UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa., Sept. 4 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news release:
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - Penn State's Steady Thermal Aero Research Turbine (START) Lab hosted a ribbon-cutting event and open house on Aug. 28 to showcase and celebrate the advanced capabilities of the newly renovated and expanded START+ facilities.
The START Lab was founded at Penn State in 2012 through a partnership with the U.S. Department of Energy-National Energy Technology Lab and Pratt & Whitney, an RTX business. The turbine research facility was designed to perform turbine aerodynamic and heat transfer studies, along with instrumentation development and integration of additive manufacturing to increase research agility while advancing t...