The Penn State College of Engineering is embarking on an unprecedented transformation of our campus. We are doing so much more than adding buildings — we are transforming the face of Penn State Engineering.   >>

OCTOBER 2019

FEATURES

Civil engineer leads $3M project to study eroding Alaskan coastline The Arctic sea is consuming Alaska’s coastline. A collaboration of universities, led by Penn State’s Ming Xiao, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering, is now working to understand exactly how the degradation will immediately affect the Alaskan communities and, eventually, the rest of the world.   >>

Hovering closer to the secrets of hummingbird flight The extraordinary ability of hummingbirds to perform complex escape maneuvers will be explored for its potential to enhance the field of robotics and micro aerial vehicles, thanks to a $923,483 grant from the Office of Naval Research. Bo Cheng, assistant professor of mechanical engineering at Penn State, is leading the project.   >>

Researchers seek to revolutionize catalyst design with machine learning Researchers from Penn State and Carnegie Mellon University have received a $1.2 million grant from the  United States Department of Energy (DOE)  to use machine learning and data science to design more effective catalysts for chemical processing. The grant is part of a new initiative by the DOE to provide $27.6 million in grants for data science research in chemical and materials sciences.   >>

Brain-inspired computing could tackle big problems in a small way While computers have become smaller and more powerful and supercomputers and parallel computing have become the standard, we are about to hit a wall in energy and miniaturization. Now, Penn State researchers have designed a 2D device that can provide more than yes-or-no answers and could be more brainlike than current computing architectures.   >>

Penn State researchers receive grant to explore novel method of anticoagulation Two Penn State biomedical engineering faculty members have received a two-year, $200,000 grant from the American Heart Association to explore potential solutions to thrombosis, or blood clot formation, a prevalent issue with blood-contacting medical devices such as heart valves, blood pumps and cardiac stents.   >>

Justin Schwartz & Tom Richard: Universities must lead on climate solutions Headlines from around the world increasingly reinforce a sobering point: Climate change is the defining crisis of our time. A  new poll  shows the number of Americans who see climate change as a crisis is growing — just after the strongest hurricane on record. For the sake of the planet and its future inhabitants — our children and grandchildren — reversing global warming must be our priority.   >>

RECOGNITIONS & AWARDS

Engineering faculty, staff, alumni to be honored for exceptional contributions >> Chemical engineering professor receives American Chemical Society award >> Student awarded first Thole scholarship to support diversity in engineering >>  Nuclear engineering students recognized at annual conference >> Engineering research scholarship aims to "rise" aircraft safety, efficiency >> Nuclear engineering graduate student selected to advocate in Washington, D.C. >>

AROUND THE COLLEGE

Eight College of Engineering programs rise in U.S. News undergraduate rankings >>  Jumping the gap may make electronics faster >> New Multicultural Engineering Program director named >>  Lasting work: Penn State engineers help NASA go to Titan for mission 'Dragonfly' >> Grant recipients work to improve reconstructive ACL surgeries >> Researchers explore fish movement to enhance underwater robots >> Building materials researcher joins architectural engineering >> Penn State professor named founding director of Global Building Network >> Magana overcomes odds to succeed after emigrating from Mexico >> Mechanical engineering professor sets new course with NSF ocean expedition >> Architectural engineering awarded grant to redesign first-year seminar >> Drew named associate director of Penn State's Institute of the Neurosciences >> Nominations sought for service enterprise engineering award >> Drawdown Scholars returning to Penn State for international conference >> Mechanical engineering professor to forge frontier of biomolecular computing >> Engineers Without Borders partners with Namutamba community in Uganda >> PennDOT leader to speak at transportation and infrastructure conference >> Quantum leap: DOE grant aims to speed software development for quantum materials >> Industrial engineering student embraced traveling abroad for personal growth >> Mechanical engineering alumnus and spouse pledge $250,000 to support scholarship >> Social venture provides localized, distributed manufacturing in Kenya >> First-year engineering student creating soundtracks on the side >> New director named for Facilities Engineering Institute >> Industrial engineering alumnus improves business-customer relations >> Mechanical engineering welcomes director of online pedagogy and credentialing >> Facilities engineering institute to offer new credential course >>

IMPORTANT DATES

OCTOBER 11-13 Parents and Families Weekend >> OCTOBER 23 Penn State ASCE Mixer >> OCTOBER 24 Penn State ASCE Career Fair >>

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