Penn State Berks Engineering

Congratulations, LION STEM scholars!

Penn State Berks engineering students receive LION STEM scholarship | Penn State University Eight incoming Penn State Berks students were awarded a four-year scholarship to study engineering through the Penn State Berks Leveraging Innovation and Optimizing Nurturing (LION) STEM Scholars Program. Funded by a U.S. National Science Foundation grant, the main goal of the LION STEM Scholars Pro...

"The Solar Energy Industries Association says a utility-scale solar power plant may take up between five and 10 acres of land per megawatt of generating capacity, depending on the technology used. That means a significant increase in solar energy could require a lot of land."

Stormwater runoff not an issue in solar fields with proper management, study finds | StateImpact Pennsylvania Researchers measured soil moisture at two solar fields near State College that are built on hillsides.

Congratulations Berks Team, Streamline Charging!

Student startups showcase progress at Summer Founders Demo Day | Penn State University Six teams of Penn State student startup founders recently wrapped up what turned out to be an impactful summer for their businesses.

Congratulations, Penn State!

Vroom vroom! Penn State earns multiple wins in autonomous driving competition | Penn State University The Penn State Advanced Vehicle Team took home multiple wins, including third place overall, in its third year of the AutoDrive Challenge II, which empowers student teams to develop and test a fully autonomous passenger vehicle on a controlled urban driving course over a weeklong competition.

Students learn about high-performance buildings during Pittsburgh summer program | Penn State University Students from South West College in Northern Ireland joined Penn State students in Pittsburgh to learn best practices in energy-efficient design during the High-Performance Building Summer Program, held June 3-21. A joint initiative between the Franco Harris Pittsburgh Center at Penn State and South...

Women in Engineering Program fosters community, opportunities that beget success | Penn State University Earlier this year, Penn State's Women in Engineering Program was honored with an award by the Women in Engineering ProActive Network, in which it was recognized as “an outstanding women in engineering program that serves as a model for other institutions.”

Penn State ranked 31!

U.S. News & World Report Releases 2024 Best Engineering Schools The latest edition emphasizes the importance of research and faculty innovation.

Yesterday was National Mascot Day. We love you, Nittany Lion!

Social Life: Celebrating Penn State's mascot | Penn State University National Mascot Day was celebrated on June 17. Join us in honoring the symbol of our best, the Nittany Lion, by watching this Instagram reel featuring some of his best clips.

The artistic side of engineering...

'What If Picasso Were an Engineer?' incorporates art into engineering education | Penn State University Engineering students trade in equations for easels in "If Picasso Were An Engineer," an engineering design course that helps students step outside their comfort zone and hone their skills for conceptualization, presentation and reflection.

Do you know engineers are doing this?

Rewritable, recyclable ‘smart skin’ monitors biological signals on demand | Penn State University A team led by Penn State researchers recently developed an adhesive sensing device that seamlessly attaches to human skin to detect and monitor the wearer’s health. The details of the smart skin, including how it can be efficiently reprogrammed to detect various signals and even recycled, were pub...

Penn State Engineers have amazing opportunities!
"Penn State nuclear engineering graduate students Scout Bucks and Alex Nellis were awarded graduate fellowships from the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Nuclear Energy University Program (NEUP). The fellowships include a $169,000 stipend issued over three years and a summer internship at a DOE lab."

Two nuclear engineering grad students awarded Department of Energy fellowships | Penn State University Penn State nuclear engineering graduate students Scout Bucks and Alex Nellis were awarded graduate fellowships from the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Nuclear Energy University Program. The fellowships include a $169,000 stipend issued over three years and a summer internship at a DOE lab.

"If a material absorbs light, it will heat up. That heat must go somewhere, and the ability to control where and how much heat is emitted can protect or even hide such devices as satellites. An international team of researchers, including those from Penn State, has developed a novel method for controlling this thermal emission, with what they called promising implications for thermal management and thermal camouflage technologies."

Researchers engineer new approach for controlling thermal emission | Penn State University If a material absorbs light, it will heat up. That heat must go somewhere, and the ability to control where and how much heat is emitted can protect or even hide such devices as satellites. An international team of researchers, including those from Penn State, has published a novel method for contro...

The Institute of Energy and the Environment connects and supports interdisciplinary teams of researchers that are solving some of the world’s most difficult energy and environmental challenges. Check out what engineers are up to!

IEE seed grants awarded to 11 interdisciplinary projects | Penn State University Eleven interdisciplinary research teams have been awarded funding through Penn State's Institute of Energy and the Environment’s Seed Grant Program for 2024.

"Using metamaterials, a team of electrical engineering researchers from Penn State and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) created an ultrathin optical element that can control the direction of polarized electromagnetic light waves. This new control allows researchers to not only direct the light’s chirality, but also to identify the chirality of molecules by determining how polarized light interacts with them."

Shining a light on molecules: L-shaped metamaterials can control light direction | Penn State University Using metamaterials, a team of electrical engineering researchers from Penn State and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln created an ultrathin optical element that can control the direction of polarized electromagnetic light waves. This new control allows researchers to not only direct the light’s ...

See what a Penn State aerospace engineer thinks!

Q&A: Is it safe to fly? Airline safety expert on modern commercial flight | Penn State University In light of recent news regarding congressional action on aviation safety, Penn State News spoke with Amy Pritchett, department head of aerospace engineering and professor in Penn State’s College of Engineering. Pritchett previously served as the director of NASA’s Aviation Safety Program and cu...

Check out all the great happenings at the Berks LaunchBox!

🌟 $2K Grant, AI Tips & YouTube Webinar! 🎉 KissUX has recently been accepted into the Ben Franklin Technology Partner portfolio, a pivotal development in its journey. KissUX is pioneering an accessible prototyping application to turn the app design process into a scalable, repeatable and consistent experience for startup product teams, earl...

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industryXchange to connect researchers, government, industry at Pittsburgh event | Penn State University Registration is now open for the Penn State College of Engineering industryXchange. The May 21-22 event in Pittsburgh will focus on robotics and bring together Penn State researchers and industry and government partners to explore collaboration opportunities.

Penn State's School of Engineering Design and Innovation offers minors and certificates including engineering design; engineering leadership; engineering entrepreneurship; law, policy, and engineering; and humanitarian engineering and social entrepreneurship.

Engineering alumnus building opportunities for student leadership, research | Penn State University After more than two decades at another institution, David Mazyck received a phone call about an open position that would eventually bring him back to Penn State, his alma mater. He now leads the School of Engineering Design and Innovation (SEDI), shaping educational opportunities for students on the...

Congratulations, new ME grad Morgan!

Penn State Berks students awarded for undergraduate research | Penn State University During the Penn State Berks academic awards ceremony in April, three students received the Young Investigator Award for their research. They included Angela Bonopane, Matthew Kauffman and Morgan Lusch. All three graduated on May 4.

Penn State has the best engineers!

Engineering researcher awarded IEE 'Person of the Year' for 2023 | Penn State University Li Li, the Barry and Shirley Isett Professor in Civil and Environmental Engineering at Penn State, is the 2023 recipient of the Institute of Energy and the Environment’s Person of the Year Award.

For engineers who love chips... 😅
"The phrase “advanced chip packaging” might conjure images of a fancy Pringles can. For those who manufacture semiconductors — also known as integrated circuits, chips or microchips — it represents a new frontier, a race to design and mass produce the next generation of semiconductors that use less energy while delivering more computing power."

Q&A: How can advanced chip packaging help redesign the future of semiconductors? | Penn State University Penn State engineers Madhavan Swaminathan and Daniel Lopez explain in a Q&A the importance of advanced chip packaging to the U.S. semiconductor industry and how Penn State-led initiatives help turn innovations in the lab into reliable domestic production.

Engineer are working to replace the use of a high carbon material made from coal — called coke — with biomass, which is derived from organic components like plants and wood, in steel and iron manufacturing.

Q&A: Decarbonizing steel manufacturing | Penn State University David Mazyck, professor and head of Penn State’s School of Engineering Design and Innovation, and Daniel Whisler, associate professor of engineering design, were awarded a three-year, $1.33 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to explore ways to decarbonize the steel and iron manufactu...

Congratulations, ME's of 2024!

Penn State engineers are tackling yet another problem that really needs to be solved.

Designing and assessing market designs to improve electrical grid reliability | Penn State University A project co-led by two Penn State professors has been selected to receive up to $815,959 from the Grid Deployment Office of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). The team will evaluate prospective market design changes to efficiently integrate batteries and other unconventional resources into wholes...

You gotta love Penn State engineers!

How to build a robot in three days | Penn State University The Penn State Robot in Three Days club participated in the national FIRST Robotics competition, where students are tasked with designing, prototyping and building a robot in just 72 hours.

Congratulations, Rogelio Flores!

Senior Spotlight: Rogelio Flores | Penn State University When you meet Rogelio Flores, it’s hard to believe that he once considered dropping out of high school. The Reading High School graduate will cross the stage to earn his baccalaureate degree in electro-mechanical engineering technology, with a minor in entrepreneurship and innovation, at 10 a.m. o...

Study time: With study days taking place this weekend in advance of final exams April 29-May 3, we look back to this group of students studying in then-Carnegie Library, circa 1908, at University Park. The Carnegie Building served as the site of the campus library from 1904 until 1940, when its collection tripled the size of the building’s capacity. Photo credit: Penn State University Archives

The beauty of engineering...

Winners announced for 16th annual Materials Visualization Competition | Penn State University The winners of the 16th annual Materials Visualization Competition, a scientific visual and artistic competition sponsored by the Department of Materials Science and Engineering and the Materials Research Institute at Penn State, have been announced.

More great opportunities for Penn State engineers!

US government commits $2.5M to battery-testing center at Penn State Behrend | Penn State University Penn State Behrend has been awarded $2.5 million in federal funding to develop a battery-testing facility in the college’s Knowledge Park, where a planned Center for Manufacturing Competitiveness will support the transition to battery-powered heavy-haul equipment in the rail, marine and mining ind...

We love our Lion! Happy Birthday!

The Nittany Lion turns 120 | Penn State University Join us in wishing a belated happy birthday to the Nittany Lion, who turned 120 years old on April 20.