Susan Stewart, senior research associate and associate professor of aerospace engineering, and Chee Hau Teoh, who is dual majoring in mechanical engineering and nuclear engineering, build a wind turbine during a Wind Energy Club meeting in March.
APRIL 2017
FEATURES
NSF CAREER Award for Alex Rattner
Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering Alex Rattner will research ways to increase the efficiency of power generation and other energy intensive processes by expanding knowledge of how heat is transferred during boiling and condensation, thanks to a highly selective NSF CAREER Award. >>
First-of-a-kind Model to Research Post-malaria Epilepsy Developed at Penn State
Steven Schiff, Brush Chair Professor of Engineering Science and Mechanics and Mechanical Engineering, is principal investigator of the effort, which could lead to an understanding of how cerebral malaria infection leads to the development of epilepsy in children, and to the prevention of seizures.>>
RSA Elects Akhlesh Lakhtakia a Fellow
Akhlesh Lakhtakia, Charles Godfrey Binder Professor in Engineering Science and Mechanics, has been named a Fellow of the Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce. He was cited for his research and commitment to positive social change through innovative engineering. >>
Janis Terpenny Named Chair-elect of National Industrial Engineering Council
Janis Terpenny, Peter and Angela Dal Pezzo Chair and Head of the Harold and Inge Marcus Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, has been named the 2017-18 chair-elect of the Council of Industrial Engineering Academic Department Heads (CIEADH). As a part of the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers, the CIEADH works to encourage interest in fields surrounding industrial engineering and to further discussion between the educational leaders in the field.>>
Newest LG Smartphone Influenced by Andris Freivalds as Research Consultant
Andris Freivalds, Lucas Professor in the Harold and Inge Marcus Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, and industrial engineering doctoral candidate Kiseok Sung traveled to Korea to assist researchers from Yonsei University in Seoul, Korea.
The team studied how people interact with smartphones by looking at the ergonomic factors of smartphone use, and made suggestions to LG before the G6 went on the market.>>
