source of inspiration, especially during the formative years of his career. "Manierre Dawson: Engineer/Artist," an exhibit, traces the evolution of his work and shows how elements of his paintings leading up to and including his first abstractions and his conception of abstract art itself are directly related to his civil engineering training. The exhibit is the result of 10 years of research by Penn State Alumnus Randy Ploog and is on display through Jan. 8, in the Diversity Studies Room at 109 Pattee Library. (more)

Distinguished professor retires after 22 years at Penn State

Monday, November 02, 2009

Michael Modest, distinguished professor of mechanical engineering, has retired after 22 years of service at Penn State. (more)

Students sponsor Nov. 4 blood drive in Kunkle Lounge

Monday, November 02, 2009

The Engineering Graduate Student Council (EGSC) is hosting a blood drive from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 4, in Kunkle Lounge. The students' goal is 55 units of donated blood for the American Red Cross.

Volunteers may register online by visiting http://www.psuredcross.org/ or walk in the day of the blood drive. The blood drive is sponsored by the student chapters of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, the Biomedical Engineering Society, the Society of Women Engineers and the EGSC. (more)

Three student groups win Big Beam contest awards

Monday, November 02, 2009

Three groups of Penn State students recently won awards at the 2009 Big Beam Competition sponsored by the Precast Concrete Institute. Penn State students placed second, third and fourth in their regional zone. In this nationwide competition students were required to design, fabricate and test a precast pre-stressed concrete beam with support from a local precast concrete producer. Preparation for the competition began in spring 2009 as part of the CE543 prestressed concrete class. Maria Lopez de Murphy, assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering, was the faculty adviser. (more)

College welcomes eight new faculty this fall

Monday, November 02, 2009

The College of Engineering welcomed eight new faculty members to Penn State this fall.

Swagata Banerjee, assistant professor of civil engineering; George Engelmayr, assistant professor of bioengineering; Enrique Gomez, assistant professor of chemical engineering; Paul Griffin, Peter and Angela Dal Pezzo department head and chair of industrial and manufacturing engineering; Vishal Monga, assistant professor of electrical engineering; Farshad Rajabipour, assistant professor of civil engineering; Stephen Treado, associate professor of architectural engineering; and Donghai Wang, assistant professor of mechanical engineering, joined the college this semester. (more)

Students invited to devise 'Milking the Rhino' solutions

Monday, November 02, 2009

Penn State will host the inaugural Milking the Rhino: Innovative Solutions Showcase at 7 p.m. on Nov. 18 at Pattee Library's Foster Auditorum. The showcase will be the culmination of two weeks of students' efforts to develop appropriate, innovative and sustainable solutions to empower indigenous communities to leverage wildlife and natural resources for self-determined development in Africa. (more)

University to host Advanced Invention to Venture workshop

Monday, November 02, 2009

The College of Engineering and Smeal College of Business will host the Advanced Invention to Venture (AI2V) workshop Nov. 20 to 23 at the University Park campus. This intense four-day workshop is open to student teams, faculty, nonacademic-affiliated venture teams and corporate technologists who have committed to starting a company and are striving to define and articulate the market value of their technology and the best strategy for commercialization. (more)

Penn State launches new center focused on network science

Monday, November 02, 2009

Penn State will launch a new interdisciplinary research center focused on the science of communication networks with approximately $35.5 million in funding over 10 years from the Army Research Laboratory. The Communication Networks Research Center, part of the new Network Science Collaborative Technology Alliance, will perform foundational research on network science. The research focuses on the interplay among the social/cognitive, information and communication networks. (more)

Engineering students to compete in 'Battle of the Brains'

Monday, October 26, 2009

Three students will represent Penn State at the regional round of the 34th annual IBM-sponsored Association for Computing Machinery International Collegiate Programming Contest, "Battle of the Brains," at Youngstown State University in Ohio on Saturday, Oct. 31. The team will challenge other students from universities in approximately 90 countries. During the competition, the competing teams are expected to use their programming skills to solve complex, real world problems on a single computer under a five-hour deadline. (more)

Annual Haunted Helicopter Lab returns for Halloween

Monday, October 26, 2009

The Department of Aerospace Engineering will stage its annual Haunted Helicopter Lab this week on the second floor of Engineering Unit C. The haunted lab, which is free and open to the public, will take place noon to 3 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 29, and from 5 to 8 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 30. Visitors may enter the lab through the elevator on the west end of Unit C, next to Foundry Park. The Engineering Units are located between Hammond Building and the Hintz Family Alumni Center. (more)