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Sidney Wong stains equine cartilage at a lab bench, using chemicals under a fume hood.
Research + Innovation, Students

Student Builds on Zhiliang Chen’s Osteoarthritis Research

Roughly one in three Americans suffers from osteoarthritis, a progressive disease that causes joint cartilage to break down in a vicious cycle. The less cartilage, … Read More ›

Posted on August 26, 2024August 27, 2024
The Clark Scholars stand on the stairwell in the Singh Center for Nanotechnology
Alumni, Students

Clark Scholars Program Rewards Effort, Fosters Connection

As most students finish packing their bags for a return to campus and the start of the fall semester, one small group will already be … Read More ›

Posted on August 23, 2024August 21, 2024
Emily Hu stands onstage at a conference, presenting slides.
Research + Innovation, Students

The Team Communication Toolkit: Emily Hu’s Award-Winning Project

Emily Hu, a fourth-year doctoral student in the Computational Social Science Lab (CSSLab), recently launched her award-winning Team Communication Toolkit at the Academy of Management … Read More ›

Posted on August 22, 2024August 21, 2024
Grants, Honors + Awards, In the News, Research + Innovation

Liang Feng Receives Experimental Physics Investigator Award from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation

Liang Feng, Professor in Materials Science and Engineering and in Electrical and Systems Engineering, is the recipient of a $1.25 million award from the Gordon … Read More ›

Posted on August 21, 2024August 21, 2024
Dean Vijay Kumar on Smith Walk
Academics, Guest Posts, Students

Fall 2024 Dean’s Welcome

It is with great excitement and anticipation that I welcome our new and returning Penn Engineers to campus for the 2024-2025 academic year. I trust … Read More ›

Posted on August 20, 2024August 16, 2024
A rendering of the human intestines with bacteria outlined in bright colors.
Research + Innovation

Mining the Microbiome: Uncovering New Antibiotics Inside the Human Gut

The average human gut contains roughly 100 trillion microbes, many of which are constantly competing for limited resources. “It’s such a harsh environment,” says César … Read More ›

Posted on August 19, 2024August 15, 2024
From left: Bradley Richards (C’92, LPS’17), Director of Alumni Relations; Lyle Brunhofer (ENG’14, GEN’14), Vice President and Senior Design Chair of the Engineering Alumni Society; and Vijay Kumar, Nemirovsky Family Dean of Penn Engineering
Alumni

Empowering Future Engineers: Lyle Brunhofer and the Impact of Senior Design

Today, Lyle Brunhofer (EAS’14, GEng’14) advises companies on digital transformations, applying the skills he learned at Penn Engineering to modernize firms’ understanding of customers in … Read More ›

Posted on August 15, 2024August 12, 2024
Honors + Awards, In the News

Atomic Engineer and Research Guide, Dawn Bonnell Elected to American Philosophical Society

As the Senior Vice Provost for Research at Penn, Dawn Bonnell, Henry Robinson Towne Professor in Materials Science and Engineering, forges paths that allow Penn … Read More ›

Posted on August 14, 2024August 14, 2024
A hand encase in a rubber glove holds a sample of the flexible biomaterial.
Research + Innovation, Students

A 3D-printed Band-Aid for the Heart?

In the quest to develop life-like materials to replace and repair human body parts, scientists face a formidable challenge: Real tissues are often both strong … Read More ›

Posted on August 13, 2024August 13, 2024
In the News, Research + Innovation, Students

Detecting Machine-Generated Text: An Arms Race With the Advancements of Large Language Models

Machine-generated text has been fooling humans for the last four years. Since the release of GPT-2 in 2019, large language model (LLM) tools have gotten … Read More ›

Posted on August 12, 2024August 16, 2024

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