For their PLASTCar project, the Diehl Elementary School team of Samira Babiker, Laila Abdirahman, Inihya Vaughn and Julie Lauris created the unicorn ice cream truck.
Pictured left to right, Matt Krause, Julie Lauris, Laila Abdirahman, Inihya Vaughn and Samira Babiker cheer on the unicorn ice cream truck during the 13th annual PLASTCar competition, held Dec. 11 at Penn State Behrend.
Penn State Behrend students Ryan Bauer, right, and Logan Luzier recently took first place in the Blow Molded Parts Competition at the 34th annual Blow Molding Conference, held earlier this semester in Pittsburgh. For the project, the two re-designed how a calf hutch could be molded and manufactured through blow molding.
Students assemble LEGO cars during a manufacturing simulation at Penn State Behrend. New funding from the National Science Foundation will support a study of group dynamics and problem-solving within engineering teams at the college.
Tuba Christmas concerts are an opportunity for low-brass musicians to show the full range of their instruments, says Gary Viebranz, who coordinates the annual holiday concert at Penn State Behrend. "For this one concert," he said, "everybody gets to play the melody. Everybody gets to play harmony. And the players rise to that."
The Tuba Christmas concert at Penn State Behrend continues a tradition that began in 1974, when the musician Harvey Phillips assembled an all-tuba orchestra for a Christmas concert at the Rockefeller Center ice rink.
This was the 17th annual Tuba Christmas concert at Penn State Behrend. The ensemble was led by Gary Viebranz, teaching professor of music and director of instrumental ensembles at Penn State Behrend, and guest conductors from Edinboro University of Pennsylvania and Allegheny College.
The Tuba Christmas concert at Penn State Behrend features performers of all skill levels. They assemble in the morning, rehearse for the first time as a group, and then perform at 1 p.m.
