Dean visits Boeing’s Philadelphia facility

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July 21, 2014

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Pictured are James Folmar, 1986 graduate and director of Boeing's H-47 operations, left; Mark Sharer, director of development for the College of Engineering; Steven Glusman, 1981 graduate and director of advanced vertical lift; Dean Amr Elnashai; and Bill Grauer, manager of the wind tunnel facility the group was photographed at.

Pictured are James Folmar, 1986 graduate and director of Boeing’s H-47 operations, left; Mark Sharer, director of development for the College of Engineering; Steven Glusman, 1981 graduate and director of advanced vertical lift; Dean Amr Elnashai; and Bill Grauer, manager of the wind tunnel facility the group was photographed at.

Penn State Engineering Dean Amr Elnashai’s travels took him to the Philadelphia on July 17 as he visited Boeing’s manufacturing facility in Ridley Park.

The plant is the manufacturing home for the H-47 Chinook helicopter and the V-22 Osprey.

In addition to touring the Chinook assembly area and wind tunnel facility, Elnashai had lunch with a number of Penn State graduates employed by Boeing.

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