November 6, 2012 by David K. Sutton
President Obama – photo by pennstatelive
President Barack Obama acknowledges the audience as he takes the podium in Rec Hall on Thursday, Feb. 3, to speak about a new collaboration with the Energy Innovation Hub for Energy Efficient Buildings at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, a federally-funded research initiative led by Penn State. In addition to the speaking engagement, Obama and U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu toured research facilities of Penn State’s Architectural Engineering Structures Lab, a project of Associate Professor Jim Freihaut and his students.