GTREO Seminar: Dr. John Clark, AFRL
GTREO Seminar: Dr. John Clark - AFRLAn Alternate Means to Form Non-Dimensional Products in Dimensional Analysis ABSTRACT: Engineering students encounter dimensional analysis early in an undergraduate curriculum. A critical step in the process involves the selection...
GTREO Seminar: Dr. Jamesa Stokes – NASA Glenn
GTREO Seminar: Dr. Jamesa Stokes - NASA GlennAdvanced Environmental Barrier Coating Testing and Development for Gas Turbine Engines ABSTRACT: Environmental barrier coatings (EBCs) are an enabling technology for the use of SiC-based ceramic matrix composites (CMCs)...
GTREO Seminar: Jason Bargender, MHI Hydrogen Infrastructure
GTREO Seminar: Jason Bargender, MHI Hydrogen InfrastructureHydrogen Solutions: Towards a Global Decarbonized Future ABSTRACT: For decades, hydrogen has played a subtle but integral role in society, supporting the oil & gas and chemicals industry and serving as...
Plan approved for addition, renovation to build START+ Lab at CATO Park
Plan approved for addition, renovation to build START+ Lab at CATO ParkAn architect's rendering of the START+ Laboratory. Credit: Gannett Fleming and START Lab.. All Rights Reserved.The Penn State Board of Trustees Committee on Finance and Investment approved a...
GTREO Seminar: Dr. Gregg Abate, AFOSR
GTREO Seminar: Dr. Gregg Abate, AFOSRWorking with AFOSR and Highlights from the Unsteady Aerodynamics and Turbulent Flows Program ABSTRACT: The Unsteady Aerodynamics and Turbulent Flows portfolio supports basic research into the dynamics and control of aerodynamic...
Undergraduate students gain research experience through summer program
Undergraduate students gain research experience through summer programThis summer, the Penn State Center for Gas Turbine Research, Education, and Outreach, housed within the Penn State College of Engineering, hosted the Penn State Low-Carbon Power and Propulsion...
Reid A. Berdanier named director of START Lab
Reid A. Berdanier named director of START LabReid 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:...
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 2024Members 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. Berdanier -...
Achieving Energy Literacy through Decarbonization Research
Achieving energy literacy through decarbonization researchJackie 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 and...
GTREO Seminar: John Crane, NETL
GTREO Seminar: John Crane, NETLDOE Zero Carbon Energy: Progress to Net Zero ABSTRACT: The Department of Energy has established inspirational goals to achieve clean, carbon-free electricity by 2035 and reach complete net-zero by 2050 with significant investments to...
Several GTREO members receive promotions, tenure
Several GTREO members receive promotions, tenureSeveral GTREO members received promotions, effective July 1, 2024: Stephen P. Lynch, professor of mechanical engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering Douglas E. Wolfe, professor,...
Jacqueline O’Connor named associate director of Penn State Climate Consortium
Jacqueline O'Connor named associate director of Penn State Climate ConsortiumJacqueline O'Connor, Professor of Mechanical EngineeringTwo interdisciplinary researchers have been named as leaders for the Penn State Climate Consortium. Jacqueline O’Connor, a professor...
Karen Thole to become College of Engineering dean at University of Michigan
Karen Thole to become College of Engineering dean at University of MichiganKaren Thole, distinguished professor of mechanical engineering at Penn State. Credit: Kate Myers/Penn State. All Rights Reserved.Karen A. Thole has been named the Robert J. Vlasic Dean of...
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...
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...