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Picture of two Penn students, Yash Dhir (left) and Rahul Nambiar have been awarded the 2024 President’s Innovation Prize for their web-based educational management tool, Jochi.
Honors + Awards, In the News, Students

Making Life Easier for Students with Learning Differences

Since the initial days of his first year at Penn, fourth-year student Yash Dhir has been steadily working on an idea that came to him … Read More ›

Posted on May 7, 2024
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In the News

Penn Engineering Leads in AI: Announces First Ivy League Master’s in Artificial Intelligence

The University of Pennsylvania School of Engineering and Applied Science introduces its online Master of Science in Engineering (MSE) in Artificial Intelligence (AI) degree, the … Read More ›

Posted on April 30, 2024November 4, 2024
A picture of a memory resistant devise being held up by a pair of tweezers.
In the News, Research + Innovation

Turning Up the Heat on Data Storage

A smartphone shutting down on a sweltering day is an all-too-common annoyance that may accompany a trip to the beach on a sunny afternoon. Electronic … Read More ›

Posted on April 30, 2024
Academics, Honors + Awards, In the News, Research + Innovation, Students

Penn Engineering Ph.D. Students Receive Funding from Amazon to Advance Trustworthy AI

AI tools are being rapidly integrated into our daily lives, therefore their responsible development and regulation are paramount. This is the core mission of Penn … Read More ›

Posted on April 26, 2024April 27, 2024
Left to right: Hong-Huy Tran, Chrissie Jaruchotiratanasakul, Manali Mahajan (Photo Courtesy of CiPD)
Academics, In the News, Research + Innovation, Students

The CiPD Partners with the Mack Institute for Innovation and Management to Develop Tooth-Brushing Robots

  The Center for Innovation and Precision Dentistry (CiPD), a collaboration between Penn Engineering and Penn Dental Medicine, has partnered with Wharton’s Mack Institute for … Read More ›

Posted on April 25, 2024
Stack of the layers in the ontogenetic device.
Honors + Awards, In the News, Research + Innovation

Illuminating the Unseen: Former Penn iGEM Team Publishes Award-Winning Optogenetic Device

For bioengineers today, light does more than illuminate microscopes. Stimulating cells with light waves, a field known as optogenetics, has opened new doors to understanding … Read More ›

Posted on April 25, 2024April 25, 2024
In the News, Research + Innovation

Episode 4 of Innovation & Impact: Exploring AI in Engineering

With AI technologies finding their way into every industry, important questions must be considered by the research community: How can deep learning help identify new … Read More ›

Posted on April 24, 2024April 24, 2024
Matthew Cleaveland, crossing the finish line of the Philadelphia Marathon
In the News, Students

Overcoming the Odds: Matthew Cleaveland Designs Robots to Deal with Uncertainty, While Outrunning Cancer

During the pandemic, Matthew Cleaveland, a doctoral candidate at the Penn Research in Embedded Computing and Integrated Systems Engineering (PRECISE) Center, took up running to get outside … Read More ›

Posted on April 24, 2024June 2, 2025
Surbhi Goel wearing a brightly patterned blouse.
Research + Innovation

Surbhi Goel Explains How ChatGPT Actually Works

How do large language models (LLMs), which power chatbots like ChatGPT, actually work? Few are better qualified to answer this question than Surbhi Goel, Magerman … Read More ›

Posted on April 23, 2024June 2, 2025
Piotr Lazarek
Honors + Awards, In the News

Penn’s Venture Lab Announces Winner of Annual Startup Challenge

The University of Pennsylvania’s Venture Lab has announced the winner of its highly anticipated annual Startup Challenge. Piotr Lazarek, a junior from Engineering and Wharton, … Read More ›

Posted on April 23, 2024April 25, 2024

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