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Unlocking the Mechanics of Protein Misfolding

Prions, mysterious shape-shifting proteins, can lead to brain disorders such as Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in humans and bovine spongiform encephalopathy, “mad cow disease” in cattle, yet … Read More ›

Posted on June 3, 2025
Faisel Khan, CFO, Sempra Infrastructure
Alumni

Alumni Q&A: Faisel Khan

Faisel Khan (C’98, ENG’98) is the Chief Financial Officer of Sempra Infrastructure, one of three platforms at Sempra. Sempra Infrastructure develops, builds, operates and invests … Read More ›

Posted on May 30, 2025June 6, 2025
From left: Marcelo Der Torossian Torres, César de la Fuente, and Rakesh Krishnan of the Machine Biology Group.
In the News, Research + Innovation

Delivering a One-Two Punch to Superbugs to Fight Infections

Since the discovery of penicillin nearly a century ago, antimicrobial resistance (AMR) has become a stealthy, pervasive enemy in the fight against bacterial infections. AMR … Read More ›

Posted on May 28, 2025
In the News

Innovation & Impact Podcast: Microelectronics and Entrepreneurship with Kurt Petersen

In the latest episode of Penn Engineering’s Innovation & Impact podcast, host Vijay Kumar, Nemirovsky Family Dean of Penn Engineering and Professor in Mechanical Engineering … Read More ›

Posted on May 27, 2025May 29, 2025
In the News, Research + Innovation

Penn Engineers Discover a New Class of Materials That Passively Harvest Water from Air

A serendipitous observation in a Chemical Engineering lab at Penn Engineering has led to a surprising discovery: a new class of nanostructured materials that can … Read More ›

Posted on May 22, 2025June 2, 2025
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In the News, Research + Innovation

Cloudy with a Chance of Lifesaving and More Cost-Effective Weather Predictions

When Hurricane Katrina reached the Gulf Coast in 2005, emergency responders were blindsided by a storm surge that defied predictions. In Japan six years later, … Read More ›

Posted on May 21, 2025June 2, 2025
An aerial picture of Amy Gutmann Hall overlooking the city of Philadelphia.
In the News, Research + Innovation

How Penn is Reimagining Research in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

In a sunlit conference room in Amy Gutmann Hall, a group of researchers convenes for a regular lunch meeting. Physicists converse with linguists, computer scientists … Read More ›

Posted on May 20, 2025June 2, 2025
Portrait of Student Jordyn Harris at Platt Performing Arts Center.
Honors + Awards, Students

Performer, Biomedical Engineer, and Soon-To-Be Graduate

Mixing it up is what graduating fourth-year Jordyn Harris likes best. At Penn she has been an applied science in biomedical sciences major while also … Read More ›

Posted on May 19, 2025
A picture of male student Ben Nachod ('26), a Bioengineering major, sitting down on a chair working in a lab.
Research + Innovation, Students

Exploring My Autoimmune Research Interests

Ben Nachod (’26), a Bioengineering major, conducted research with Dr. Michael Mitchell (Department of Bioengineering) on the use of lipid nanoparticles to treat autoimmune diseases. … Read More ›

Posted on May 16, 2025
Events, In the News

Advancing the Quantum Frontier: Highlights from Penn FoQuS 2025

The second annual Penn Forum on Quantum Systems (Penn FoQuS 2025), an event organized by the Penn Center for Quantum Information, Engineering, Science and Technology … Read More ›

Posted on May 15, 2025May 15, 2025

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