How Videon Company Culture Drives Success Few things impact your company’s success like its culture. Having a strong, vibrant mission and motivation is the not-so-secret sauce that takes a company from good to great. It’s a purpose and ‘why’ that unites a company, and allows it to make a transformational impact to the marketplace while […]
This beautiful 3-bed, 3-bath home in the heart of our scenic valley (and in State College Area SD) offers stunning views and a lifetime of outdoor fun. The 77-acre property includes trails for hiking and ATVs, a fishable pond, six tree stands and a private fenced yard with an in-ground pool. A lovely kitchen with […]
This year’s Materials Day made a last-minute pivot from an in-person meetup to a virtual forum, but the event was no less impactful. Speaking to attendees on Oct. 13, Clive Randall, the director of the Materials Research Institute (MRI), highlighted Penn State’s accomplishments and goals. “Materials touches every domain in society,” he said, “particularly from […]
When Reid Hannon, senior director of research and development at Philips Ultrasound in Reedsville, ran into technology and manufacturing problems during COVID last year, he and the Philips team knew exactly where to turn. The Penn State alum says being located in the Happy Valley area puts the Philips site in a perfect conjunction of […]
The Penn State ARL was developed in 1945 – in the wake of World War II – by Dr. Eric Walker and 100 engineers from Harvard University. During the war, Dr. Walker had been appointed associate director of Harvard’s Underwater Sound Laboratory — which was one of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s National Defense Research Committee […]
5 Qs with Spectroscopy Founder Magnitude Instruments is a Ben Franklin-fueled startup with a mission: to make time-resolved spectroscopy available to everyone … not just the super nerds. “We’re democratizing it for all researchers,” says founder Eric Kennehan. And he says that incubating the company here in Happy Valley has been critical to their growing […]
