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News & NotesTransforming our footprinton campus bit.ly/engr-west2Renderings of West 2 (main photo), ME Knowledge Commons (top right), and Leonhard Commons (bottom right).Trustees approve plans and funds for part of engineering expansionThe Board of Trustees approvedfinal design plans and authorizedexpenditures for a new research andteaching building near the western edgeof the University Park campus.be built adjacent to the West CampusParking Deck, which is currently underconstruction to the west of LeonhardBuilding and the Earth and EngineeringSciences Building.Currently known as West 2, the buildingwill provide approximately 105,000gross square feet to be used as flexibleclassrooms, multi-use design studios,“cornerstone to capstone” makerspaces, a high-bay research lab, facultyoffices, and research cores to benefit allCollege of Engineering disciplines. It willConstruction of West 2, which began inOctober 2020, is one aspect of a broaderproposed, multi-phase facilities masterplan for the college that includes inphase one construction of a second newbuilding to the west of North AthertonStreet, renovations to Sackett Building,and the demolition of Hammond“As we transform our footprint oncampus, we will be even better equippedto recruit and retain the best faculty,researchers, and students, allowing us tohave a long-lasting impact as one of thebest engineering colleges with strongeducational programs and advancedresearch capabilities,” Justin Schwartz,Harold and Inge Marcus Dean ofEngineering, said.Mechanical engineering breaks ground oninnovative undergrad labNew industrial engineering space to invigoratelearningTo fully reimagine its undergraduate lab experience, theDepartment of Mechanical Engineering (ME) broke ground on a5,700-square-foot space in the basement of the Reber Building.The Harold and Inge Marcus Department of Industrial andManufacturing Engineering is adding a new student-centeredspace within the Leonhard Building.The ME Knowledge Lab will include a collaborative designhub; 3D printers and a light makerspace; lab stations, includingcharacterization devices for wind turbines, gas turbines, batterycells, and materials; a virtual reality learning site; and anautonomous vehicles lab.The 6,200-square-foot Leonhard Commons will be equippedwith group study rooms, private meeting rooms outfitted withmonitors and video conferencing technology, computer deskclusters designed by students, a classroom, gathering hub,recharge zone, printing corner, an open study area with whiteboards and projector screens, and sectional furniture that can bemoved to provide room for lectures and events.Watch the video to learn more: bit.ly/me-lab6Building along College Avenue and theEngineering Units behind Hammond.E N G I N E E R I N G P E N N S TAT E

News & NotesEngineering department head electedvice president of ASM InternationalJudith Todd, head of theDepartment of EngineeringScience and Mechanics,was recently electedvice president of ASMInternational.Engineeringprofessor nameda fellow of theNational Academyof InventorsVijaykrishnan Narayanan, A.Robert Noll Chair of ElectricalEngineering and ComputerScience, has been named a 2020fellow of the National Academy ofInventors (NAI).NAI fellows are selected for having“demonstrated a highly prolificspirit of innovation in creating orfacilitating outstanding inventionsthat have made a tangible impacton the quality of life, economicdevelopment, and the welfare ofsociety.”Narayanan will be inducted at the2021 Fellows Induction Ceremonyat the Tenth Annual Meeting of theNational Academy of Inventors inJune 2021 in Tampa, Florida.The lead author of the paper,“TaintDroid: An InformationFlow Tracking System forRealtime Privacy Monitoringon Smartphones,” was WilliamEnck, associate professor in theDepartment of Computer Scienceat North Carolina State University,who was a Penn State graduatestudent at the time of the paper’spublication. He was advised by coauthor Patrick McDaniel, William L.Engineering professor namedConsortium to Combat SubstanceAbuse directorPaul Griffin, professor ofindustrial engineering, willbecome interim director ofthe Consortium to CombatSubstance Abuse (CCSA)beginning in summer 2021.Griffin, an expert in healthsystems engineering, is already a co-fundedfaculty member of CCSA within the SocialScience Research Institute.Researchers receiveHall of Fame awardfor seminal paper onsmartphone securityA multi-institution team ofresearchers received a Hall of FameAward from the Association forComputing Machinery’s SpecialInterest Group on OperatingSystems (SIGOPS) for their 2010paper that was the first to exposethe ways in which smartphoneapplications use personal data.As vice president, Todd hopes to continueworking with various groups to help ASMInternational become the preferred choicefor individuals interested in materials. Shealso hopes to support ASM International inits mission to become a recognized worldleader for materials information by developinginternational chapters, strategic collaborations,and partnerships to provide members withvalued resources.Griffin is eager to lead CCSA by helping toidentify where engineering and technologyresearchers can help fill in the gaps for socialscientists.Weiss Chair in Information andCommunications Technology in theSchool of Electrical Engineeringand Computer Science.This paper specifically was chosenby the SIGOPS award committeebecause it “sparked an importantresearch agenda on smartphoneprivacy that continues to thisday” by documenting “dozens ofpotential leaks of sensitive andprivate information” in smartphoneapplications.McDaniel’s work has led to manyaccolades, most recently beingnamed a fellow of the AmericanAssociation for the Advancementof Science.Associate director of globalprogram innovation joins collegeKati Csoman has beennamed associate directorof global programinnovation in the Officeof Global EngineeringEngagement in theCollege of Engineering—anewly established position that will drive theexpansion and enhancement of internationalengineering opportunities for students.As the associate director of global programinnovation, Csoman will work closely withengineering faculty to advance globalengagement, lead innovation in faculty-ledabroad courses, and further advance thedevelopment of global competencies forengineering students. She also hopes tointegrate virtual components into globalprograms in response to the currentlimitations on travel during the pandemic.FA L L / W I N T E R 2 0 2 17

News & NotesEngineering professor namedMicroscopy Society of Americapresident-electDeborah Kelly, HuckChair in MolecularBiophysics, professor ofbiomedical engineering,and director of thePenn State Center forStructural Oncology,was elected president of the MicroscopySociety of America (MSA). Her three-yearcommitment as first president-elect, thenpresident, then past president, began inJanuary.Four faculty named to 2020 ‘HighlyCited Researchers’ listFour faculty members were recognized as Highly Cited Researchersby the Web of Science Group:As president, Kelly plans to continue toelevate the society’s mission through socialmedia engagement and cross-pollinationefforts with other national societies. Shewill also work to attract and retain moreunderrepresented scientists to MSA.Newly established director forinternational engineering studentsupport namedMelika Sharifironizi hasbeen named director forinternational engineeringprograms—a newlyestablished joint positionwith the college’s Centerfor Engineering Outreachand Inclusion (CEOI) and Ken and MaryAlice Lindquist Department of NuclearEngineering.As part of CEOI, Sharifironizi will help thecollege attend to equity issues relatedto the national origins of its students.Her work will advance student-focusedinitiatives—including recruitment andretention, academic success, social andcultural climate, and job placementprograms.As part of the nuclear engineeringdepartment, Sharifironizi will look toestablish sustainable energy systemscourses with service-learning researchprojects and support radiochemistry andnuclear chemistry research and academicsupport. This includes assisting withsummer undergraduate opportunities forgender inclusion in nuclear engineering.Long-Qing ChenHamer Professor of Materials Science andEngineering, professor of engineering scienceand mechanics, and professor of mathematicsChen, named to the list for the thirdconsecutive year, works to understand,predict, and design materials microstructures,with a focus on their properties and evolutionduring the processing of materials.Bruce LoganKappe Professor of EnvironmentalEngineering and Evan Pugh UniversityProfessor in EngineeringLogan, named to the list for the seventhconsecutive year, focuses on developing newrenewable energy technologies to achieve anenergy sustainable water infrastructure.Şahin K. ÖzdemirAssociate professor of engineering scienceand mechanicsÖzdemir, named to the list for the secondconsecutive year, focuses on optical physicsand quantum photonics, as well as theapplication of this understanding to newtechnologies.Donghai WangProfessor of mechanical engineering andchemical engineeringWang, named to the list for the thirdconsecutive year, develops nanomaterials forclean energy technologies, such as siliconbased anodes in rechargeable lithium ionbatteries.Don’t miss a thing .For the latest news and information from the College ofEngineering, including alumni spotlights, research from ourfaculty and graduate students, and more, visit engr.psu.eduand follow us on social SUEngineering@penn-state-engineering

News & NotesIn MemoriamDavid Geselowitz, distinguishedalumni professor emeritus ofbioengineering and professor emeritusof medicine, died on Aug. 22 at age 90.Geselowitz received his bachelor’s,master’s, and doctoral degreesin electrical engineering from theUniversity of Pennsylvania.David Geselowitz, whocontributed to artificialheart development, diesAfter obtaining his doctorate degree,Geselowitz joined the University ofPennsylvania faculty and founded oneof the nation’s first doctoral programsin biomedical engineering. In 1971,he moved to Penn State to implementa pioneering graduate program inbioengineering. In 1974, the programwas launched under Geselowitz’sleadership and became the University’sGifford “Giff” Albright, the first headof the Department of ArchitecturalEngineering (AE), died on Dec. 30,in State College. He was 89 years old.Remembering GiffordAlbright, first architecturalengineering department headIn 1953, Albright became thefirst graduate of the University’srestructured five-year bachelor ofarchitectural engineering degreeprogram. After earning his masterof science in building engineeringfrom the Massachusetts Institute ofTechnology in 1955 and serving in theUnited States Navy Civil EngineeringCorps, Albright returned to Penn Stateas the founding head of the newlyre-established AE department in 1962.Michael Micci, professor of aerospaceengineering, died on Sept. 21, in StateCollege after an eight-month battlewith cancer. He was 66 years old.Engineering mourns deathof aerospace engineering’sMichael MicciMicci earned his bachelor of scienceand master of science in aerospaceengineering from the University ofIllinois at Urbana–Champaign and hisdoctoral degree from the Departmentof Mechanical and AerospaceEngineering at Princeton University.In 1981, Micci joined the Departmentof Aerospace Engineering as anassistant professor. He was promotedfirst Intercollege Graduate DegreeProgram, with faculty from theColleges of Engineering, Medicine,Science, and Health and HumanDevelopment.Working closely with William Pierce,a surgeon at the Milton S. HersheyMedical Center, Geselowitz supervisedthe development of an artificial heart.In 1976, to international acclaim, apneumatic left ventricular assist devicewas successfully implanted in a humanpatient. Still used today, the devicehelps keep patients alive until a hearttransplant can be performed. Thistechnology eventually evolved intoa full artificial heart, which is still indevelopment at Penn State.He held the title until 1983, when hestepped down and continued to serveas a professor until he retired in 1991.Albright specifically envisioned acomputer operating system thatallowed individuals in differentdisciplines to quickly converge onthe conception and design of abuilding with the same goal of specificperformance criteria. The resultingprogram, called Project Man-MachineSystem for the Optimum Design andConstruction of Buildings (ProjectMODCON), also led to the nation’s firstcourse in integrated building systemsbased on computer applications.to associate professor in 1988 andfull professor in 1998. He taughtaerospace topics ranging fromdynamics and control to programmingto spacecraft environments. Asa genuine rocket scientist, Miccispecialized in all forms of rocketpropulsion.In 1994, Micci was the first personto use molecular dynamics tosimulate supercritical atomizationand vaporization as it occurs in highperformance liquid rocket engines.FA L L / W I N T E R 2 0 2 19

We AreBECAUSEWe WereTracing 125-plus years of engineering history at Penn Stateby Andrew Krebs

engineering125.psu.eduThis issue of Engineering Penn State commemorates the 125th anniversary of the founding ofthe Penn State College of Engineering. The vibrancy and impact for which the college is knowntoday threads back through history, not only to the decision by the Board of Trustees in 1896 toorganize The Pennsylvania State College into seven distinct schools, one of which was the School ofEngineering, but also to countless other decisions, moments, achievements, and individuals thatcollectively form the fabric of engineering at Penn State in 2021.Engineering through the years1896The Board of Trustees makesit officialOn Jan. 3, engineering joins sixother newly formed schools withinThe Pennsylvania State College.1900We Are No. 10Demand grows steadily in the earlyyears of the School of Engineering.By the turn of the century, PennState ranks 10th in the nation forthe number of undergraduateengineering students enrolled.1909Engineering experiment stationbroadens the school’s focusDean John Price Jackson pushes theneed to use theoretical knowledgegained in the classroom andlaboratory to solve the practicalproblems of industry.1918School responds to world at warPenn State and hundreds of othercolleges and universities providetechnical training for enlisted militarypersonnel via six- and eight-weekcourses. During the course of thewar the school gives instruction to2,500 troops.192919551945Designing a new home onCollege AvenueHowell Lewis Shay and Associates ofPhiladelphia design the 5.9 millionHammond Building, a stone andmetal panel structure of about600 feet in length, which isdedicated in 1960.The school benefits PennsylvaniansBy the end of the 1920s, theschool’s Department of EngineeringExtension had given instruction onvirtually every engineering topicto more than 30,000 Pennsylvaniaresidents.The birth of Ordnance ResearchLaboratory (ORL)The Navy transfers developmentand testing of underwater weaponryfrom Harvard to the school. ORLeventually becomes the AppliedResearch Laboratory at Penn State.Acknowledgements: The College of Engineering atPenn State: A Century in the Land-Grant Tradition, writtenby Michael Bezilla and published by the Penn StateUniversity Press in 1996, served as an invaluable guide tothe history of the college prior to and throughout its firstcentury. Special thanks also to the Eberly Family SpecialCollections Library and Penn State University Libraries.Left page: Main Engineering Building (early 1900s).Right page, top: The “Good Roads” train (1910s),Bottom: Rendering of Hammond Building, Kunkle Lounge,and Sackett Building.Engineering powers upDesigned by William M. Breazeale,the reactor on the eastern edgeof the Penn State campus reachescriticality, the point at which a selfsustaining reaction occurs.1957

1968Projecting engineering demandThe American Society forEngineering Education urgeseducators and the profession “tomake every effort to attract anincreasing number of studentsto engineering at both theundergraduate and graduate level.”1980Among the largestWith more than 7,000undergraduates, the college hasone of the largest enrollments inthe nation.1989Working to expand theengineering communityThe new Women in EngineeringProgram, along with the MinorityEngineering Program from a fewyears earlier, adopt outreachstrategies to attract more womenand underrepresented students intoengineering.Top: Students working together (1980s).Bottom: Garfield Thomas Water Tunnelconstruction (1950s).1976The helping heartA team of researchers in the Collegesof Engineering and Medicineintroduce the Penn State Heart-AssistPump, the first device of its kind.12E N G I N E E R I N G P E N N S TAT E1996An engineering landmarkThe American Society of MechanicalEngineers recognizes the GarfieldThomas Water Tunnel, which beganoperating in 1950, as a nationalhistoric mechanical engineeringlandmark. Today, the tunnel is partof the Penn State Applied ResearchLaboratory and serves as theprincipal experimental hydrodynamicresearch facility for the U.S. Navy.2012The Learning Factory recognizedThe National Academy ofEngineering recognizes theBernard M. Gordon LearningFactory, established in 1995, asone of 29 programs “infusingreal-world experiences intoengineering education.”

2018A master plan for the futurePenn State engages with the firm Payetteto develop a framework for College ofEngineering capital projects over 10 years.The master plan promises to reshape thecollege and its footprint on campus.2020Breaking new groundConstruction begins on the first of two newplanned buildings on West Campus, thestart of the college’s facilities master planimplementation.Top: The 10-year facilities master plan for the College of Engineering includes several newbuildings on West Campus. Bottom: A reimagining of the current engineering footprintadjacent to the Mall and along College Avenue.FA L L / W I N T E R 2 0 2 113

FACES OF ENGINEERING1890s-1930s14E N G I N E E R I N G P E N N S TAT E

Left page: Electrical engineering students (1890s). Right page, clockwise from top: Studentinspection trip to D.C. (1910s), Electrical engineering student (1800s), Civil engineering camp(1920s), Working in the Foundry (1900s), Architectural engineering class (1920s), Students in thetelephone laboratory (1920s).FA L L / W I N T E R 2 0 2 115

THE FOUNDINGThree days into the start of thenew year in 1896, the Board ofTrustees for the Pennsylvania StateCollege gathered in Harrisburg forits

4 ENGINEERING PENN STATE Watch the 125th Anniversary Kickoff Event engineering125.psu.edu In November, the Penn State College of Engineering began a yearlong celebration of our 125th anniversary with a kickoff event for students, alumni, faculty, staff, and friends. Although our initial vision was for an in-person event earlier in the fall,