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Robert Carpick
Honors + Awards

Robert Carpick Earns AVS Nanotechnology Recognition Award

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 ›

Posted on June 21, 2021June 21, 2021
In the News

‘Synthetic Data’ and Privacy

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 ›

Posted on June 17, 2021July 6, 2021
Karen Winey
Academics

Karen Winey: Leadership in Action

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 ›

Posted on June 15, 2021June 15, 2021
Norm Badler
Honors + Awards

Norm Badler Elected to the ACM SIGGRAPH Academy

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 ›

Posted on June 14, 2021June 14, 2021
Aja Carter in her lab.
Research + Innovation

For Early Amphibians, a New Lifestyle Meant a New Spine

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 ›

Posted on June 10, 2021
Screen shot of Senior Design Competition winners
Honors + Awards

Watch the Winners of the 2021 Senior Design Competition

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 ›

Posted on June 9, 2021June 9, 2021
Alex Hughes (illustration by Melissa Pappas)
Honors + Awards

2021 CAREER Award recipient: Alex Hughes

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 ›

Posted on June 8, 2021June 18, 2021
A simulation of a predicted nanocrystal structure next to a microscope image of a real nanocrystal
Research + Innovation

A Blueprint for Designing and Synthesizing New, Multifunctional Materials

Nanocrystals are a type of inorganic nanoparticle, defined as any material with at least one dimension smaller than 100 nanometers. While nanocrystals have been used to … Read More ›

Posted on June 7, 2021
Research + Innovation

Penn Engineers’ Nanoscale Studies Pave Way for ‘Next-generation’ Li-ion Batteries

Rechargeable lithium-ion batteries are ubiquitous, powering smartphones, tablets, laptops and, increasingly, electric vehicles. Making these batteries lighter, smaller, cheaper and able to charge faster, all … Read More ›

Posted on June 3, 2021June 4, 2021
Students

Celebrating Penn Engineering’s 2021 Graduates

Penn Engineering’s Class of 2021 Celebrations took place virtually on Thursday, May 13 and Friday, May 14. Both Thursday’s Doctoral ceremony and Friday’s undergraduate and … Read More ›

Posted on June 2, 2021

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