INNOVATION FEATURE

Teaching Tomorrow's Innovators

Growing Entrepreneurship and Innovation minor is now offered at all Penn State campuses. Not every student graduates looking for a job. The entrepreneurial spirit can strike early, and Penn State is answering the call for programs and resources to support young people with big ideas. Teaching entrepreneurship in the classroom isn’t exactly a new concept […]

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Ben Franklin, Phospholutions and Penn State: Making historic innovations in agriculture

By Beverly Molnar  Phospholutions, a sustainable fertilizer company committed to creating technology-based solutions for food production and environmental challenges by enhancing the efficiency of phosphorus use, is a Happy Valley startup success story — and a perfect example of how the Happy Valley entrepreneurial ecosystem can provide multiple, simultaneous resources

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“Making the impossible possible”

By: Sarah Taylor Some of SilcoTek’s coated products | Image Credit: SilcoTek’s “where can you buy SilcoTek coated products?” blog Phones, laptops, smart refrigerators and manufacturing line machines. What do they all have in common? They all need microchips.  Everyone uses some type of these electronic devices, but not many

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Different disciplines are a catalyst for innovation at X-Hab 3D

by Holly Riddle  X-Hab 3D’s new mobile, semi-autonomous, concrete printing system | Image Credits: Bruce Kraselsky LinkedIn In 2022, HappyValley Industry covered the beginnings of a startup that had recently found a home in CATO Park. X-Hab 3D, originally born from a NASA Centennial Challenge and the work of Penn

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The future leaders of Centre County: Centre County 4-H Robotics Club

by Brady Bast  CC4H’s presentation for Arts Fest Kid’s Day | Image Credits: HappyValley Industry.com In a local, 4,000-square-foot build facility, more than 100 Happy Valley students are laying the foundation for successful careers in STEM fields. These students, members of Centre County 4-H Robotics, will become the future leaders

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