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Students standing with a high-efficiency vehicle

Competitive car

Engineering students designed and built a high-efficiency, single-seater internal combustion engine and competed in the Shell Eco-marathon Americas competition.

 

Tongs created by students in Behrend's plastics program

Tongs Project

Penn State Behrend engineering students developed and created injection molded tongs that were distributed at the National Plastics Show in Florida.

Dr. Tim Kurzweg, Julia Cecchetti, and Melanie Ford

Alumna Julia Cecchetti

Julia Cecchetti ’20, center, here with Dr. Tim Kurzweg, James R. Meehl Director of the School of Engineering, and Melanie Ford, associate teaching professor of computer science and software engineering, returned to Penn State Behrend to talk about her career at SpaceX.

Dr. Ralph Ford, Chancellor; Dave Meehl; and Dr. Tim Kurzweg, James R. Meehl Director of the School of Engineering

Meehl Directorship

Dave Meehl, center, with Chancellor Ralph Ford, at left, and Dr. Tim Kurzweg, the James R. Meehl Director of the School of Engineering.

Penn State Behrend basketball player Tommy DiRienzo shoots the ball.

Tommy DiRienzo

Tommy DiRienzo, a senior from Pittsburgh, scored a career-high 42 points against Thiel on Nov. 13. He was 15-for-15 from the free-throw line.