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Aerospace engineering undergrads earn third place in flight design competition
A team of 10 Penn State aerospace engineering undergraduates earned third place and a $750 award in the Vertical Flight Society’s 43rd Annual Student Design Competition for their hybrid-electric tiltrotor aircraft design. As part of their AERSP 402 capstone course, the students developed two concepts that explored adapting NASA’s XV-15 research aircraft for hybrid-electric flight.
Penn State wins multiple awards in NASA’s LunaRecycle Challenge
A team of students from Penn State’s Student Space Programs Lab received the Most Innovative Prize in both the prototype and the digital twin tracks for their entry in the NASA LunaRecycle Challenge, which supports the design and development of recycling solutions that reduce non-metabolic waste and improve the sustainability of longer-duration lunar missions.
Q&A: What is the Penn State Learning Factory?
The Penn State Learning Factory will host its Open House event on Thursday, Sept. 24, from 4 to 6 p.m. on the fourth floor of the Engineering Design and Innovation Building at University Park. In this Q&A, Anchal Amin, the Learning Factory’s undergraduate representative for strategic communications, discussed what makes the Learning Factory unique, why students should attend the open house and more.
Seven students earn University nominations for competitive UK scholarships
Seven Penn State students were nominated for the 2027 Rhodes, Marshall and Churchill scholarships, among most prestigious and competitive awards available to U.S. students.
Seven students earn University nominations for competitive UK scholarships
Seven Penn State students were nominated for the 2027 Rhodes, Marshall and Churchill scholarships, among most prestigious and competitive awards available to U.S. students.
Penn State launches new environmental engineering degree program
This fall, Penn State is launching a new bachelor of science degree in environmental engineering, which will be housed in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. The degree program was designed to help prepare students to plan, design, operate and renew the built systems that protect public health and the environment.
ICDS Symposium scheduled for Oct. 14
The annual Penn State Institute for Computational and Data Sciences Symposium event will be held on Wednesday, Oct. 14, from 8:45 a.m. to 5:20 p.m. in Alumni Hall in HUB-Robeson Center at University Park. Registration is required by Oct. 4.
Spark Program can help students apply for competitive funding and fellowships
Students in their first, second or third years who are interested in fellowships and funding opportunities are encouraged to apply for the Spark Program. This seven-week, no-cost course will help students discover and understand fellowship opportunities and connect high-impact research opportunities with real-world leadership skills.
Spark Program can help students apply for competitive funding and fellowships
Students in their first, second or third years who are interested in fellowships and funding opportunities are encouraged to apply for the Spark Program. This seven-week, no-cost course will help students discover and understand fellowship opportunities and connect high-impact research opportunities with real-world leadership skills.
Engineering student awarded national scholarship for building preservation work
Shayla Hines, a fifth-year architectural engineering student at Penn State in the integrated bachelor of architectural engineering and master of architectural engineering program, is not only pursuing architectural engineering but excelling in it, a fact highlighted by her recent recognition as a Thornton Tomasetti Foundation National Scholarship recipient.