Studying drug effects on human muscles just got easier thanks to a new “muscle-on-a-chip,” developed by a team of researchers from Penn’s School of Engineering … Read More ›
2017 alumnus Jake Cousins, a former All-Ivy pitcher on the baseball team, was called up by the Milwaukee Brewers on Monday and became the first Penn pitcher to appear … Read More ›
Natural wood remains a ubiquitous building material because of its high strength-to-density ratio; trees are strong enough to grow hundreds of feet tall but remain … Read More ›
Robert Carpick, John Henry Towne Professor in the department of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics, has received the Nanotechnology Recognition Award from the Nanoscale Science … Read More ›
The promise of big data lies in the ability to glean useful trends out of massive collections of individual examples. Whether those examples are shopping … Read More ›
Karen Winey, TowerBrook Foundation Faculty Fellow and chair of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering (MSE), is an expert in designing advanced polymers. Made … Read More ›
Norm Badler, Rachleff Family Professor in the Department of Computer and Information Sciences and Director of the Center for Digital Visualization, is among the eight … Read More ›
Vertebrate life began in the water, but around 340-360 million years ago, four-limbed creatures, or tetrapods, made the transition onto land. In the years that … Read More ›
Each year, Penn Engineering’s seniors present their Senior Design projects, a year-long effort that challenges them to test and develop solutions to real-world problems, to … Read More ›
The National Science Foundation’s CAREER Award is given to early-career researchers in order to kickstart their careers in innovative and pivotal research while giving back … Read More ›