Industrial Engineering Facilities

One of the strengths of the IE Industry Projects program is our unbeatable student laboratory facilities. In fact, Penn State's IE department, located in Leonhard Building, has more laboratory space dedicated to student instruction and research than any other IE program in the U.S. Penn State IE student have hands-on access to leading-edge equipment and software not available in other programs.

IE is proud to offer the following instructional laboratories for students to learn and apply cutting-edge engineering principles.

Our Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering department is known nationwide as a premier research center and innovator in industrial and manufacturing engineering. Cutting-edge research takes place daily in many of our prestigious research labs.

The Leonhard Building, home of the Harold & Inge Marcus Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering also offers a wide range of general purpose areas dedicated to providing students with a comfortable learning environment. The Leonhard Building includes three general purpose classrooms which hold between 14 and 36 students and two lecture halls/auditoriums which can accommodate up to 90 students. Each of the general purpose classrooms and lecture halls is equipped with chalkboards and overhead projection units. In addition to classroom space, IE students also have access to a 24-hr PC Laboratory equipped with a variety of technologies, an undergraduate student lounge and a graduate student lounge.