<![CDATA[Josh Wentz - Blog]]>Fri, 28 Nov 2025 08:22:58 -0800Weebly<![CDATA[PositivEnergy Practice of AS+GG Architects]]>Thu, 27 Sep 2012 03:56:52 GMThttps://www.joshwentz.net/blog/positivenergy-practice-of-asgg-architectsPEP Is Growing
Sept. 25, 2012

PEP welcomes Penn State alumnus Josh Wentz to our Mechanical Engineering group.

A LEED® Green Associate and Engineer-in-Training (EIT), Josh holds two degrees from Penn State University: BAE in Architectural Engineering and BS in Information Sciences & Technology.  He also earned a minor in Architecture Studies at the Pantheon Institute in Rome. At Penn State the Pittsburgh native was national student president of the Architectural Engineering Institute and co-founded the Student Society of Architectural Engineers Mentor Programon campus.  Josh’s research interests focus on building information modeling, energy management & modeling, and building automation & controls. Through research, he developed VirtualPULSE. a web application  that simulates building energy and airflow online.  At PEP Josh works closely with the Mechanical Engineering and Clean Technology teams on a range of new construction projects in the U.S. and overseas. He is also working with the Building Controls and Electrical Engineering teams to explore the interface of building controls and the smart grid in South Korea.

A sports enthusiast, Josh saves some of his energy for athletic activities, from golf and soccer to skiing, wake-boarding and mountain biking.

http://www.pepractice.com/2012/09/pep-is-growing/

]]><![CDATA[Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honors Society]]>Sun, 25 Apr 2010 07:00:00 GMThttps://www.joshwentz.net/blog/tau-beta-pi-engineering-honors-society
]]><![CDATA[Lion Ambassadors Airbands '09]]>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 07:00:00 GMThttps://www.joshwentz.net/blog/lion-ambassadors-airbands-09DESCRIPTION
Lion Ambassadors serves The Pennsylvania State University by communicating its history and personality, strengthening its traditions, and instilling Penn State pride in current and future students, alumni, and friends.
Airbands is a Penn State Homecoming competition of lip syncing and choreography.  Independent organizations, fraternities, and sororities all come out to compete for the Airbands title.

FINAL RESULT
1st Place
Penn State Alumni Association Dinner Performance
]]><![CDATA[Green Intelligent Building Conference]]>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 07:00:00 GMThttps://www.joshwentz.net/blog/green-intelligent-building-conferenceDATE 29-Sep-2009 - 30-Sep-2009
PLACE  Santa Clara, CA
DETAILS
Focused on the concepts, technologies, practices, and processes that will be instrumental to infrastructure and economic renewal, and to the realization of a more efficient future for buildings.
http://www.bnpevents.com/ES/BACS/
REFLECTION
This was the first time I had ever been to a conference.  It was also the first time I had ever been to California.  I am very glad that I got involved in this because it really was a great experience I will never forget.

RELATED WORK
http://joshwentz.weebly.com/169/post/2009/10/green-intelligent-building-conference-summary.html
]]><![CDATA[Fresh START '09]]>Sat, 29 Aug 2009 07:00:00 GMThttps://www.joshwentz.net/blog/fresh-start-09DESCRIPTION
Fresh START, standing for Students Taking an Active Role Today, is a day of service for freshman and is the largest day of service at Penn State.  This is the second year that I became as a Team Leader.

RELATED WORK
Motivational Speech
CLASS:  CAS 100A - Effective Public Speaking - Prof. Melissa Marshall
]]><![CDATA[Studied Abroad in Rome, Italy]]>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 07:00:00 GMThttps://www.joshwentz.net/blog/studied-abroad-in-rome-italyDATES
May 9, 2009 - June 26, 2009

PROGRAM "Sede di Roma"
Architecture Department courses for Penn State Architectural Engineering students
12 Credits
7 Weeks
Hosted by the Pantheon Institute in Rome, Italy

DESCRIPTION
This is an intensive academic, cultural, and maturing experience.  Classes are taught by Penn State & Pantheon Institute professors through lectures, studio, touring the city, and going on field trips.  It is a once in a lifetime most well organized experience I've ever been a part of.

CLASSES
Italian Architectural Analysis, Urban Studies (Cartography), Architectural Design Studio, Ancient Roman & Medieval Structural Design

TRIPS
CLASS FIELD TRIPS
Villa Adriana, Ostia Antica, Villa Farnese, Villa Lante, Pompeii, Paestum, Villa Pomppaea, Pienza, Florence, Como, Milano, Verona, Villa Rotunda, Venice
PERSONAL WEEKEND TRIPS
Nettuno, Sorrento, Capri, Barcelona
POST EURO-TRIP
Venice, Vienna, Prague, Munich, Amsterdam, Brussels, Paris

PHOTOS

MAP
These are some of the things I wished I would have known while in Rome.
Click on the map symbols below to learn more or click the map link above
to view the full map.

View PSU AE Sede di Roma in a larger map
]]><![CDATA[ANSYS Inc. Co-Op Summer 2008]]>Fri, 08 Aug 2008 07:00:00 GMThttps://www.joshwentz.net/blog/ansys-inc-co-op-summer-2008SUPERVISORS
Pradyumna Kulkarni & Bryan Anderson

WORK SUMMARY
  • Second shift devoted to testing the ANSYS product with the meshing team
  • Maintained geometry regressions and ensured that they were executed regularly
  • Reported, analyzed, and many times fixed file/code defect reports based on automated tests
  • Created test javascripts for new features developed within the software
  • Compiled chronic failure scripts among versions 11.0 and 12.0 products
  • Analyzed meshing curvature failures of mechanical vs. computational fluid dynamics methods
  • Performed a statistical analysis on two mesher methods based on the comparative performances
]]><![CDATA[ANSYS Co-Op Summer 2007]]>Fri, 10 Aug 2007 07:00:00 GMThttps://www.joshwentz.net/blog/ansys-co-op-summer-2007SUPERVISORS
Tony Mobley & Jorge Gil

WORK SUMMARY
  • Received ANSYS scholarship my senior year in high school, which came with  an internship due to my credentials the summer after graduation 
  • Started by shadowing several managers that work at headquarters 
  • Trained in the product that gave ANSYS their success, ANSYS Workbench 
  • Introduced to C++ by co-workers

]]><![CDATA[Canon-McMillan High School Salutatorian]]>Thu, 07 Jun 2007 07:00:00 GMThttps://www.joshwentz.net/blog/canon-mcmillan-high-school-salutatorianCanon-McMillan High School, Canonsburg, PA
Salutatorian 2/353   GPA 4.57/4.00

]]><![CDATA[Boy Scouts of America - Eagle Scout]]>Thu, 16 Nov 2006 08:00:00 GMThttps://www.joshwentz.net/blog/boy-scouts-of-america-eagle-scoutDESCRIPTION
Eagle Scout is the highest rank attainable in the Boy Scouting program of the Boy Scouts of America (BSA). Those who attain this rank are called an Eagle Scout or Eagle. Requirements include earning at least 21 merit badges and demonstrating Scout Spirit, service, and leadership. This includes an extensive service project that the Scout plans, organizes, leads, and manages. The title of Eagle Scout is held for life, thus giving rise to the phrase "Once an Eagle, always an Eagle".

REFLECTION
Neil Armstrong, Gerald Ford, Donald Rumsfeld, and Steven Spielberg have come to be well noted, prestigious, and respectable in the American society.  Yet each unique in his own way, the one common factor that links all of these men together is their experience in the Boy Scouts of America.  Each of them has risen through the ranks to become an Eagle Scout.  It is a rank that only 0.512 percent of all males achieve.  I am proud to say that I am a part of this small percentage.  Several years after enrolling in Cub Scouts I became a Boy Scout.  I then had to fulfill requirements in the areas of independence, leadership, and service as I advanced through the ranks of Tenderfoot, Second Class, First Class, Star, Life, and soon Eagle.  As I progressed through the ranks, the Boy Scouts developed my sense of self and allowed me to interact with unfamiliar people in unfamiliar places.  I was tested both mentally and physically in order to shape my character.  Penn State’s leadership opportunities are varied and abundant.  I will take these skills of working with people I do not know and lead wherever I need be.  I could only hope to lead with as much charisma as the men above.  

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