Center for Gas Turbine Research, Education, and Outreach

Reid A. Berdanier named director of START Lab

Reid A. Berdanier named director of START Lab Reid A. Berdanier, director of the Steady Thermal Aero Research Turbine Lab. Credit: Kate Myers/Penn State. Reid A. Berdanier has been named director of the Steady Thermal Aero Research Turbine (START) Lab at Penn State,...

Revealing invisible educational opportunities through CT scanning

Revealing invisible educational opportunities through CT scanning The Center for Quantitative Imaging created an X-ray computed tomography image from a 1.5 mm-long steel cylinder after it was exposed to a high-temperature, high-pressure aqueous solution. Credit: Derek...

GTREO Seminar: Dr. Tim Smith, NASA Glenn

GTREO Seminar: Dr. Tim Smith, NASA Glenn ​ ABSTRACT: The need for metal alloys which are suitable for additive manufacturing (AM) processes (e.g. laser powder bed fusion (LPBF)) that can perform at temperatures above 1000°C has led to a resurgence of interest in...

GTREO at Turbo Expo 2024

GTREO at Turbo Expo 2024 Members of Penn State’s GTREO presented papers, panels, and tutorials at this year’s ASME Turbo Expo in London, England. Papers GT2024-128894: A Digital Engineering Analysis of an Additively Manufactured Turbine Vane Reid A....

Achieving Energy Literacy through Decarbonization Research

Achieving energy literacy through decarbonization research Jackie O’Connor, left, professor mechanical engineering, and Catherine Berdanier, associate professor of mechanical engineering, will team up on a five-year, $1 million project focused on decarbonization...