Jenna Seigworth, a senior at Penn State Behrend, has been distinguished with the 2024 John Roe Sustainability Impact Award for her outstanding leadership in sustainability efforts. Seigworth's deep-seated commitment to a greener, more equitable world has positively impacted both the Penn State Behrend community and the surrounding Erie area.
KYOCERA AVX has started construction of a 49,000-square-foot manufacturing and design center in Penn State Behrend’s Knowledge Park. The facility will annually produce more than 1.2 million high-precision crystal oscillators for use in aerospace, military, autonomous vehicle and commercial drone applications.
KYOCERA AVX has begun construction of a 49,000-square-foot manufacturing and design center in Penn State Behrend's Knowledge Park. The facility is expected to open in April 2025.
Keith Szewczyk, vice president and senior director of KYOCERA AVX (Erie), discusses the groundbreaking for the company's new facility in Penn State Behrend's Knowledge Park.
An April 12 groundbreaking ceremony kicked off construction of a 49,000-square-foot manufacturing and design center that KYOCERA AVX will build in Penn State Behrend's Knowledge Park. The facility is expected to open in April 2025.
Penn State Behrend has been awarded $2.5 million in federal funding to develop a battery-testing facility in the college’s Knowledge Park, where a planned Center for Manufacturing Competitiveness will support the transition to battery-powered heavy-haul equipment in the rail, marine and mining industries.