<p>Just a little geographical note: Delaware is no further south then New Jersey. Granted, if you drive across Delaware and cross the bridge into New Jersey, you will hit the Northern part of South Jersey but it's still not considered a southern state. The University of Delaware would probably be closer to you then Penn State and is very accessible by planes and trains. If you look at Drexel (excellent engineering program) you may want to take a 45 minute drive and look at U of D.</p>