Boon Thau Loo is associate dean for graduate programs and the RCA Professor of Computer and Information Science. This guest post originally appeared at Penn … Read More ›
Researchers at Penn play a key role in the fundamental science that supports ground-breaking discoveries. Highlights of Penn’s achievements in the fields of physics, astronomy, … Read More ›
Kevin Johnson, a Penn Integrates Knowledge Professor who holds joint appointments in the Department of Computer and Information Science in the School of Engineering and Applied Science … Read More ›
Solar panels, cameras, biosensors and fiber optics are technologies that rely on photodetectors, or sensors that convert light into electricity. Photodetectors are becoming more efficient … Read More ›
Cherie Kagan, Stephen J. Angello Professor in the Departments of Electrical and Systems Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering, has been named a 2021 Fellow of the National Academy of … Read More ›
Penn Health-Tech’s Nemirovsky Engineering and Medicine Opportunity (NEMO) Prize awards $80,000 to support early-stage ideas joining engineering and medicine. The goal of the prize is … Read More ›
From smartphones and fitness trackers to social media posts and COVID-19 cases, the past few years have seen an explosion in the amount and types … Read More ›
President Amy Gutmann has recently announced that two Penn Integrates Knowledge Professors, one of which is Penn Engineering’s own Konrad Kording, have received named University Professorships. Kording, who holds joint appointments … Read More ›
The impending danger of bacterial resistance to antibiotics is well-documented within the scientific community. Bacteria are the most efficient evolvers, and their ability to develop tolerance to drugs, … Read More ›
Forty years ago, Penn Engineering established the Office of Minority Programs, centralizing the School’s growing efforts to recruit and retain a more diverse and representative … Read More ›