Penn State Behrend’s Supermileage (SAE) team exceeded their goal by 500 miles per gallon (m.p.g.) at this summer’s Supermileage Challenge and took second place overall! The competition, which challenges teams to create cars that squeeze the most mileage out of a single tank of high-octane gasoline, was held in June at Eaton Corporation’s Marshall Proving Grounds track in Michigan. Behrend’s car exceeded 2,500 m.p.g. during more than one of seven successful runs at the competition.
When Dr. Omar Ashour graduated from high school, he was accepted into both medical and engineering schools. But which to choose?
Ashour’s grandmother counseled him to pick medicine. “I remember her saying that it was much better to save lives than to sell detergent, which is what her perception of industrial engineering was.”
