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Rudra Pratap (left) and VIjay Kumar (right) shake hands at the signing ceremony
Academics, In the News, Research + Innovation, Students

Penn Engineering and Plaksha University Partner for International Research and Academic Collaboration

The School of Engineering and Applied Science at the University of Pennsylvania (Penn Engineering) recently signed a collaborative memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Plaksha University, … Read More ›

Posted on September 18, 2024September 18, 2024
Side-by-side images of the liquid crystals in action, with the right side in false color.
Research + Innovation

Beyond Displays: Liquid Crystals in Motion Mimic Biological Systems

Liquid crystals are all around us, from cell phone screens and video game consoles to car dashboards and medical devices. Run an electric current through … Read More ›

Posted on September 16, 2024
A strand of RNA assembling itself
Grants, In the News, Research + Innovation

Melding AI and RNA: $18M NSF AIRFoundry to Revolutionize RNA Research

In a typical foundry, raw materials like steel and copper are melted down and poured into molds to assume new shapes and functions. The U.S. … Read More ›

Posted on August 28, 2024November 4, 2024
A rendering of the human intestines with bacteria outlined in bright colors.
Research + Innovation

Mining the Microbiome: Uncovering New Antibiotics Inside the Human Gut

The average human gut contains roughly 100 trillion microbes, many of which are constantly competing for limited resources. “It’s such a harsh environment,” says César … Read More ›

Posted on August 19, 2024August 15, 2024
From left: Bradley Richards (C’92, LPS’17), Director of Alumni Relations; Lyle Brunhofer (ENG’14, GEN’14), Vice President and Senior Design Chair of the Engineering Alumni Society; and Vijay Kumar, Nemirovsky Family Dean of Penn Engineering
Alumni

Empowering Future Engineers: Lyle Brunhofer and the Impact of Senior Design

Today, Lyle Brunhofer (EAS’14, GEng’14) advises companies on digital transformations, applying the skills he learned at Penn Engineering to modernize firms’ understanding of customers in … Read More ›

Posted on August 15, 2024August 12, 2024
A colorful representation of different pieces by Bach, shown as networks.
Research + Innovation

The Structure of Sound: Network Insights into Bach’s Music

Even today, centuries after he lived, Johann Sebastian Bach remains one of the world’s most popular composers. On Spotify, close to seven million people stream … Read More ›

Posted on August 8, 2024August 5, 2024
Chinedum Osuji represented Trinidad and Tobago at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens. Here he kicks someone in the midst of a match while wearing protective gear.
In the News

The Rigors of Engineering and the Olympics: A Conversation With Chinedum Osuji

In 2004, Chinedum Osuji, Eduardo D. Glandt Presidential Professor and Chair of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (CBE), represented Trinidad and Tobago at the Olympic Games … Read More ›

Posted on August 7, 2024August 6, 2024
Jacob Gardner smiles while wearing a button-down shirt.
Research + Innovation

The Electron Microscope of AI: Jacob Gardner’s Mission to Supercharge Scientific Research

In North Carolina, where Jacob Gardner, Assistant Professor in Computer and Information Science, grew up, hurricanes arrive like unwelcome relatives — Fran, Matthew, Florence. In … Read More ›

Posted on August 5, 2024August 5, 2024
Five students in black tshirts stand before a blackboard. one of them demonstrates while talking.
Research + Innovation, Students

Innovation in Action: Penn Engineering’s 2024 Senior Design Project Competition

How do you make robotics kits affordable for children in low-income countries? Speed up the manufacturing of organs-on-a-chip? Lower the environmental impact of condiments in … Read More ›

Posted on July 18, 2024July 18, 2024
A cube on a blue background. The cube is green and gray, with a mixed pattern, showing what a bicontinuous hydrogel looks like.
Research + Innovation

Highways to Health: Bicontinuous Structures Speed Up Cell Migration

One of the most important but least understood aspects of healing is cell migration, or the process of cells moving from one part of the … Read More ›

Posted on July 17, 2024July 16, 2024

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