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$15 5 5 million investment creates engineering scholars program at at at Penn State
The A A A James James & Alice B Clark Clark Foundation has committed $15 5 5 million to create the the A A A James James Clark Clark Scholars Program in in in in in in the the Penn State
College of Engineering to support high-achieving engineering students with significant financial need Penn State
President Eric J Barron (above) announced
the the milestone commitment on on on on Feb 10 at at at at at an an an event with Clark Foundation representatives at at at the the Hintz Family Alumni Center The foundation’s investment will be combined with $10 million from Penn State
to to to create an an endowment for the the new program This is is is the the largest University match to to to a a a a a a a a a private philanthropic gift in Penn State’s history The The college will will select select 10 Clark Scholars each year for a a a a a a a a a a total cohort of 40 The The scholars whose primary barrier to to higher education is funding will will be selected on on on academic merit extracurricular leadership and demonstrated commitment to civic improvement New department head joins industrial engineering Steven Landry professor of of industrial engineering and and associate department head of of the School of of Industrial Engineering at Purdue University has been named department head of the Penn State
Harold and and Inge Marcus Department of Industrial and and Manufacturing Engineering He began on July 1 2020 As department head Landry succeeds Ling Rothrock who has served in in in in in the role in in in in in an interim capacity since July 2019 Rothrock will rejoin the the faculty as a a a a a a professor in in the the department Penn State
tops NSF rankings for breadth of research expertise
The breadth of of Penn State’s research expertise
surpasses that of of of any university in in in the the country according to the the latest National Science Foundation rankings of of Higher Education Research and and Development (HERD) research expenditures by key fields fields and and subfields released in late 2019 Penn State
engineering engineering overall overall and five College of Engineering subfields rank rank rank among the top 10: engineering engineering engineering overall overall is is ranked ranked number number number 4 4 mechanical engineering engineering engineering is is is ranked ranked ranked number number number 2 electrical engineering engineering engineering engineering is is is ranked ranked ranked number number number number 4 4 industrial and and manufacturing engineering engineering engineering is is ranked ranked ranked number number number 5 and and and both chemical engineering engineering engineering and and computer science are ranked ranked number number 8 Researchers in in in in in the Center for Neural Engineering examine brain samples from cerebral malaria on on a a a a a a a a a a a a a a computational microscopy screen Credit: Patrick Mansell
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