Dr. Grant Risha (second from the left), distinguished professor of mechanical engineering at Penn State Altoona, poses with a winning student team made up of mechanical engineering students Joshua Emeigh, Owen France, Nicholas Johns and James Rowe at the conclusion of spring 2025 Engineering Design Competition.
Penn State Altoona mechanical engineering students participated in a spring 2025 engineering design competition in which teams created gripper arms for a robot and attempted to pick up cookies, doughnuts, muffins, and cupcakes made of Play-Doh and Jell-O.
Grant Risha, second from left, distinguished professor of mechanical engineering at Penn State Altoona, poses with a winning student team made up of mechanical engineering students Joshua Emeigh, Owen France, Nicholas Johns and James Rowe at the conclusion of spring 2025 Engineering Design Competition.
Students participate in activities to learn about brainstorming ideas, selecting the best ideas, prototyping, implementing engineering analysis for product design, project management, and economic analysis. They then apply their knowledge of engineering design processes and project management to create their designs.
Six Penn State Commonwealth Campuses recently named faculty members as Open Champions, recognizing their work with open education in the fourth year of Penn State’s Open and Affordable Educational Resources Champion Awards.
Penn State DuBois and Penn State Altoona will each offer in-person sessions of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) 10-Hour Class for General Industry this August.
Penn State DuBois and Penn State Altoona will each offer in-person sessions of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) 10-Hour Class for General Industry this August, providing essential training for workers across a wide range of industries.
