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Padnos College of Engineering and Computing Earns Grant for Combined Degree Program
August 26, 2020
The nearly $1 million grant from the National Science Foundation will support students who are earning a combined bachelor's and master's degree in engineering.
Join Us for a Digital Dialogue with Dean Plotkowski
August 24, 2020
PCEC Alumni, join us for a Digital Dialogue with Dr. Plotkowski! Monday, September 14, 2020 at 6:00 p.m. EDT via Zoom
FIRST Robotics Practice Field Available
August 21, 2020
FIRST Robotics teams are invited to use the PCEC FIRST practice field in the Innovation Design Center on the GVSU Pew Grand Rapids Campus to prepare for this year's challenge!
Michigan Space Grant Consortium Awards Support PCEC Projects and Students
August 20, 2020
We are beyond grateful to the Michigan Space Grant Consortium (MSGC), which has awarded several grants in support of PCEC Projects and Students.
PCEC Launches New Alumni Outcomes Website
August 14, 2020
If you've ever wondered what Padnos College of Engineering & Computing students end up doing after graduation, you can now find out!
Computing & Information Systems Alum Awarded Fellowship to Study Immune Systems Evolution
August 5, 2020
Katherine Skocelas, Computing & Information Systems (CIS) alumna (now a PhD student at Michigan State University), has been awarded a three-year National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate (NDSEG) Fellowship.
School of Engineering Hosts Virtual Engineering Design Conference
August 3, 2020
This year's Engineering Design Conference was unlike any other with virtual sessions and a socially distant Order of the Engineer Ring Ceremony.
Engineering Students Adapt to Complete Ski Seat Project Despite COVID Complications
July 29, 2020
Engineering students had to improvise, adapt, and overcome in order to complete their final senior projects in a semester up-ended by COVID-19. The ski seat project of one student team provides many examples of the innovative problem-solving required.
PCEC Dean Named a Tau Beta Pi Distinguished Alumnus
July 14, 2020
Dr. Paul Plotkowski, Dean of the GVSU Padnos College of Engineering and Computing, has been named a Distinguished Alumnus for 2020 by the Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society.
GVSU Joins West Michigan in Mourning Death of Seymour Padnos, engineering and science leader
July 9, 2020
Seymour K. Padnos, one of Grand Valley's top supporters and chair of Padnos Iron and Metal Company, died July 9. He was 99.