PTI News

04/17/2008 Presentation to Spotlight Honda Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Vehicle Research
University Park, Pa. – Current research by Honda R&D Americas, Inc. related to hydrogen and fuel cel...
04/01/2008 PTI to host Hybrid, Electric and Fuel Cell Vehicle Workshop
University Park, Pa. – The Hybrid and Hydrogen Vehicle Research Laboratory at The Thomas D. Larson...
03/20/2008 Two women leaders in engineering to discuss PA bridge safety on Penn State call-in show
University Park, Pa. - Dr. Andrea Schokker, faculty associate in the Transportation Infrastructure P...
03/11/2008 Penn State HEV, Spring 2008: A Road Odyssey
Three members of Penn State’s Hybrid Electric Vehicle Team embarked on a 1,200-mile road trip in the...
03/07/2008 Hybrid Vehicle Students Plan Spring Break Road Trip
University Park, Pa. – Sometimes, you just can’t wait to do something. While many Penn State student...
01/23/2008 Student Honored as Best Young Researcher at Transportation Conference
University Park, Pa. – Frank Gross, Ph.D. candidate in civil engineering and research assistant at T...
01/23/2008 Institute’s New Name Reflects Larson Legacy
University Park, Pa. — The Pennsylvania Transportation Institute (PTI) at Penn State has been rename...
12/07/2007 National, State, Industry Leaders Commemorate Larson Legacy, Inaugurate Endowment Fund
University Park, Pa.—If you live in Pennsylvania, you can pretty much bet your quality of life has b...
11/27/2007 Local, state, national leaders to honor Larson legacy
University Park, Pa. -- Leaders from around the state and nation will join friends, family and colle...
10/05/2007 Crash Event Aids Accident Reconstruction Professionals
University Park, PA—When the Chevrolet Blazer SUV traveling at 65 miles per hour struck a parked Che...
10/01/2007 High-Speed Crash Event to Highlight PA State Police Accident Reconstruction Seminar
University Park, PA—The Pennsylvania Transportation Institute (PTI) Crash Safety Research Program at...
09/25/2007 Students receiving ‘GREATT’ start with science and technology
University Park, PA—This fall, more than 40 Pennsylvania elementary and secondary school teachers ar...
06/11/2007 Penn State Hybrid Vehicle Team Posts 5th Place Finish in 2007 Challenge X Competition
University Park, Pa. – The Penn State hybrid vehicle team finished 5th place overall among 17 univer...
06/05/2007 Penn State Team Completes All Dynamic Events, Placing Second in Traction Control, and Prepares for Presentations
University Park, Pa. – Sunday and Monday the Penn State Challenge X team continued to roll through t...
06/02/2007 ‘Fun’ Punctuates Saturday at Competition; Vehicle Dynamics Event Goes ‘Exceptionally Well’
University Park, Pa. – The report for Saturday from this hard-working team began with an unexpected ...
06/01/2007 Penn State Challenge X Team Fixes Bugs, Meets Expectations in Acceleration Event
University Park, Pa. – Penn State’s HEV team returned to the pits at 7 a.m. Friday and worked on the...
05/31/2007 Penn State Student Team Competing in Challenge X Arrives in Michigan, Receives Inspectors’ “To Do” List
University Park, Pa. – The Penn State Challenge X team arrived in Milford, Michigan on Wednesday aft...
05/18/2007 Hybrid Team Preps Final Details for National Competition
University Park, PA—As their final deadline looms, student members of the Penn State Hybrid Electric...
04/23/2007 5K WALK/RUN TO HONOR VIRGINIA TECH SHOOTING VICTIM AND PENN STATE ALUMNUS JEREMY HERBSTRITT
University Park, Pa.–A 5K walk/run in memory of Jeremy Herbstritt, who died during the Virginia Tech...
03/30/2007 PTI Faculty Win Teaching and Research Awards
University Park, PA—Two faculty associates of the Pennsylvania Transportation Institute (PTI) have b...
03/30/2007 PTI Students Working Late to Meet Hybrid Challenge
University Park, PA—Students have been burning the midnight oil at the Pennsylvania Transportation I...
02/08/2007 Vehicle Crash Event to Signal Start of National Child Passenger Safety Week - Click here for WPSX-TV feature story
University Park, PA—The Pennsylvania Transportation Institute (PTI) Crash Safety Research Program at...
11/10/2006 Pennsylvania Transportation Institute announces Program Directors
University Park, Pa. – The Pennsylvania Transportation Institute (PTI) has announced the program dir...
09/21/2006 Transportation Institute gets $6.2 million to continue Mid-Atlantic Universities Transportation Center activities
University Park, Pa. – The Pennsylvania Transportation Institute at Penn State has been awarded a th...
07/21/2006 PTI co-founder and Director Thomas D. Larson dies
University Park, PA—Thomas D. Larson passed away Thursday, July 20. Throughout his life, Dr. Larson ...
06/08/2006 Students’ Work at PTI Test Track Leads to 2nd Place Formula SAE Finish
University Park, PA - The Penn State FSAE (Formula Society of Automotive Engineers) team eclipsed 14...
06/05/2006 PSU Challenge X Team Records Fastest Time in Traction Test, Improves Acceleration Score; On-Road Drivability Test is Next
University Park, Pa. – The Penn State Challenge X team successfully surmounted several critical hurd...
06/02/2006 Penn State Challenge X Competition Vehicle Surmounts Safety, Weight, Braking and Stability Hurdles; Acceleration and Traction Still to Come
University Park, Pa. – The Penn State Challenge X team successfully surmounted several critical hurd...
06/01/2006 Penn State Student Team Competing in Challenge X Hybrid Vehicle Competition in Mesa, AZ
University Park, Pa. – The Penn State Challenge X team arrived in Mesa, Arizona on Tuesday morning (...
05/25/2006 Penn State Students Ready for Arizona Hybrid Vehicle Competition
University Park, Pa. – This morning, Penn State’s entry in the Challenge X competition departed for ...
03/28/2006 Bohdan Kulakowski, Former Director of PTI, Dies in Tragic Traffic Accident
University Park, Pa. - Bohdan Kulakowski, professor of mechanical engineering and former director of...
03/28/2006 PTI Research Assistant Named 2006 Eno Fellow
University Park, Pa. – Frank Gross, Ph.D. candidate in civil engineering and research assistant at P...
03/09/2006 Penn State Prominent at Transportation Research Board Meeting
University Park, Pa. – The Pennsylvania Transportation Institute (PTI), Penn State’s primary center ...
03/06/2006 Penn State Students Receive 3 of 13 International Road Federation Fellowships
University Park, Pa. – Of 13 international scholars worldwide named as fellows of the International ...
02/20/2006 Tan Receives CUTC Outstanding Dissertation Award
University Park, Pa. – Carol H. Tan, who received her Ph.D. in civil engineering from Penn State in ...
01/17/2006 Sinha’s $787,000 NSF Grant to Benefit Nation’s Infrastructure
University Park, Pa.—Sunil K. Sinha, assistant professor in the Department of Civil and Environmenta...
12/06/2005 WPSU-TV Program to Feature Test of Anti-Terrorist Barrier
University Park, Pa.— A crash test of an anti-terrorist barrier will be featured on “Pennsylvania In...
11/12/2005 Penn State Study Finds Risk Higher for Truckers in 11th-Hour
University Park, Pa.— The crash risk for truck drivers in the last hour of a now legal 11-hour day b...
10/28/2005 Students’ Work in Vehicle Competition Enters New Phase
University Park—Make no mistake. Lights on at night in the Hybrid Vehicle research garage at the Pen...
08/12/2005 New Director, Deputy Director Named
University Park—John M. Mason Jr., associate dean for graduate studies, research and outreach, and p...
08/05/2005 Student Team Takes Fifth Place in Advanced Vehicle Competition
University Park—Penn State placed fifth overall out of 17 teams at the 2005 Challenge X competition ...
05/16/2005 One of First Hydrogen Fueling Stations To Begin Operation at Penn State
University Park—New strides in the energy research arena will bring the focus once again to Penn Sta...
05/09/2005 Senior Design Students Convert Golf Cart to Fuel Cell Power
University Park—Penn State undergraduate students from the departments of mechanical and electrical ...
04/04/2005 Improved Highway Sign Legibility Will Increase Road Safety
University Park—Thanks to the efforts of Penn State researchers, a new typeface on highway signs acr...
04/04/2005 Advanced Technology to Boost Science Instruction in GREATT Teacher Workshops
University Park—The Pennsylvania Transportation Institute of Penn State, through a grant from the Na...
03/31/2005 Work Force Development Key to New MAUTC/PennDOT Partnership
University Park—The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) and Penn State have entered ...
08/31/2004 Advisory Board Gives High Marks to Institute
The Pennsylvania Transportation Institute is going strong and headed in the right direction, accordi...
06/18/2004 Penn State Earns Second Place Overall and Outstanding Faculty Advisor Award at FutureTruck 2004
Thursday, June 17, 2004—Penn State was one of fifteen universities that participated in the most rec...
06/13/2004 PENN STATE FUTURETRUCK 2004—UPDATES
Sunday, June 13, 2004—Currently the Penn State FutureTruck team has gone through all of the events f...
06/10/2004 PENN STATE'S HYBRID ELECTRIC SUV COMPETING AT FUTURETRUCK 2004
University Park—PSU engineering students are competing with fourteen other North American universiti...
02/11/2004 Hydrogen to Fuel Vehicles in Penn State Demo
University Park—A Penn State van and a Centre Area Transportation Authority (CATA) bus will run on a...
01/28/2004 Rear Crash-Protection Devices for Heavy Trucks Are Height-Sensitive
REAR CRASH PROTECTION DEVICES FOR HEAVY TRUCKS ARE HEIGHT SENSITIVE By Barbara Hale, Penn State D...
12/18/2003 PTI QUALITY EFFORT FEATURED
University Park—PTI’s Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) effort is featured in the latest "Quality...
11/13/2003 PTI PIONEER DIES
State College—Wolfgang E. Meyer, 93, a founder of the Pennsylvania Transportation Institute (PTI) at...
10/20/2003 2003 Transportation Engineering and Safety Conference
University Park--More than 500 transportation professionals from the mid-Atlantic region are expecte...
08/26/2003 PTI NAMES INTERIM DIRECTOR
University Park—Dr. Ageliki “Lily” Elefteriadou, associate professor of civil engineering, was appoi...
08/12/2003 CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS AVAILABLE
University Park—Proceedings of the Sixth Annual Transportation Conference of Penn State’s Pennsylvan...
06/18/2003 PENN STATE'S HYBRID ELECTRIC SUV FINISHES AMONG LEADERS AT FUTURETRUCK 2003
University Park—Penn State's Wattmuncher, a 2002 Ford Explorer re-engineered into a hybrid electric ...
06/16/2003 WATTMUNCHER POSTS 150-POINT GAIN OVER 2002
Dearborn, Michigan—Despite reprising its 2002 finish with another 5th place at the 15-university Fut...
06/13/2003 WATTMUNCHER PLACES 5TH
Dearborn, Michigan—Wattmuncher, Penn State’s hybrid electric sport utility vehicle, finished 5th in ...
06/12/2003 WATTMUNCHER IN FINAL FUTURETRUCK EVENTS
Romeo, Michigan—The Penn State team had a good feeling about the performance of its hybrid electric ...
06/11/2003 OFF-ROAD COURSE STOPS WATTMUNCHER, BUT PENN STATE CAN STILL FINISH AMONG FUTURETRUCK LEADERS
Romeo, Michigan—Only 5 of the 14 remaining hybrid electric sport utility vehicles overcame all obsta...
06/10/2003 PENN STATE AND SEVEN OTHERS ONLY TEAMS TO FINISH ALL LAPS IN FUTURETRUCK FUEL ECONOMY AND ACCELERATION EVENTS
Romeo, Michigan—Penn State’s Wattmuncher and the hybrid electric sport-utility vehicles of seven oth...
06/06/2003 PENN STATE READIES FOR FUTURETRUCK EMISSIONS TESTS
Romeo, Michigan—Preparing Wattmuncher for emissions testing, a FutureTruck event that Penn State wil...
06/05/2003 PENN STATE’S WATTMUNCHER HOLDS EARLY FUTURETRUCK LEAD
Romeo, Michigan—The Penn State hybrid electric vehicle, Wattmuncher, was in first place among teams ...
06/04/2003 PENN STATE'S HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHICLE CRUISES THROUGH EARLY 2003 FUTURETRUCK TESTS
Romeo, Michigan—Wattmuncher, the Penn State chapter of the Society of Automotive Engineers entry int...
01/30/2003 PTI'S R. J. PORTER SHARES MAUTC 2003 STUDENT OF YEAR AWARD
University Park—Richard Jon (R. J.) Porter, research assistant at Penn State’s Pennsylvania Transpor...
07/01/2002 KULAKOWSKI ELECTED SECRETARY OF INTERNATIONAL FORUM FOR ROAD TRANSPORT TECHNOLOGY
University Park, Pa.--- Dr. Bohdan T. Kulakowski, professor of mechanical engineering and director o...
12/17/2001 OUTREACH EDUCATION PROGRAM AT THE PENNSYLVANIA TRANSPORTATION INSTITUTE
(University Park, PA)---It’s not everyday that a middle school student can be seen at the head of th...
12/05/2001 PENN STATE RECEIVES EV1 DONATION FROM GENERAL MOTORS
(University Park, PA)---Penn State’s Pennsylvania Transportation Institute (PTI) recently received a...
12/04/2001 CIVIL ENGINEERING STUDENT RECEIVES CARMEN E. TURNER GRADUATE SCHOLARSHIP
(University Park, PA)---Fang (Clara) Fang, a Ph.D. candidate in civil engineering at Penn State’s Pe...


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