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For the second year in a row, the Society of Engineering Science took first place and the People's Choice Award at the Penn State Regional Rube Goldberg Machine Contest. The annual competition challenges students to use innovative ideas, unconventional problem-solving skills and storytelling to design a machine that completes a simple task in a complex manner.
ASME Harrisburg members construct their comic book superheroes-themed machine for the 2016 Penn State Regional Rube Goldberg Machine Contest on Feb. 27.
Anne Pauley, co-captain of the ASME University Park/Engineering Leadership Society team, describes their machine at the 2016 Penn State Regional Rube Goldberg Machine Contest on Feb. 27.
Society of Engineering Science (SES) team members explain the steps to their machine during the 2016 Penn State Regional Rube Goldberg Machine Contest on Feb. 27.
Seven teams of engineering students are set to compete in the 2016 Penn State Regional Rube Goldberg Machine Contest at 1 p.m. on Feb. 27, in Presidents Hall at the Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel on the University Park campus of Penn State.
A student from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers chapter at Penn State Harrisburg demonstrates the team’s machine at the 2015 Penn State Regional Rube Goldberg Machine Contest, held Feb. 28 at the Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel.
When Amy Pertuset enrolled at Penn State Abington, she was fresh out of high school with a year's worth of college courses and a respected technology program to her credit. Now, as she prepares to graduate, she reflects on the value of study abroad, an internship, and an active life on campus.
