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Academics, In the News, Research + Innovation

From Drummer to Educator: How Entrepreneurship Transcends Disciplines

For someone who’s navigated multiple careers and passions, starting in music, pivoting to tech and now teaching engineering entrepreneurship, Jeffrey Babin, Practice Professor in Mechanical … Read More ›

Posted on February 19, 2025February 17, 2025
Honors + Awards, In the News

Kyle Vining Receives $2M Award from NIH to Investigate How Extracellular Mechanics Affect Immune Cells

Kyle Holmberg Vining, DDS, Ph.D., Assistant Professor in Preventive and Restorative Sciences at Penn Dental Medicine with a joint appointment in Materials Science and Engineering … Read More ›

Posted on February 14, 2025February 11, 2025
In the News

Innovation & Impact Podcast Episode 6: Leveraging Engineering and AI to Transform Human Health and Beyond

Some of the most exciting applications of AI technologies are in the medical field. In episode 6 of the Penn Engineering Innovation & Impact podcast, … Read More ›

Posted on February 11, 2025February 11, 2025
Honors + Awards, In the News

Deep Jariwala Receives SPIE Early Career Achievement Award

SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics, brings engineers, scientists, students and business professionals together to advance light-based science and technology — the kinds … Read More ›

Posted on February 3, 2025
Honors + Awards, In the News

John Bassani Awarded the Society of Engineering Science William Prager Medal

John Bassani, Professor Emeritus in Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics (MEAM), has been awarded the 2025 Society of Engineering Science (SES) William Prager Medal for … Read More ›

Posted on January 31, 2025January 28, 2025
In the News, Research + Innovation

Who to Vaccinate First? Penn Engineers Answer a Life-or-Death Question with Network Theory

Engineering and medical researchers at Penn have developed a groundbreaking framework that can determine the best and most computationally optimized distribution strategy for COVID-19 vaccinations … Read More ›

Posted on January 23, 2025January 23, 2025
Honors + Awards, In the News

George Pappas and Nikolai Matni Receive 2024 IEEE Control Systems Society Best Paper Awards

George Pappas, UPS Foundation Professor of Transportation in Electrical and Systems Engineering (ESE) and Associate Dean for Research for Penn Engineering, and Nikolai Matni, Assistant … Read More ›

Posted on December 18, 2024June 2, 2025
In the News, Research + Innovation, Students

A Lipid Nanoparticle Delivers mRNA Cure for Pre-eclampsia

Penn Engineers have made a critical breakthrough that bridges a major healthy equity gap for pregnant people with pre-eclampsia, a condition that arises due to … Read More ›

Posted on December 11, 2024December 9, 2024
Honors + Awards, In the News

Christopher Murray Named 2024 NAI Fellow

Christopher B. Murray, Richard Perry University Professor in Materials Science and Engineering and in Chemistry, has been elected to the 2024 class of National Academy … Read More ›

Posted on December 11, 2024
Grants, Honors + Awards, In the News, Research + Innovation, Students

Shu Yang and Collaborators Receive NSF Grant for Multidisciplinary Graduate Program across Engineering and Architecture

Shu Yang, Joseph Bordogna Professor in Materials Science and Engineering (MSE) and Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (CBE), works to identify how synthetic and biological materials … Read More ›

Posted on December 3, 2024December 9, 2024

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