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Raveen Kariyawasam
Honors + Awards

Penn Engineering Senior Raveen Kariyawasam Named 2022 Rhodes Scholar

One of the two University of Pennsylvania seniors who were awarded Rhodes Scholarships for graduate study at the University of Oxford is Penn Engineering‘s own Raveen Kariyawasam, from … Read More ›

Posted on November 23, 2021November 23, 2021
Students

Penn’s 2021 iGEM Team Takes Home Multiple Prizes

The University of Pennsylvania’s 2021 iGEM team has been awarded several distinctions in this year’s highly competitive iGEM Competition. The International Genetically Engineered Machine Competition … Read More ›

Posted on November 22, 2021November 22, 2021
Research + Innovation

Social Media Bots May Appear Human, but Their Similar Personalities Give Them Away

Social bots, or automated social media accounts that pose as genuine people, have infiltrated all manner of discussions, including conversations about consequential topics, such as … Read More ›

Posted on November 17, 2021
Researcher in full-body PPE conducts experiment in nanotechnology lab
Academics

Penn Launches $750M Investment in Science, Engineering and Medicine

University of Pennsylvania President Amy Gutmann today announced the launch of a $750M investment advancing Penn’s pathbreaking contributions to innovative and impactful areas of medicine, public health, … Read More ›

Posted on November 16, 2021November 16, 2021
Cynthia Sung's title card on Mission Unstoppable
In the News

Watch Cynthia Sung Bring Origami Robots to Life on ‘Mission Unstoppable’

Cynthia Sung, Gabel Family Term Assistant Professor in Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics, grew up folding paper into classic origami designs and dreamed of creating … Read More ›

Posted on November 15, 2021November 15, 2021
A student works on a robotic arm at PERCH
Academics

Celebrating Five Years of Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Creativity

Five years ago, President Amy Gutmann officially opened the University’s “iconic new landmark” Pennovation Center, a facility designed to align researchers, innovators, and businesses for the commercialization of … Read More ›

Posted on November 10, 2021
Cesar de la Fuente stands in front of Penn's BioPond
Research + Innovation

Penn Researchers Show ‘Encrypted’ Peptides Could be Wellspring of Natural Antibiotics

While biologists and chemists race to develop new antibiotics to combat constantly mutating bacteria, predicted to lead to 10 million deaths by 2050, engineers are … Read More ›

Posted on November 4, 2021November 4, 2021
Igor Bargatin in his lab
Honors + Awards

Igor Bargatin’s Light-Powered Levitation Among ‘Breakthroughs of the Year’ at Falling Walls Science Summit

Founded in 2009 in commemoration of the 20th anniversary of the peaceful fall of the Berlin Wall, the Falling Walls Science Summit gathers innovative researchers … Read More ›

Posted on November 2, 2021November 9, 2021
Ocek Eke
Guest Posts

Project Maji: 2021 Penn Engagement Prize Winner Will Provide Innovative Water Solution to Aid Refugees in Uganda

Ocek Eke is the Director of Graduate Students Programming in Penn Engineering’s Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, and an adviser to Project Maji, which … Read More ›

Posted on November 1, 2021December 13, 2021
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Research + Innovation

Y-Prize 2021-2022: New Memory and Steerable Needle

Each year, Penn Engineering, The Mack Institute at the Wharton School, The Penn Venture Lab, and the Penn Center for Innovation host the Y-Prize competition. … Read More ›

Posted on October 27, 2021

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