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Ph.D. graduate Stephen Meloni in the physical chemistry lab of Jessica Anna
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New Funding Supports Milestone Initiative to Advance Solar Energy Research

Researchers in the Vagelos Institute for Energy Science and Technology have been awarded a Department of Energy grant focused on the production of fuels from sunlight. As … Read More ›

Posted on August 10, 2020September 10, 2020
illustration of arms and hands holding smartphones with warnings about COVID-19 on various screens
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Navigating ‘Information Pollution’ With the Help of Artificial Intelligence

There’s still a lot that’s not known about the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19, the disease it causes. What leads some people to have mild … Read More ›

Posted on July 20, 2020September 17, 2020
Moore Building rendered in Minecraft
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Penn Engineering Students Help Recreate Campus in Minecraft During Quarantine

When it was announced that Penn’s campus would be closing due to the COVID-19 outbreak, thousands of students returned home feeling confused and anxious. While … Read More ›

Posted on May 13, 2020June 25, 2020
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Penn Engineers Demonstrate ‘Fundamental Nature’ of Ubiquitous Atomic-scale Defects in Materials

At the core of materials science is the study of material structure on the atomic scale. To understand how to build the next generation of … Read More ›

Posted on May 12, 2020July 29, 2020
Artistic interpretation of sunflower
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To Err is Human, to Learn, Divine

The human brain is a highly advanced information processor composed of more than 86 billion neurons. Humans are adept at recognizing patterns from complex networks, … Read More ›

Posted on May 11, 2020June 25, 2020
Group of Penn Fencers gather together with hands in before match
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En Garde!

What were the chances? Captivated by a fencing demonstration at his elementary school in St. Louis, MO, an American-born son of French parentage went straight … Read More ›

Posted on May 8, 2020June 25, 2020
Statue of Benjamin Franklin wearing graduation regalia
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Celebrating Penn Engineering’s 2020 Graduates

A message from Vijay Kumar, Nemirovsky Family Dean: Now that the semester’s course instruction has concluded, I would like to reach out to the Penn … Read More ›

Posted on May 7, 2020February 4, 2023
Headway team. Left to right: Alex Wan, Laura Ceccaci, Jonah Arnheim, Julia Lin.
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Headway, a Communication Device for Minimally Invasive Surgery, Wins 2020 Pennvention Grand Prize

Now in its fifteenth year, Pennvention prides itself on being the sole Penn entrepreneurship competition with a primary focus on technological innovation. Over the course … Read More ›

Posted on May 6, 2020June 25, 2020
Screenshot of Zoom meeting with 8 participants
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Junior Alexa Spagnola on Building Technology to Confront COVID-19

Alexa Spagnola is a junior studying electrical engineering. Last month, she and her team took first place in the NYU Abu Dhabi Hackathon for Social … Read More ›

Posted on May 5, 2020June 25, 2020
Daeyeon Lee
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Daeyeon Lee Named Evan C Thompson Term Chair for Excellence in Teaching

Provost Wendell Pritchett and Vice Provost for Education Beth Winkelstein are pleased to announce the appointment of Daeyeon Lee to the Evan C Thompson Term … Read More ›

Posted on May 5, 2020June 25, 2020

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