UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa., May 11 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news release:
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - Penn State's Chem-E-Car team, part of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) student chapter, placed first out of 21 schools in the Chem-E-Car Performance Competition at the 2026 AIChE Mid-Atlantic Conference. This recognition qualifies the team for the 2026 Annual Student Conference, an international competition that will take place in November. Last year, Penn State's Chem-E-Car team took fourth place in the global competition.
"From the time I joined to now, we have all learned a lot, worked hard and made many improvements to our approach to developing each car," said Meilisa Thomas, a fourth-year underg...