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Jon DeMarco showing a portable power station developed by Behrend students

Project benefits Presque Isle State Park

Jon DeMarco, executive director of Presque Isle Partnership, a nonprofit partner to the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources at Presque Isle State Park, worked with Behrend School of Engineering students on three senior design capstone projects, including a portable power station

Jon DeMarco showing an app developed by Behrend students

Projects benefit Presque Isle State Park

Jon DeMarco, executive director of Presque Isle Partnership, a nonprofit partner to the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources at Presque Isle State Park, worked with Behrend School of Engineering students on three senior design capstone projects, including a smartphone application.  

An image shows magnified plastic spheres

Microplastics study

This image from the environmental scanning electron microscope shows plastic spheres at 100 nanometers. Researchers are using the microscope to study the lower limits of microplastics.
 

Lighter Than Air Paper Factory sculpture

Lighter Than Air

Lighter Than Air Paper Factory, a kinetic sculpture by David Seitzinger and John Vahanian, was commissioned in the 1970s for the Behrend family’s Hammermill Paper Co. In 2011, the piece was refurbished and hung in the Burke Center’s Clark Café.

Three photos of Joe the Box in stages of repair

Joe the Box

Joe the Box, a mechanical work of art, intrigued members of Behrend's Robotics Club, who spent three semesters repairing it.