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News Archive - October 2009

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Engineering Professor Authors Cover Story of October's Mechanical Engineering Magazine

October 30, 2009

Dr. Stephen J. Piazza, Associate Professor of Kinesiology with a dual appointment in Mechanical Engineering, authored the cover story of the October issue of Mechanical Engineering magazine, a publication of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME).


Eco-marathon Car Shares NYC Stage with Bill Clinton, George Lucas

October 20, 2009

For most people the idea of a car that gets 1,912 MPG could be something straight out of a new George Lucas movie, but for Penn State mechanical engineering students it's just another successful class project.


Tom Ridge to Give Keynote Address at Nuclear Energy Symposium

October 07, 2009

Tom Ridge, former secretary of homeland security and governor of Pennsylvania, will give the keynote address at the nuclear energy symposium Oct. 15-16 at the Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel in State College.