Penn State Harrisburg will host the tenth annual South Central PA Robotics Competition on Nov. 13. The competition is open to all high school students from all schools, as well as home-schooled students throughout South Central Pennsylvania.
Hamdi Dewdi, a graduate student in the master of engineering management program in Penn State Harrisburg’s School of Science, Engineering, and Technology and Fulbright scholar, has proven himself a success in many ways – most recently in a leadership role managing employees at Ingram Micro, a supply chain management and technology company.
Penn State Harrisburg has announced the appointment of Vahid Motevalli as director of the college’s School of Science, Engineering, and Technology, effective Aug. 16.
Outstanding student projects were recognized during the recent Penn State Harrisburg School of Science, Engineering, and Technology Capstone Design Conference. The virtual conference was the culmination of students’ undergraduate studies and provided the opportunity to combine classroom learning with real-life applications and collaborate with industry sponsors.
Six Penn State Harrisburg students received University Libraries research awards and two received research award honorable mentions as part of the recent Penn State Harrisburg Library virtual Research Poster Exhibition. Fifteen students participated in the event.
Penn State Harrisburg recently recognized outstanding employee contributions at the virtual 2021 Faculty and Staff Recognition Program. Nominated by the college community and selected by various award committees, several faculty and staff members received awards.
Teams comprised of Penn State Harrisburg undergraduate computer science students took three of the top four spots in the recent virtual Gin Rummy Educational Advances in Artificial Intelligence Undergraduate Research Challenge.
Linda Null, associate professor of computer science in Penn State Harrisburg’s School of Science, Engineering, and Technology, has been awarded the McGuffey Longevity Award by the Textbook & Academic Authors Association for the textbook “The Essentials of Computer Organization and Architecture.”
The Office of Research and Outreach at Penn State Harrisburg has announced five research seed grant proposals to be funded through the college’s Exploration and Analysis Grants for Expanded Research (EAGER) and the Specialized Presentations to Enhance Awareness and Knowledge (SPEAK) programs.
