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Author: Melissa Pappas

A computer generated model of a glacier calving.
Research + Innovation

Penn Engineers’ New Simulation of Glacial Calving and Tsunami Waves Accurately Predicts these Climate Change Consequences

As natural disasters intensify due to climate change, accurate predictions of weather patterns and mechanisms are greatly needed to mitigate damage. Coastal regions will be … Read More ›

Posted on June 29, 2021July 7, 2021
Section of an infographic illustrating the Huh Lab's organ-on-a-chip technology.
Research + Innovation

Penn Engineering’s Latest ‘Organ-On-a-Chip’ is a New Way to Study Cancer-related Muscle Wasting

Studying drug effects on human muscles just got easier thanks to a new “muscle-on-a-chip,” developed by a team of researchers from Penn’s School of Engineering … Read More ›

Posted on June 28, 2021June 28, 2021
Norm Badler
Honors + Awards

Norm Badler Elected to the ACM SIGGRAPH Academy

Norm Badler, Rachleff Family Professor in the Department of Computer and Information Sciences and Director of the Center for Digital Visualization, is among the eight … Read More ›

Posted on June 14, 2021June 14, 2021
Alex Hughes (illustration by Melissa Pappas)
Honors + Awards

2021 CAREER Award recipient: Alex Hughes

The National Science Foundation’s CAREER Award is given to early-career researchers in order to kickstart their careers in innovative and pivotal research while giving back … Read More ›

Posted on June 8, 2021June 18, 2021
LiberTech presenting their pitch virturally.
Honors + Awards

Alcohol-filtering Nanoscale Membranes Win Y-Prize 2021

The Y-Prize, a student startup competition based on technologies developed at Penn Engineering, is hosted by the Wharton School’s Mack Institute for Innovation Management, Penn … Read More ›

Posted on May 12, 2021May 12, 2021
Eric Detsi Illustration by Melissa Pappas
Honors + Awards

2021 CAREER Award Recipient: Eric Detsi

Eric Detsi, Stephenson Term Assistant Professor in Materials Science and Engineering, has received the National Science Foundation’s CAREER Award. The CAREER Award is given to early-career … Read More ›

Posted on April 27, 2021April 27, 2021
Honors + Awards

2021 CAREER Award Recipient: Nikolai Matni

Nikolai Matni, Assistant Professor in Electrical and Systems Engineering, is one of Penn Engineering’s most recent recipients of the National Science Foundation’s CAREER Award. The … Read More ›

Posted on March 31, 2021April 1, 2021
William H. Peranteau, Michael J. Mitchell, Margaret Billingsley, Meghana Kashyap, and Rachel Riley (Clockwise from top left)
In the News

‘RNA worked for COVID-19 vaccines. Could it be used to treat cancer and rare childhood diseases?’

As COVID-19 vaccines roll out, the concept of using mRNA to fend off viruses has become a part of the public dialogue. However, scientists have … Read More ›

Posted on March 10, 2021March 12, 2021
A screenshot from Sung's course, showing a competition between two virtual robotic arms.
Students

Virtual Robots: Taking Risks in an Online Classroom

Usually taken by first-year graduate students in robotics, “Intro to Robotics” is a course on modeling and planning for how a robot will turn digital … Read More ›

Posted on February 24, 2021February 24, 2021
A series of photos from Pope and Licurse's course, including them running experiments and images from their scanning electron microscope.
Academics

Learning through Failure: How a Hands-on Materials Science Course Adapted to Remote Instruction

David Pope, Professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, and Mark Licurse, Director of Education and Outreach at the Laboratory for Research on … Read More ›

Posted on February 17, 2021

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