Teaching Robots to ‘Feel with Their Eyes’ At first glance, Alex Burka, a Ph.D. student in Penn’s School of Engineering and Applied Science, looks like a … Read More ›

Penn Collaboration Produces Surprising Insights Into the White Spots on Butterfly Wings Skipper butterflies, found in the Costa Rican rainforest, are only active either late … Read More ›

Mobility21’s Megan Ryerson on the Future of Intercity Transportation with Autonomous Vehicles Megan Ryerson, a professor in Penn’s schools of Design and Engineering, is the … Read More ›

Mobility21’s Erick Guerra Seeks to Improve Transportation Safety, Efficiency and Access Erick Guerra led a graduate design studio focused on improving the cycling infrastructure of Querétaro, … Read More ›

Exploring New Worlds: Penn Students Design an Ice Drilling Robot for Mars Wanda Lipps, Gautam Nagaraj, and Michael Gromis, all students in Penn’s School of Engineering … Read More ›

Aleksandra Vojvodic Earns EFCATS Young Researcher Award Aleksandra Vojvodic Aleksandra Vojvodic, the Skirkanich Assistant Professor of Innovation in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, … Read More ›

Penn Study: Wisdom of Crowds Can Prevail Damon Centola Groups in which everyone has equal influence made better predictions than groups in which a single individual … Read More ›

Penn Electric Racing Heating Up on Road to Nebraska Penn Electric Racing captain Dan Shanks competes in the 23 kilometer endurance event. Engineering’s Penn Electric Racing … Read More ›

Penn Researchers Win Best Paper at International Robotics Conference Kostas Daniilidis, George Pappas and Sean Bowman (left to right) were presented with the “Best Conference … Read More ›

Learning Through Service: Blogging the Rwanda Gashora Program Penn Engineering’s Rwanda Gashora Program is a service learning initiative where students apply classroom lessons to hands-on projects. … Read More ›