Each year, Penn Engineering, The Mack Institute at the Wharton School, The Penn Venture Lab, and the Penn Center for Innovation host the Y-Prize competition. … Read More ›
Author: Melissa Pappas
Rechargeable lithium-ion batteries are becoming more ubiquitous, thanks to their use in emerging applications such as battery electric vehicles and grid-scale energy storage, however, these … Read More ›
Marc Miskin Receives 2021 Packard Fellowship for Science and Engineering for Research on Microrobots
Marc Miskin, Assistant Professor in Penn Engineering’s Department of Electrical and Systems Engineering, is among the 2021 class of Packard Fellows for Science and Engineering. … Read More ›
Robotics are solving diverse, real-world problems in innovative ways, but they still require repair and maintenance to continue to do their jobs properly. A sustainable … Read More ›
The murder of George Floyd, an unarmed Black man who was killed by a White police officer, affected the mental well-being of many Americans. The … Read More ›
COVID-19 vaccines are just the beginning for mRNA-based therapies; enabling a patient’s body to make almost any given protein could revolutionize care for other viruses, … Read More ›
While humans rely on gravity for balance and orientation, the mechanisms by which we actually sense this fundamental force are largely unknown. Odder still, the … Read More ›
Humans have never been more connected to one another, though the speed with which we can share with one another has its drawbacks. For example, … Read More ›
The Scialog: Advanced Bioimaging initiative has selected Paris Perdikaris, Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics, to be part of its first cohort of … Read More ›
Testing is key to understanding and controlling the spread of COVID-19, which has already taken more than four million lives around the world. However, current … Read More ›