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Category: Research + Innovation

Melanie Herbert (center), a fourth-year in the School of Engineering and Applied Science, created Sync Labs—an innovative AI solution that addresses caregiving in senior care. Joined by Nami Lindquist (left) of the Wharton School and Penn Engineering and Alex Popescu of Penn Engineering (right) their technology, which has earned them the 2025 President’s Innovation Prize, allows caregivers to see three times more seniors while providing more personalized care.
Honors + Awards, In the News, Research + Innovation, Students

Penn Students Develop AI-Driven Solution to Transform Senior Care

Having spent years as a child patient requiring surgeries, chemotherapy, and hospital stays, Melanie Herbert, a fourth-year student in the School of Engineering and Applied … Read More ›

Posted on April 25, 2025
In the News, Research + Innovation

Microrobots Navigate Diverse Oral Environments to Deliver Therapies

The common procedures patients experience in a dentist’s office – from dental plaque removal to a root canal of an infected tooth – could look … Read More ›

Posted on April 24, 2025April 24, 2025
A student communicating with the Jean chatbot
Academics, Research + Innovation

Meet Jean, Penn Engineering’s AI Tutor, Available 24/7

Imagine that you’re a first-year student in the Master of Computer and Information Technology (MCIT) program, Penn Engineering’s most popular online degree. You’ve spent hours … Read More ›

Posted on April 23, 2025April 25, 2025
In the News, Research + Innovation

New 3D-Printing Method Enables Color-Changing, Stress-Responsive Materials for Smart Sensing, Displays and Robotics

In a breakthrough that promises to reshape the future of smart materials, a multidisciplinary team of researchers from Penn Engineering, Harvard University, Duke University,* University … Read More ›

Posted on April 22, 2025April 23, 2025
Icebergs float on the ocean
Research + Innovation

News On Climate Change Is More Persuasive Than Expected, Study Finds

Climate change is one of the most pressing challenges of our time, demanding urgent and effective action to mitigate its severe impacts. One barrier to … Read More ›

Posted on April 18, 2025April 18, 2025
A picture of a group of students getting ready to go a tour of Amsterdam riding bicycles.
Research + Innovation, Students

Turning Bicycles into an Engineering Study Tool

They say you never forget how to ride a bike. Dustyn Roberts hopes that her students never forget how a bike—something everyone has either seen or … Read More ›

Posted on April 16, 2025April 14, 2025
Two engineers wearing safety goggles point at equipment on a table.
Research + Innovation

Penn Engineers First to Train AI at Lightspeed

Penn Engineers have developed the first programmable chip that can train nonlinear neural networks using light — a breakthrough that could dramatically speed up AI … Read More ›

Posted on April 15, 2025
Three researchers stand in front of a window.
Research + Innovation, Students

Zixuan Yi: A ‘Question-Driven’ Approach to Improving AI and Machine Learning

In any business, time is money. So it’s hardly surprising that many sectors have embraced systems powered by artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML): … Read More ›

Posted on April 11, 2025April 11, 2025
A flowering plant grows from a crack in a rock.
Research + Innovation

From Cracks to Gardens: Creating a Thriving Social Media Through Research

Early advocates of social media believed that the creation of these platforms would lead to positive outcomes. When Facebook was launched in 2004, it was … Read More ›

Posted on April 10, 2025April 3, 2025
Penn AiR's SAE Aero Design Aircraft Unveiling and Test Flight
Research + Innovation

Flying High with the Penn Aerial Robotics Club

On a pre-dawn morning in mid-February, two dozen students from Penn huddled together on a New Jersey airfield, anxiously awaiting a pivotal test flight. Breath … Read More ›

Posted on April 8, 2025

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