Students design race awards

Students design race awards

Students design race awards

Credit: Penn State Behrend

Student researchers in Penn State Behrend’s James R. Meehl Innovation Commons designed and 3-D printed Nittany Lion awards for the college’s first Run for Women 5K run/walk hosted by the Women’s Engagement Council this summer.

Ben Fahrney, a senior Mechanical Engineering student and product design engineer in Innovation Commons, oversaw the project, while engineering students Emmanuella Iwere, Matt Rockage, and Evan Lang did the printing in the lab. It was no small job. More than fifty awards were created in three different sizes.

Innovation Commons is an open ideation, product development, and prototyping center staffed by students guiding innovators and entrepreneurs through early product development. It is open to entrepreneurs and innovators throughout the region who are looking for a place to organize, collaborate, compose, and construct their ideas.