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Honors + Awards, Students

Penn BMES Wins National Commendable Achievement Award

The University of Pennsylvania’s chapter of the Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) has been recognized nationally with the Commendable Achievement Award, the second-highest honor given to … Read More ›

Posted on October 30, 2025
In the News, Research + Innovation, Students

Helping robots work together to explore the Moon and Mars

  Penn Engineers, NASA, and five other universities tested robotic systems designed to help unmanned explorers cooperate in the dunes of White Sands, New Mexico, … Read More ›

Posted on October 2, 2025
A picture of a professor and student kneeling in a lab in front of a computer and small windmill.
Research + Innovation, Students

How One Student’s Experience is Helping to Shape Renewable Energy Education

In the midst of the complicated landscape of energy, economics, and environmental policy, third-year Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics (MEAM) student Ngaatendwe Manyika is helping to … Read More ›

Posted on September 3, 2025
Picture of four male students in a hallway - Nihar Ballamudi (second from left) and Chinmay Govind (far right) participated in the Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program this summer, using machine learning models to monitor whale sounds, locations, and population sizes. Mason Liu (far left) and Justin Duong (second from right) are working on related projects about locating and censusing whales.
Research + Innovation, Students

Students Use Machine Learning to Track and Protect Whale Populations

As whales face harm from ship strikes, fishing net entanglements, and redistribution of prey due to changes in ocean temperature, it’s increasingly important to track … Read More ›

Posted on August 26, 2025
Vijay Kumar, Nemirovsky Family Dean
Academics, Guest Posts, Students

Fall 2025 Dean’s Welcome

Welcome, Penn Engineers! Whether you’re joining us for the first time or returning for another exciting year of discovery and growth, it’s wonderful to see … Read More ›

Posted on August 21, 2025September 2, 2025
A picture of four students on the side of a mountain in Montevideo, Uruguay.
Students

Misadventures in Montevideo

GRIP:  Entrepreneurship in Montevideo, Uruguay Of the many stories I carry from my years in Spanish classes, one that has stayed with me and has … Read More ›

Posted on July 8, 2025
Academics, Students

Lighting the Spark: Summer STEM at Penn Engineering

Every summer, Penn Engineering turns into an engine of opportunity for hundreds of Philadelphia students. With programs ranging from coding camps to research internships, the … Read More ›

Posted on June 25, 2025June 24, 2025
Research + Innovation, Students

AI x Science Postdoctoral Fellows Collaborate Across Disciplines

As members of the inaugural AI x Science Postdoctoral Fellowship, Brynn Sherman and Kieran Murphy are already reaping the rewards of cross discipline collaboration—testing new … Read More ›

Posted on June 10, 2025June 10, 2025
Honors + Awards, In the News, Students

Penn Engineering Students Graduate as Benjamin Franklin Scholars

The Benjamin Franklin Scholars (BFS) program at the University of Pennsylvania is an interdisciplinary initiative designed for students across all four undergraduate schools: Arts & … Read More ›

Posted on June 9, 2025June 6, 2025
Portrait of Student Jordyn Harris at Platt Performing Arts Center.
Honors + Awards, Students

Performer, Biomedical Engineer, and Soon-To-Be Graduate

Mixing it up is what graduating fourth-year Jordyn Harris likes best. At Penn she has been an applied science in biomedical sciences major while also … Read More ›

Posted on May 19, 2025

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