Center for Gas Turbine Research, Education, and Outreach

Amrita Basak wins early career award for gas turbine research

Amrita Basak wins early career award for gas turbine researchAmrita Basak, Assistant Professor of Mechanical EngineeringAmrita Basak, assistant professor of mechanical engineering, was selected as the 2024 Dilip R. Ballal Early Career Engineering Award winner by the...

Guha Manogharan named co-director of Penn State’s additive manufacturing center

Guha Manogharan named co-director of Penn State’s additive manufacturing centerGuha Manogharan, Associate Professor of Mechanical EngineeringGuha Manogharan, associate professor of mechanical engineering at Penn State, was named co-director of the Center for...

GTREO Seminar: Michael J. Hughes, GE Vernova

GTREO Seminar: Michael J. Hughes, GE VernovaGE Vernova, Gas Turbines, and The Energy to Change the World ABSTRACT: Power plants featuring Industrial Gas Turbine engines are capable of operating for years at a time with high efficiency, low emissions, and a great...

AIAA Establishes Aerospace Artificial Intelligence Advisory Group

AIAA Establishes Aerospace Artificial Intelligence Advisory GroupJacqueline O'Connor, Professor of Mechanical EngineeringThe American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) announced today during 2024 AIAA SciTech Forum it has formed the AIAA Aerospace...

GTREO Seminar: Dr. Gregory Laskowski, Dassault Systemes

GTREO Seminar: Dr. Gregory Laskowski, Dassault SystemesOpportunities and Challenges for Lattice-Boltzmann CFD in the Aerospace Industry:  Airframes and Engines Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) plays a critical role in accelerating product time to market, reducing...

Materials Research Institute names 2023 Roy Award winners

Materials Research Institute names 2023 Roy Award winnersAmrita Basak, assistant professor of mechanical engineeringSix Penn State materials researchers have received the 2023 Rustum and Della Roy Innovation in Materials Research Award, covering a wide range of...

‘Growing Impact’ podcast explores mitigating the climate impact of contrails

'Growing Impact' podcast explores mitigating the climate impact of contrailsThe latest episode of "Growing Impact" features a team of researchers that is exploring how to mitigate aviation’s climate impacts, specifically the warming effect created by...

Engineering professor named fellow of Royal Aeronautical Society

Engineering professor named fellow of Royal Aeronautical SocietyKaren Thole, distinguished professor of mechanical engineering at Penn State. Credit: Kate Myers/Penn State. All Rights Reserved.The Royal Aeronautical Society (RAS) named Karen Thole, distinguished...

START Lab expansion aims to make aviation greener

START Lab expansion aims to make aviation greenerA turbine test rig in the Steady Thermal Aero Research Turbine (START) Lab at Penn State. Karen Thole, distinguished professor of mechanical engineering and director of START Lab, and doctoral student Chad Schaeffer...

Q&A: Carbon voyage $2 million grant enables study of shipboard carbon capture and alternative fuel utilization

Q&A: Carbon voyage: $2 million grant enables study of shipboard carbon capture and alternative fuel utilizationResearchers in the Penn State Department of Mechanical Engineering received a $2 million grant from the Navy Decarbonization Research Consortium to study...

Welcome to the Penn State Center for Gas Turbine Research, Education, and Outreach! Penn State is a global leader in gas turbine technology, including fields of turbomachinery, combustion, manufacturing, materials, acoustics, and controls. Bringing together expertise from across the university under a single center enhances this already large research and education portfolio. Penn State is one of the only places in the world with research addressing every single part of the gas turbine as well as the systems they integrate with; this center provides unique educational benefits to our students to differentiate them in their studies and future careers.

The goal of the center is to bring together researchers from across the university focused on gas turbine technologies in order to strengthen the collaborations of Penn State faculty and students along with industry and federal agencies interested in gas turbine research, education, and outreach, supporting Penn State’s goal of becoming the “Energy University.” The faculty and students associated with the center target high impact, cross-cutting research. The center hosts a wide range of activities to enhance the education of undergraduate and graduate students interested in gas turbine technologies, with close ties to industry to increase their future employment opportunities. The center actively interfaces with both industry and government, providing technical expertise to help inform industry leaders and policy makers as to the importance of gas turbine technologies and the work being done at Penn State.

Please contact center director, Dr. Steve Lynch, Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering, with any questions at spl11@psu.edu.