Fibrosis of the lungs is often a silent disease until it’s too late. By the time patients are diagnosed, the scarring of their lung tissue … Read More ›
Author: Melissa Pappas
When Eva Dyer, Rachleff Associate Professor in Bioengineering and in Computer and Information Science, talks about the brain, she doesn’t just talk like a neuroscientist. … Read More ›
Tackling large socio-environmental issues like climate change and global freshwater scarcity takes bold, interdisciplinary experts with an eye for natural solutions. Shu Yang, Joseph Bordogna … Read More ›
Teeth may seem like static fixtures, but a new collaboration between engineers and clinicians is proving just how dynamic, informative and medically significant our teeth … Read More ›
When asked to think of a chemical reaction, you might picture bubbling liquids in a beaker, or maybe applying heat to a mixture until something … Read More ›
Shoji Hall, who joined Penn Engineering as an associate professor in Materials Science and Engineering (MSE) in January 2025, is focused on the chemistry of … Read More ›
When Wensi Wu, Research Assistant Professor in Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics (MEAM), first stepped into the world of computational modeling, she wasn’t thinking about … Read More ›
The Benjamin Franklin Scholars (BFS) program at the University of Pennsylvania is an interdisciplinary initiative designed for students across all four undergraduate schools: Arts & … Read More ›
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 ›
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 ›