Undergraduate students showcased original research and creative scholarship during Penn State Scranton's annual Undergraduate Research Fair and Exhibition, which highlights student work across various academic disciplines and creative fields.
Braedon Joyce, a fourth-year bachelor of science in nursing student in the Ross and Carol Nese College of Nursing at Penn State Scranton, earned first place in the student poster competition at the ninth annual Translating Research into Innovations in Practice Symposium. Joyce was the only undergraduate student presenting at the event.
Asif ud-Doula, professor of physics, has been selected for the Fulbright Specialist Program, through which he will collaborate closely with faculty and students at Dong Thap University in Cao Lanh, Vietnam, on a project titled “Advancing STEM Education and Research.”
Penn State Scranton Lecturer of Information Sciences and Technology Fred Aebli’s contribution to the Online Learning Consortium Accelerate 2025 Conference — “How ChatGPT Turned My Final Exams Into AI-Powered Learning Labs" — received a Best-in-Track designation in the Innovative and Effective Digital Learning Design track.
Grant Lewis, a mechanical engineering student at Penn State Scranton, recently placed third at the American Society of Mechanical Engineers International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition. His research centered on a project that integrated modern 2022 Dodge Challenger components into a 1984 Dodge D150 truck.
Professor of Information Sciences and Technology Alan Peslak received the International Association for Computer Information Systems' highest honor when he was named the 2025 Computer Educator of the Year at the organization's annual conference last month.
The Penn State Institute for Computational and Data Sciences Symposium was held on Monday, Oct. 6, in HUB-Robeson Center at Penn State University Park. The annual event brought together University faculty and students with industry experts to foster meaningful conversations and collaborations around applying artificial intelligence, machine learning, and computational, data and quantum sciences methodologies to research.
Penn State’s Cocoziello Institute of Real Estate Innovation has awarded seed grants to five interdisciplinary research projects. These grants support collaborative projects led by Penn State faculty who aim to generate innovative solutions to complex challenges in real estate and the built environment.
Penn State University Libraries presented the 2025 Undergraduate Research Awards: Excellence in Information Literacy honors to 104 students at 20 undergraduate Penn State campuses this spring.
Two Penn State Commonwealth Campus students and one faculty member were selected to present their research on beech leaf disease in two Pennsylvania state parks during the 100th annual meeting of the Pennsylvania Academy of Science, which took place April 11-13 at the Harrisburg University of Science and Technology.
