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Engineering professors receive Eisenhower Award for Distinguished Teaching

April 14, 2025

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Q&A: Making defects ‘sing’ in 3D-printed metal parts

April 11, 2025

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Mechanical, biomedical engineering professor earns national recognition

April 07, 2025

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Tiny, soft robot flexes its potential as a life saver

April 07, 2025

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Beyond welding: Researchers 3D print two metals in single complex structure

April 03, 2025

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College of Engineering welcomed 25 faculty members last year

March 27, 2025

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Engineering Ambassadors conference connects student engineers at Penn State

March 19, 2025

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Penn State rises in NSF Higher Education Research and Development rankings

February 21, 2025

NSF CAREER Award: Revolutionizing customization in manufacturing

February 18, 2025

Nittany Lion Shrine

Penn State names 10 new distinguished professors for 2025

February 17, 2025

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Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers wins Academic Olympiad at convention

January 23, 2025

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Q&A: $2.5M grant to help reduce emissions, inefficiencies in industrial systems

January 15, 2025

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Mechanical engineering researchers awarded Office of Naval Research grants

January 08, 2025

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Person-centered, bio-inspired research leads to improved control of prosthetics

December 16, 2024

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Propelling forward: Mechanical engineering grad student awarded NASA fellowship

December 13, 2024

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$3M grant targets integrated semiconductor for smarter, greener electronics

December 11, 2024

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College of Engineering to raise support for student success on GivingTuesday

November 15, 2024

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Research team aims to better understand traumatic brain injuries

October 29, 2024

Mechanical engineering, chemistry major named College of Engineering marshal

October 22, 2024

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Q&A: Can you encourage inclusivity by changing how students work together?

October 14, 2024

Taylor Lecture 2024

‘Materials for Energy Innovation’ theme for 2024 Nelson W. Taylor Lecture Series

October 09, 2024

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$4.5M grant to fund 3D-printed high-performance ceramics project

October 01, 2024

This artistic illustration depicts the unique arrangement of atoms in high-entropy thermoelectric materials.

Waste heat to green energy: Approach boosts thermoelectric generator efficiency

September 24, 2024

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Nine researchers named Institute of Energy and the Environment Fellows

September 12, 2024

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Re-engineering medical simulation training for the next generation of physicians

August 12, 2024

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Q&A: Achieving energy literacy through decarbonization research

July 30, 2024

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Celebrating excellence in postdoctoral scholarship and mentorship at Penn State

June 21, 2024

Scarlett Miller named Cocoziello Institute of Real Estate Innovation director

June 13, 2024

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Two nuclear engineering grad students awarded Department of Energy fellowships

June 10, 2024

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$4.4 million investment will expand metals-based outreach programs at Penn State

May 28, 2024

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Forty-three undergraduates receive Erickson Discovery Grants

May 14, 2024

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How to build a robot in three days

April 29, 2024

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Engineering professor elected fellow of two professional societies

April 28, 2024

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Twinning: Kaylie and Kylie Barber named mechanical engineering student marshals

April 25, 2024

MVC Best of Show - Saman Zavari

Winners announced for 16th annual Materials Visualization Competition

April 23, 2024

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College of Engineering names student marshals for spring 2024 commencement

April 22, 2024

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College of Engineering offers information session on new microcredential program

April 17, 2024

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Novel robotic training program reduces physician errors placing central lines

April 17, 2024

Gil, Molloy, O’Connor named 2024 Penn State Teaching Fellows

March 26, 2024

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Listen to your gut: Using microbiota analysis for precision health care

March 25, 2024

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Backyard insect inspires invisibility devices, next gen tech

March 18, 2024

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Mechanical engineering researcher Amrita Basak awarded NSF CAREER

March 18, 2024

Nittany Lion Shrine

Twelve alumni recognized with College of Engineering’s highest honor

March 18, 2024

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Sun and space: Harnessing cold universe and solar power for renewable energy

March 13, 2024

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Q&A with Jessica Menold, a ‘new voice’ for scientific collaboration

February 16, 2024

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Guha Manogharan named co-director of Penn State’s additive manufacturing center

February 02, 2024

Two individuals look down at a robotic arm.

$4M grant funds project to make robotic prostheses more like biological limbs

January 30, 2024

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New scholarship to benefit engineering students from the Coal Region

January 12, 2024

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Penn State students excel in Smeal case competition

December 19, 2023

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Q&A: Enhancing defense readiness with renewable energy and sensor materials

December 13, 2023

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Engineering professor named fellow of Royal Aeronautical Society

November 28, 2023

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Three Penn State faculty members elected as American Physical Society fellows

November 27, 2023

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Engineering alumni society recognizes awardees' outstanding contributions

November 16, 2023

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Q&A: Enhancing physicians’ colonoscopy training for early cancer prevention

November 15, 2023

START Lab expansion aims to make aviation greener

START Lab expansion aims to make aviation greener

November 12, 2023

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Penn State students build on success in international AutoDrive competition

November 08, 2023

Video: Take a virtual tour of the Mechanical Engineering Knowledge Lab

October 25, 2023

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Six Penn State graduate students receive prestigious defense fellowship

October 19, 2023

Penn State undergraduate students thrive in iPRISM research internship program

October 19, 2023

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Engineering researcher joining Institutes of Energy and the Environment

August 15, 2023

Five students, Dale Miller, Kieran Meehan, Taylor Casavant, Sydney McKernan and James Fong, stand in a row, all holding award statues of the Penn State Nittany Lion

Five engineering student teams honored in national airport design competition

August 10, 2023

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Q&A: Carbon voyage

August 09, 2023

Engineering professor elected to national society's board of governors

August 03, 2023

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Mechanical engineering doctoral student named 2023 Amelia Earhart Fellow

July 06, 2023

NASA Pennsylvania Space Grant announces its 2023 fellowship, scholarship winners

June 29, 2023

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Follow the leader: Researchers identify mechanism of cancer invasion

June 26, 2023

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