Our monthly email newsletter highlights just a few of the many ways that the Penn State College of Engineering works to inspire change and impact tomorrow.
Engineering helps drive NSF rankings for breadth of research expertise
The breadth of Penn State's research expertise surpasses that of any university in the country, according to the latest NSF rankings of research expenditures by key fields and subfields. Penn State Engineering overall and five College of Engineering subfields rank among the top 10.
Trio of female professors to lead new research centers
Jacqueline O'Connor, Mary Frecker, and Zoubeida Ounais have been selected as the directors of newly announced research centers at Penn State, where they will continue to make tangible impacts in research and grow the representation of women in STEM leadership.
On Feb. 10, Penn State President Eric J. Barron announced a philanthropic investment of $15.5 million from the A. James and Alice B. Clark Foundation to create the A. James Clark Scholars Program in the College of Engineering to support high-achieving engineering students with significant financial need. The investment was matched by $10 million from Penn State, the largest match in the University's history.
Patrick McDaniel, William L. Weiss Chair in Information and Communications Technology in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering and an expert in cybersecurity, shares his perspectives on the technical flaws that delayed results for the Iowa caucus in early February.
"I tell people all the time Penn State has been the launchpad for me."
On Feb. 21, the Penn State Board of Trustees approved the naming of a building at Innovation Park after Guy Bluford, aerospace engineering alumnus and the first African American to fly in space.
Engineering student holds key role in ensuring a successful THON
Penn State's 2020 THON raised $11,696,942.38 for the Four Diamonds at Penn State Children's Hospital. One of the many students behind the success of this year's event was chemical engineering senior Rebecca Aloi, who served as director of the Rules and Regulations Fundraising Safety Committee.
"I am truly excited and honored to join and lead one of the nation's top industrial engineering departments."
Steven Landry has been named department head of the Harold and Inge Marcus Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, effective July 1, 2020.
