Senior mechanical, nuclear engineers honored

(news from Penn State LIVE)

The Department of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering celebrated its senior class at its first Senior Recognition Reception and Banquet Monday evening at The Penn State Conference Center Hotel.

The event brought together more than 80 students in the mechanical and nuclear engineering major, along with industry sponsors, faculty and staff.

Individual awards were given to the outgoing seniors, including the Dr. John P. Karidis Department Head's Award, the Thomas Briggs Hunter Memorial Award for Student Leadership and the Nuclear Chairman's Award.

Laura Slingerland was named the winner of the Karidis Award. The award honors a mechanical engineering student who has made an important contribution in advancing the research in his or her selected areas of study.

Casey McHenry was named winner of the Hunter Award. The award is named for Thomas Hunter, a mechanical engineering graduate student at Penn State from 1988 to 1994 who was known as a leader in volunteering his time. Hunter died in a 1997 rock climbing accident.

James Corson was named the winner of the Nuclear Chairman's Award.

The event was sponsored by the Penn State Mechanical Engineering Society and the Penn State Nuclear Engineering Society, with support by Pratt & Whitney, Air Products and Chemicals, Boeing, Cummins, Dominion, Exelon, Norfolk Southern, U.S. Steel, Westinghouse Electric and the Learning Factory.

To view more photos of the event please visit http://www.mne.psu.edu/Images/BanquetAlbum/index.htm.