Harold and Inge Marcus Department of

Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering

The first Industrial Engineering department in the world


IE students awarded Material Handling Education Foundation scholarships

Two Penn State industrial engineering students have been awarded Material Handling Education Foundation scholarships for the 2009-10 academic year. This year, the Foundation provided over $100,000 in awards to 32 students pursuing degrees in material handling-related fields.


Michael Stroka, an IE undergraduate student, won the Spanco Honor Scholarship worth $5000, and Daniel Miner, an IE graduate student, won the Tiffin Metal Products Honor Scholarship, also valued at $5000.


The Material Handling Education Foundation, Inc. is an independent, non-profit organization dedicated to encouraging and supporting material handling education. Since 1976, the Foundation has awarded over $2,000,000 from contributions to fund hundreds of scholarships, faculty/student travel conference grants, instructional aid grants and fellowships.


For more information on the Foundation, please visit their website.