Come to Penn State Abington throughout the fall for films, theater and a discussion, in partnership the World Affairs Council of Philadelphia, about the future of higher education.
When Yi Yang, an assistant professor of electrical engineering at Penn State Abington, was a doctoral student, he frequented art museums but grew frustrated with the inability of patrons to closely examine paintings and the artists’ techniques. After some thought, he realized that a laser imaging system like the one in his lab could be used to capture the 3D surface profiles of artwork.
