Richard Vann, an assistant professor of marketing at Penn State Behrend, is the lead author of “When consumers struggle: Action crisis and its effects on problematic goal pursuit,” published early online in the journal Psychology & Marketing. The research focuses on understanding how goal-derailing obstacles can impact a person's ability to achieve his or her goal.
Charlotte Marr de Vries, an assistant professor of mechanical engineering at Penn State Behrend, completed a 10-week faculty fellowship at NASA's George C. Marshall Space Flight Center in Alabama.
"They're pretty far out at the edge of what's being invented," Charlotte Marr de Vries says of the work at NASA's George C. Marshall Space Flight Center, where she served a 10-week faculty fellowship. "It was cool to have even a tiny part in that process."
A spotted lanternfly mass on a grapevine in Boyertown, Pennsylvania, last year. Mass feeding can cause shoots and canes to wither and die, and honeydew can lead to sooty mold growth that contaminates grape clusters.
While driving, Behrend SAE Club uses a “burn and coast” method. This means that at the start of the competition, the car accelerates for a bit before the engine is turned off, so it can coast the remainder of the course. It’s an intentional attempt at fuel conservation.
Penn State Behrend's Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) Club took first place in the International Supermileage Challenge, held June 7-8 at the Eaton Corporation’s Marshall Proving Grounds test track in Michigan. The competition challenges teams to create vehicles that squeeze the most mileage out of a single tank of high-octane gasoline. The Behrend vehicle traveled 3,013 miles on one gallon of gas, which was a new United States record.
