Penn State Engineering Library

Penn State students are encouraged to apply for a 2022 Erickson Discovery Grant to fund their projects next summer. Grants provide $3,500 toward living expenses and project costs. More details and an application can be found at urfm.psu.edu. Penn State College of Engineering

Come visit the Penn State Engineering Library to check out the October display put together by students from SACNAS at Penn State celebrating the achievements and culture of our Native American and Latinx students. The display will be up until the end of the month.

Amos Neyhart, who was a faculty member in Penn State Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, taught the nation's first class in driver education in 1933 at State College High School. In 1936, he taught the first classes for driver education teachers.

The Engineering Library will be open today at 11am to the University community. Our hours for the Spring Semester are M-F from 11am - 5pm. Welcome back and have a great semester!

The Sackett Building at University Park was completed in 1930 as the replacement to the Old Engineering Building which was lost to a fire in 1918. Named for Dean Robert L. Sackett, today it is the home of

Original picture -- Penn State Special Collections Library.

Engineering Library Tuesday Tip: Searching the CAT is the quickest way to find books by title, author, or subject. https://catalog.libraries.psu.edu/

Remember, Open House begins today! Learn more about your Library and how to best use your Resources! Go to http://ow.ly/x43f50Dn90d and earn your badge today!

Penn State University Libraries will again offer a spring virtual open house for students and faculty who wish to acquaint themselves with services, collections and resources available to them at the libraries. The Open House digital badge will be open to students for completion between Monday, Feb. 1, and Friday, Feb. 12, with evaluations completed by the Libraries by Feb. 26.
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Penn State University Libraries invites submissions for the 10th annual competition for the outstanding undergraduate thesis, now endowed and named the Robert F. Guentter Jr. Outstanding Undergraduate Thesis Award. The University-wide competition aims to find the best research by a Penn State undergraduate student in consultation with their adviser. The Guentter Award winner will receive $1,250. Finalist awards of $750 and $500 will be presented to the second- and third-place recipients, respectively. Find out more at: http://ow.ly/lTPR50Dhffo

Libraries offering $1,250 award for 2020 outstanding undergraduate thesis | Penn State University Penn State University Libraries invites submissions for the 10th annual competition for the outstanding undergraduate thesis. The University-wide competition aims to find the best research by a Penn State undergraduate student in consultation with his or her adviser. The Guentter Award winner will r...

Reminder: Today at 7pm on Zoom, will host the 2021 Mark Luchinsky Memorial Lecture. Find out more at http://ow.ly/9H8T50DheUd

Drug-resistant bacteria could lead to more deaths than cancer by 2050. Penn State assistant professor of biomedical engineering Scott Medina has developed a peptide that can target pathogens without damaging the bacteria that bolsters the immune system.

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Leigh Winfrey, associate professor of nuclear engineering, recently published research exploring the behavior of tungsten in extreme heat environments, which has implications for fusion power. http://ow.ly/evPH50CoVlq