Skip to content
Penn Engineering Blog

Posts from the School of Engineering and Applied Science

  • Blog
  • Newsroom
  • Magazine
  • Penn Engineering Home

Author: Melissa Pappas

In the News, Research + Innovation

What Ever-Growing Incisors Can Teach Us About Genetic Disease

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 ›

Posted on July 24, 2025July 25, 2025
In the News, Research + Innovation

Cracking the Code of Force-Driven Chemistry

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 ›

Posted on July 17, 2025July 15, 2025
In the News, Research + Innovation

Shoji Hall Works at the Electrifying Edge Between Materials Science and Chemistry

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 ›

Posted on July 16, 2025July 22, 2025
In the News, Research + Innovation

Wensi Wu Uses Digital Twins to Explore the Hidden Mechanics of the Human Heart

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 ›

Posted on June 16, 2025June 16, 2025
Honors + Awards, In the News, Students

Penn Engineering Students Graduate as Benjamin Franklin Scholars

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 ›

Posted on June 9, 2025June 6, 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
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
In the News, Research + Innovation

Knowing When to Bend or Break: Penn Engineers Examine the Fracture Mechanics of 3D Graphene Structures

When do materials bend and when do they break? For Ottman Tertuliano, AMA Family Assistant Professor in Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics (MEAM), this question … Read More ›

Posted on May 7, 2025May 9, 2025
In the News

Innovation & Impact Podcast: The Future of AI with Yann LeCun

AI is at the forefront of technological advances and is also reshaping creativity, ownership and societal interactions. In episode 7 of Penn Engineering’s Innovation & … Read More ›

Posted on April 29, 2025June 2, 2025

Posts navigation

Older posts

Categories

  • Academics
  • Alumni
  • Events
  • Grants
  • Guest Posts
  • Honors + Awards
  • In the News
  • Medium.com Archive
  • Research + Innovation
  • Students

Tags

3D Modeling ai antibiotics BE CBE Chinedum Osuji Chris Callison-Burch CIS Clark Scholars Computer Graphics Cora Ingrum Center CPE4H CSSLab Dan Huh Dani Bassett Duncan Watts EENT Engineering Alumni Society ESE GRASP GRASP Lab Jason Burdick Knowledge for Good Liang Feng lipid nanoparticles LNPs Lulu Xue Magazine News Mark Yatskar Matt Fallon MEAM Michael Posa microbiome Mike Mitchell MSE Olympics Paco Barreras Penn Alumni PRECISE precise center Responsible Innovation Senior Design Sherry Gao Vijay Kumar Yue Yang

Archives

Follow Penn Engineering

Receive Our Newsletter

Authors

avatar for Olivia J. McMahonOlivia J. McMahon
avatar for Melissa PappasMelissa Pappas
avatar for Ian SchefflerIan Scheffler
avatar for Holly WojcikHolly Wojcik
Penn Engineering Logo

School of Engineering and Applied Science
University of Pennsylvania
220 South 33rd Street
107 Towne Building
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6391

Contact Penn Engineering Webmaster
Report accessibility issues and get help

© 2025 Penn Engineering Blog
Powered by WordPress / Theme by Design Lab