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Behrend Magazine: Fall 2017

On the Cover:

Anne Gohn, left, a research associate in the School of Engineering, and Dr. Alicyn Rhoades, assistant professor of engineering, insert a slide into the college’s environmental scanning electron microscope, or ESEM. The instrument, which uses an electron beam to magnify the surface of materials by up to one million times, was made possible by a $662,000 grant from the National Science Foundation. Researchers can use it to study contamination in a sample or to better understand the structure, property, and processing characteristics of hard surfaces as well as softer, tissue-based samples. Penn State Behrend faculty members and students aren’t the only ones using this valuable tool. “It wouldn’t be right to have access to a piece of equipment like this and keep it to yourself,” Rhoades said. Learn more in the story Investing in Behrend: Open-lab strategy leads to research support, collaboration.

From this Issue:

  • Chancellor's Message 
  • Briefs
    • Alumna, Nike engineer, speaks at Fasenmyer Conference
    • Entrepreneurship and Innovation minor added
    • In Memoriam
    • New Senior Leaders
    • Farewell to twenty-nine retirees
    • Capstone projects show skills of Arts Administration majors
    • Marketing students explore buyer behavior for Sprint
    • Trippe Hall update
    • Introducing girls to careers in computing
  • Features
    • Open-Lab Strategy Leads to Investments
    • Students Make the Most of Winter Break by Shadowing Alumni
    • Students Hit the Mark with Senior Design Project
    • Ode to those Who Make Behrend Beautiful
    • Clubs Extend Learning Beyond Classroom
    • Alumna Works to Spread Kindness
    • Cross-Disciplinary Team Trained to Identify, Assist Those with Eating Disorders
    • MBA Grad Using Degree to Preserve Local Watershed
    • Student Uses Photography for Philanthropy
    • Athletics News
    • Alumni News: Class Notes
    • Parting Shots

Vol. 34 No.2 Penn State Behrend Magazine is published twice a year and provided free to alumni and friends of Penn State Behrend by the Office of Strategic Communications. Executive Editor: William Gonda, [email protected]. Editor: Heather Cass, [email protected]. Contributors: Robb Frederick ‘92, Steve Orbanek, Christine Palattella. Photos: Rob Frank ‘06, Tim Rohrbach. Change of address/Unsubscribe: Development and Alumni Relations at 814-898-6159 or [email protected]. Correspondence: Behrend Magazine, 207 Glenhill Farmhouse, 4701 College Drive, Erie, PA 16563-1902. Phone 814-898-6419. Copyright ©2017 Penn State Erie, The Behrend College.

This publication is available in alternative media on request. Penn State is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer, and is committed to providing employment opportunities to all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status. U.Ed. EBO 18-123

 

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