Skip to content
Penn Engineering Blog

Posts from the School of Engineering and Applied Science

  • Blog
  • Newsroom
  • Magazine
  • Penn Engineering Home
Squeezed Molecule Image
In the News, Research + Innovation

A Novel Method for Squeezing Molecules Together Could Significantly Reduce Chemical Manufacturing Waste and Its Negative Environmental Impact

The production of chemicals accounts for 40% of all energy currently used in manufacturing, and the process also results in toxic solvent waste that pollutes … Read More ›

Posted on June 14, 2023July 5, 2023
Research + Innovation

RNA Nanoparticle Therapy Stops the Spread of Incurable Bone Marrow Cancer

Multiple myeloma is an incurable bone marrow cancer that kills over 100,000 people every year. Known for its quick and deadly spread, this disease is … Read More ›

Posted on June 13, 2023
Lee Bassett speaks to someone in his lab.
In the News, Research + Innovation

Penn Launches New Center for Quantum Information, Engineering, Science and Technology (Penn QUIEST)

Through major investments by governments around the world, and with companies large and small seeking to realize practical quantum technologies, we are witnessing the dawn … Read More ›

Posted on June 13, 2023June 13, 2023
Research + Innovation

Engineered White Blood Cells Eliminate Cancer

By silencing the molecular pathway that prevents macrophages from attacking our own cells, Penn Engineers have manipulated these white blood cells to eliminate solid tumors. … Read More ›

Posted on June 12, 2023June 13, 2023
Nader Engheta in lab
Honors + Awards, In the News

On a Different Wavelength, Nader Engheta Leads a Community in Light

Nader Engheta was puzzled when he got a call from the psychology department about a fish. In the early 1990s, Engheta, a newly minted associate professor … Read More ›

Posted on June 9, 2023June 28, 2023
Grants

Metamaterials to Reduce Drag and Enhance Maneuverability in Aircraft

Mechanical metamaterials are engineered structures that have unique properties that are not possible with natural materials. Now, they are being applied to aircraft to reduce … Read More ›

Posted on June 6, 2023June 12, 2023
Michael Kearns
In the News, Research + Innovation

Michael Kearns Discusses “Responsible AI in the Generative Era” at Amazon Science

In recent years, and even recent months, there have been rapid and dramatic advances in the technology known as generative AI. Generative AI models are … Read More ›

Posted on June 5, 2023
Research + Innovation

Penn Engineering’s Premiere Podcast: ‘Innovation & Impact’

Penn Engineering is proud to debut a new podcast series titled Innovation & Impact, which centers on relevant, thought-provoking topics that highlight innovation, with the … Read More ›

Posted on June 2, 2023
Penn Dental - Candida Albicans
Research + Innovation

Nanorobotic System Presents New Options for Targeting Fungal Infections

Infections caused by fungi, such as Candida albicans, pose a significant global health risk due to their resistance to existing treatments, so much so that the … Read More ›

Posted on May 31, 2023
Greg Bowman - Folding
Research + Innovation

Folding@Home: How You, and Your Computer, Can Play Scientist

Two heads are better than one. The ethos behind the scientific research project Folding@home is that same idea, multiplied: 50,000 computers are better than one. Folding@home … Read More ›

Posted on May 30, 2023

Posts navigation

Older posts
Newer posts

Categories

  • Academics
  • Alumni
  • Events
  • Grants
  • Guest Posts
  • Honors + Awards
  • In the News
  • Medium.com Archive
  • Research + Innovation
  • Students

Tags

3D Modeling ai antibiotics BE CBE Chinedum Osuji Chris Callison-Burch CIS Clark Scholars Computer Graphics Cora Ingrum Center CPE4H CSSLab Dan Huh Dani Bassett Duncan Watts EENT Engineering Alumni Society ESE GRASP GRASP Lab Jason Burdick Knowledge for Good Liang Feng lipid nanoparticles LNPs Lulu Xue Magazine News Mark Yatskar Matt Fallon MEAM Michael Posa microbiome Mike Mitchell MSE Olympics Paco Barreras Penn Alumni PRECISE precise center Responsible Innovation Senior Design Sherry Gao Vijay Kumar Yue Yang

Archives

Follow Penn Engineering

Receive Our Newsletter

Authors

avatar for Olivia J. McMahonOlivia J. McMahon
avatar for Melissa PappasMelissa Pappas
avatar for Ian SchefflerIan Scheffler
avatar for Holly WojcikHolly Wojcik
Penn Engineering Logo

School of Engineering and Applied Science
University of Pennsylvania
220 South 33rd Street
107 Towne Building
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6391

Contact Penn Engineering Webmaster
Report accessibility issues and get help

© 2025 Penn Engineering Blog
Powered by WordPress / Theme by Design Lab