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The latest “Best Colleges” rankings by U.S. News & World Report place Penn State Behrend’s undergraduate engineering programs among the top 40 in the nation for institutions that do not offer a doctorate

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The latest “Best Colleges” rankings by U.S. News & World Report place Penn State Behrend’s undergraduate engineering programs among the top 40 in the nation for institutions that do not offer a doctorate

Warren Fargo, a Penn State Behrend graduate, stands in a railyard.

Behrend graduate Warren Fargo

A back injury forced Warren Fargo from his job as a railway engineer. Degrees from Penn State Behrend and Penn State Wilkes-Barre put him back in the railyard, as a senior field service specialist for New York Air Brake Corporation.

A portrait of Omar Ashour, an associate professor of industrial engineering at Penn State Behrend.

Behrend faculty member elected to IISE Technical Operations Board

Omar Ashour, an associate professor of industrial engineering at Penn State Behrend, has been elected to the Technical Operations Board of the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers (IISE). He will serve a three-year term as technical vice president for the board, which develops policy and provides strategic direction for IISE.