The carbon-fiber test car built by students at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, would be a tough sell in Detroit, where comfort and cup-holders come first.
It’s a tight fit. When John Pearson snugs into the cockpit – all 5 feet, 11 inches of him – he can’t see much beyond his feet. He can’t hear anything but the engine, which is bolted just behind his head.
Two students from Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, were ranked among the nation’s best student investors when Institutional Investor magazine reviewed their stock portfolios after five months of simulated trading.
Nearly 700 students participated in the magazine’s All-America Student Analyst Competition. They represented 34 U.S. colleges and universities, including Drexel, Cornell, Loyola Marymount and the University of California at Berkeley.
An assistant professor of chemistry at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, has received a $243,462 grant from the National Science Foundation to fund research that may eventually lead to new methods for monitoring brain and heart health.
Penn State Behrend has again won the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference Presidents Cup, which honors the best overall athletic program. The college has won the award every year since 2005.
Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, ended its 2012-2013 academic year with a commencement ceremony at Erie Insurance Arena on Friday, May 3. The college conferred 671 degrees.
Forty students earned graduate degrees. Sixty earned associate degrees. Another 571 earned bachelor’s degrees.
Penn State Behrend mechanical engineering alumnus David W. Boyce ’01, chief executive officer of CMI Industry Americas Inc., will be honored Friday night with a Penn State Alumni Association 2013 Alumni Achievement Award.
A timing system for an autocross race course and a gearbox that allows someone to steer a wheelchair with just one hand were among the senior design projects that students at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, presented April 27 at the Richard J. Fasenmyer Engineering Design Conference.
More than 200 students showed their work. Most of their research was sponsored by industry partners, including Lord Corp., Northrop Grumman, Dresser-Rand and Bayer Material Science.
A NASA-led team of astronomers has discovered five new planets, two of which are a habitable distance from their star.
“It’s the system that most resembles the Earth’s,” said Justin R. Crepp, assistant professor of physics at the University of Notre Dame and a 2003 alumnus of Penn State Erie, The Behrend College. “These are the smallest planets we have found so far in a habitable zone.”
The carbon-fiber test car built by students at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, would be a tough sell in Detroit, where comfort and cup-holders come first.
Penn State Behrend has again won the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference Presidents Cup, which honors the best overall athletic program. The college has won the award every year since 2005.
Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, ended its 2012-2013 academic year with a commencement ceremony at Erie Insurance Arena on Friday, May 3. The college conferred 671 degrees.
The door to Rob Weissbach’s dollhouse is wired with a buzzer and a bright LED light – protection against any Weebles that might wobble in.