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Alumni & Friends - Alumni News

October 2009 - 2007 FSAE Team Leader in Popular Mechanics Magazine

Mark Wilson (BSAE '07), the 2007 Team Leader of the Formula SAE Team here at Penn State, appears in an article on Sikorsky Aircraft's X2 Coaxial Rotor Helicopter published in the November 2009 issue. Wilson is a member of the X2 team.

Click here to read "10 Most Brilliant Innovators of 2009: X2 Coaxial Rotor Helicopter.


September 2009 - Alumnus Receives Lifetime Achievement Award from ASNE

Joseph F. Yurso (BSME '52) is the recipient of the American Society of Naval Engineers (ASNE) Harold E. Saunders Award, which is given in recognition of lifetime achievement in naval engineering.

Click here to read the full press release.


June 2009 - ME Alumna Interviewed for Popular Mechanics Magazine

Erica Nyman, a recent graduate of the Mechanical Engineering program, was interviewed for an article on the next generation of NASA employees, published by Popular Mechanics magazine in May 2009.

Click here to read "Is America's Space Administration Over-the-Hill? Next-Gen NASA."