Omar Ashour, an associate professor of industrial engineering at Penn State Behrend, is leading an $850,000 U.S. National Science Foundation project that will explore the effectiveness of game-based learning modules.
Penn State Behrend presented the college’s highest award, the Behrend Medallion, to former Gov. Tom Ridge, a longtime Congressman from Erie who also served as the first secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.