Pennsylvania State University

Jessica Menold is a doctoral student in Mechanical Engineering at the Pennsylvania State University. As an undergraduate at Penn State, she was heavily involved with a STEM outreach program called the Engineering Ambassadors. She currently works as a graduate mentor for entrepreneurial student groups on campus as a part of Penn State’s Lion Launch Pad team. Her interest in entrepreneurial ventures, as well as engineering education, has led her to the study of innovation in engineers, working with Dr. Kathryn Jablokow. Her current research focuses on understanding innovation in engineering professionals and students, and she is collaborating with a team at Purdue University to create a tool to measure innovativeness in engineers.