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Maji team members Leah Voytovich and Martin Leet
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Empowering Refugee Communities with Access to Clean Water

Seniors Martin Leet and Leah Voytovich first met through a mutual friend during their junior year and quickly hit it off. “We just started talking, … Read More ›

Posted on May 3, 2021May 3, 2021
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Looking Towards the Future Through an Interdisciplinary Lens

While reflecting on her undergraduate journey at Penn, senior Yasmina Al Ghadban says that she has a “ton of memories” she will take with her: … Read More ›

Posted on April 26, 2021April 26, 2021
Maji team members Leah Voytovich and Martin Leet
Students

Maji, 2021 President’s Engagement Prize Winner, Will Aid Refugees in Uganda

The annual President’s Engagement Prize and President’s Innovation Prize empower Penn students to design and undertake post-graduation projects that make a positive, lasting difference in … Read More ›

Posted on April 19, 2021April 20, 2021
Nikil Ragav
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The Impact of Providing Hands-on, Interactive Projects

Nikil Ragav’s inventXYZ program is dedicated to bringing high-tech, hands-on education to high school students everywhere by setting up makerspaces, or collaborative work spaces, at … Read More ›

Posted on March 5, 2021
A screenshot from Sung's course, showing a competition between two virtual robotic arms.
Students

Virtual Robots: Taking Risks in an Online Classroom

Usually taken by first-year graduate students in robotics, “Intro to Robotics” is a course on modeling and planning for how a robot will turn digital … Read More ›

Posted on February 24, 2021February 24, 2021
Niko Simpkins
Students

Niko Simpkins: At the Nexus of Engineering and Music

For Niko Simpkins, a musician who performs, produces and engineers his own tracks, the most exciting processes combine structure and flexibility, creativity and rigor. As … Read More ›

Posted on February 8, 2021March 9, 2021
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Y-Prize 2021 – 2022: Nanostructured Membranes and Semantic SLAM

The Y-Prize is an annual competition with the mission of inventing new products using technology being developed at Penn. The challenge brings together Engineering, Wharton … Read More ›

Posted on February 5, 2021February 5, 2021
A plotter drawing a triangle.
Students

Detkin Lab at Home: Coordinating for Success

As students switched to a virtual learning format for the Fall 2020 semester, Zoom calls and group chats took the place of many of the … Read More ›

Posted on February 4, 2021February 4, 2021
Maria Ovando
Students

Maria Ovando: Research and Self-discovery

The process of discovery sometimes starts with a hunch. Maria Ovando arrived at Penn Engineering with an affinity for math and science, extensive experience volunteering … Read More ›

Posted on January 28, 2021January 28, 2021
Yixi (Cecilia) Wang
Students

Senior Yixi (Cecilia) Wang Receives Schwarzman Scholarship

Senior Yixi (Cecilia) Wang is one of four Penn students to receive a Schwarzman Scholarship, which funds a one-year master’s degree in global affairs at Tsinghua … Read More ›

Posted on December 21, 2020

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