To celebrate the holiday season, Marketing Specialist Morgan Sewack and Scranton Library Operations Supervisor Mary Ann Joyce created a festive display near the library's main entrance highlighting holiday traditions from cultures around the world. The books, informational pieces and traditional items are currently on display, with books and DVDs available to borrow.
Students from Associate Teaching Professor of English Kara Stone's medieval literature class traveled to New York City this semester to visit The Cloisters museum and personally experience some of the art and culture they were learning about in the classroom. First row, from left: River Moon, Halle O'Neill, Cloisters tour guide, Christina Buchinski and Stone. Second row, from left: Taylor Belknap, Andrew Phillips, Nicholas Lowe, Rowan Mulligan, Evan Bannon, Ellie Alin and Olivia Osborne.
Dr. Abraham S. Tchako, assistant professor of mechanical engineering and student chat before class while they wait for other students to enter the computer lab in the Engineering Building. The pod-style lab, for collaborative learning, is equipped with state of art ANSYS software, SolidWorks and MS Office.
The latest robot arm located in the Mechanical Engineering Lab at Penn State Scranton is where engineering students learn about fluid mechanics, heat transfer, material testing and robotics.
Dr. Mizanoor Rahman, assistant professor of mechanical engineering instructs students on making a smart device in the Mechatronics Lab at Penn State Scranton. Mechatronics is a fusion of mechanical, electronics, coding, and artificial intelligence using equipment such as Arduinos, Robots, etc.
Fred Aebli, lecturer of information sciences and technology at Penn State Scranton and creator of GetMeCoding, which teaches computer coding, was the guest speaker for the Family Business Alliance’s (FBA) recent informational program on artificial intelligence (AI) and what it means for employees and businesses. The presentation, “Great Uses of AI in Your Business”, was part of the FBA’s slate of fall offerings.
