The PHRC is pleased to announce that the Dean of the College of Engineering at Penn State has appointed Dr. Ali Memari to be the next Bernard and Henrietta Hankin Chair of Residential Construction and Director of the Pennsylvania Housing Research Center. Dr. Memari is currently a Professor of Architectural Engineering and Director of the Building Envelopes Research Laboratory at Penn State. His tenure as Hankin Chair and Director will begin July 1, 2012.

We would also like to thank Dr. Andrew Scanlon, current Hankin Chair and Director of Research, for his service to the PHRC for the past two years. We look forward to his continued involvement with the center.