Author: Evan Lerner

Penn Engineers’ ‘LADL’ Uses Light to Serve Up On-demand Genome Folding Every cell in your body has a copy of your genome, tightly coiled and packed … Read More ›

César de la Fuente on 35 Innovators Under 35 List César de la Fuente César de la Fuente, assistant professor in the Perelman School of Medicine and … Read More ›

‘Robotic Blood’ Powers and Propels Synthetic Lionfish Pikul and his colleagues at Cornell designed this soft robotic lionfish. The “blood” in the darker areas serves … Read More ›

Bipedal Robot Navigates the Future Thanks to Cassie, a cutting-edge two-legged robot, engineer Michael Posa has an ideal platform for tackling the challenges of locomotion. Working … Read More ›

Shu Yang: Snail Superglue and Spider-Man Peter Parker: Scientist and Superhero. (Image: Marvel Comics) Shu Yang, professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering and … Read More ›

Nader Engheta Named International Fellow of Canadian Academy of Engineering Nader Engheta Nader Engheta, H. Nedwill Ramsey Professor in Electrical and Systems Engineering, Bioengineering and … Read More ›

Lee Bassett and Andrew Tsourkas Awarded Grainger Foundation Grant for Interdisciplinary Research By Lauren Salig Lee Bassett and Andrew Tsourkas The National Academy of Engineering (NAE) … Read More ›

‘If there were ever a box, Vanessa would be outside of it’ Vanessa Chan, a professor at Penn Engineering, is changing up the curriculum, giving students … Read More ›

Dawn Bonnell Honored as Distinguished Life Member of The American Ceramic Society Dawn Bonnell Dawn Bonnell, Penn’s Vice Provost for Research and Henry Robinson Towne Professor … Read More ›

GRASP Lab Profile: Monroe Kennedy III Penn Engineering’s GRASP Lab fosters the development of inspiring leaders in cutting edge robotics research. In his final months before … Read More ›