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Brennecke and students demonstrate the automated wheelchair to Rich Harley

Engineering Independence

Engineering students and faculty work to design an affordable alternative to remote-controlled wheelchairs.

Aaron Andrews works the peg-transfer test while Leah Gitto times his performance.

Student-Researchers Study Motor Performance

An on-going, multi-approach study at Penn State Altoona is exploring that possibility that positive feedback affects motor skills.

Jim Julian holds a spotted salamander during a tour of vernal pools ClearWater Conservancy offered in March 2019.

Nightlife In Central Pa. Vernal Pools

A field trip with Jim Julian offers a look at creatures of the night.

Half-inch thick steel plates donated by Curry Rail in Hollidaysburg are cut into pieces.

Cutting-Edge Automation

Christopher Martin researches new and more efficient ways to monitor the oxyfuel cutting process.

Innovating Engaged Scholarship

Students from Penn State Altoona and University Park collaborate to contribute to the Engaged Scholarship Academy.

Nature Conserved, History Preserved

From the days trees stretched from one end of the state to the other, to the rise of awareness of our impact on the environment and the beginnings of Earth Day, Brian Black works to explore and preserve Pennsylvania's environmental history.

Cultivating Cultural Competence

Through her research, Linda Govere hopes to help create mutually positive, respectful, meaningful and effective relations and interactions among people with different ethnic, racial, religious, geographic, and social backgrounds.

Motivated to Research

Johannes Raabe's research in educational sport psychology looks to enhance the relationship between coaches and student-athletes.

Takehiro Iwatsuki and kinesiology major Kierra Irwin work together on Iwatsuki's research regarding motor skills.

Autonomy in Athletics: Good Choice!

Takehiro Iwatsuki, assistant professor of kinesiology, studies whether or not choice influences motor skill performance

Cairsty DePasquale and Jordan Wolfkill study the movements of zebrafish

Going with the Flow

Cairsty DePasquale and student research assistant Jordan Wolfkill use zebrafish and a newly constructed swim tunnel to conduct research on exercise and the brain.

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