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 industries.
The Penn State Behrend men’s tennis team won the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference championship on April 21, defeating Penn State Altoona, 5-4. The win earned Behrend its third consecutive championship.
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 industries.
An April 12 groundbreaking ceremony kicked off construction of a 49,000-square-foot manufacturing and design center that KYOCERA AVX will build in Penn State Behrend's Knowledge Park. The facility is expected to open in April 2025.
Keith Szewczyk, vice president and senior director of KYOCERA AVX (Erie), discusses the groundbreaking for the company's new facility in Penn State Behrend's Knowledge Park.
KYOCERA AVX has begun construction of a 49,000-square-foot manufacturing and design center in Penn State Behrend's Knowledge Park. The facility is expected to open in April 2025.
KYOCERA AVX has started construction of a 49,000-square-foot manufacturing and design center in Penn State Behrend’s Knowledge Park. The facility will annually produce more than 1.2 million high-precision crystal oscillators for use in aerospace, military, autonomous vehicle and commercial drone applications.
