September 2007

Penn State ANS Receives Several Honors from ANS National - The Penn State student section of the American Nuclear Society (ANS) has received a number of honors from ANS National for their work during the 2006-2007 school year. The ANS student section has reached record high membership with approximately 50 active undergraduate and graduate members. During the past year, Penn State ANS has been involved in hosting a number of industry speakers as well as serving as guides for numerous events such as Engineering Open House and the Westinghouse Scholars program. Read full story here. (9/07)

Four MNE Faculty Elected ASME Fellows - The department of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering is proud to announce that four of their faculty have been elected a fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineering (ASME). The election of a fellow of ASME recognizes significant engineering achievements and contributions to the engineering profession. Read full story here. (9/07)

Matthew Parkinson, Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering and SEDTAPP, has been selected as the winner of the 2007 Ford Best Paper Award by the Ford Motor Company and the ASME Design Automation Executive Committee for his ASME Design Automation Conference Paper "Including Preference in Anthropometry-Driven Models for Design". 

The award will be presented at the 2007 ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences & Computers and Information in Engineering Conference that is being held September 4-7, 2007 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (9/07)