Mechanical metamaterials are engineered structures that have unique properties that are not possible with natural materials. Now, they are being applied to aircraft to reduce … Read More ›
Category: Grants
For the better part of three years now, COVID-19 has dominated news cycles, with pandemic-related information showing up in social media as much as—or sometimes … Read More ›
Penn Engineering’s newly established ASSET Center aims to make AI-enabled systems more “safe, explainable and trustworthy” by studying the fundamentals of the artificial neural networks … Read More ›
Penn has received a grant from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) aimed at increasing inclusivity in teaching and learning in the STEM fields: science, technology, … Read More ›
Fuel cells are becoming an increasingly important technology for electrical energy, especially for long-haul trucks and as backup power sources for homes. They convert hydrogen, … Read More ›
In 2005, John Ioannidis published a bombshell paper titled “Why Most Published Research Findings Are False.” In it, Ioannidis argued that a lack of scientific … Read More ›
The National Science Foundation’s Research Traineeship Program aims to support graduate students, educate the STEM leaders of tomorrow and strengthen the national research infrastructure. The … Read More ›
As self-driving cars gain the technical and legal ability to autonomously operate in more places, they will face new obstacles and more significant consequences while … Read More ›
The University of Pennsylvania has been selected to receive $2.4M in funding from the US Department of Energy Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E). The funding … Read More ›
Sharath Chandra Guntuku, Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer and Information Science, will receive funding from Penn Global for his project titled “Computational … Read More ›