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Christopher B. Murray
Honors + Awards

Christopher B. Murray Named 2020 Citation Laureate, a Mark of ‘Nobel Class’ Research

  Christopher B. Murray, Richard Perry University Professor in Chemistry and in Materials Science and Engineering, has been selected as a Citation Laureate for 2020. … Read More ›

Posted on September 23, 2020
One of Treeswift's flying robots on a test run.
Students

Treeswift’s Autonomous Robots Take Flight to Save Forests

Forests cover 30 percent of the Earth’s landmass, but that number is on the decline. Despite forests’ crucial role in conserving wildlife and processing carbon … Read More ›

Posted on September 22, 2020October 1, 2020
Monroe Kennedy III
In the News

The Robot Report: Black in Robotics’ Monroe Kennedy on His Time in the GRASP Lab

Monroe Kennedy III graduated from the doctoral program in Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics in 2019 and is now an assistant professor of Mechanical Engineering … Read More ›

Posted on September 21, 2020September 21, 2020
Alex Breitweiser
Honors + Awards

Quantum Engineering Lab Member Alex Breitweiser Awarded IBM PhD Fellowship 

Alex Breitweiser, a graduate student in the School of Arts & Science’s Department of Physics and Astronomy and member of Penn Engineering’s Quantum Engineering Laboratory, … Read More ›

Posted on September 17, 2020September 17, 2020
James Pikul
Honors + Awards

James Pikul Awarded 2020 Moore Inventor Fellowship to Develop ‘Synthetic Metabolism’

James Pikul, Assistant Professor in Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics, has been awarded a 2020 Moore Inventor Fellowship. Created by the Gordon and Betty Moore … Read More ›

Posted on September 16, 2020September 16, 2020
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Guest Posts

Climate Week at Penn: Penn Engineering’s Contributions to Fighting Climate Change

Penn Climate Week kicks off on Monday, September 21. Alongside dozens of virtual events from around the University, Penn Engineering is offering five events with … Read More ›

Posted on September 15, 2020September 15, 2020
Brandy Yuan
Guest Posts

Virtually Interning at a Singaporean Startup

When I first heard that my GRIP engineering internship in Shenzhen had been canceled back in February, I was saddened but not surprised given the … Read More ›

Posted on September 14, 2020
Maria Suarez in her garden
Students

Gardening in Costa Rica Yields Inspiration During Quarantine

When the coronavirus pandemic began in March, María Suarez, junior in bioengineering, left Penn’s campus and returned home to Costa Rica. What should have been … Read More ›

Posted on September 10, 2020September 10, 2020
Mark Yim and Jeffrey Babin
Academics

Penn Engineering Names Mark Yim and Jeffrey Babin to Tangen Hall Leadership Positions 

The University of Pennsylvania’s Tangen Hall will be home to a variety of entrepreneurship-focused programs when it opens in January. These include Tangen the Venture … Read More ›

Posted on September 9, 2020September 9, 2020
A deep learning network
Grants

Penn Researchers Join NSF-Simons Foundation Collaboration on the ‘Foundations of Deep Learning’

The field of artificial intelligence (AI) promises to revolutionize nearly every industry and area of science. Some AI applications are already infused into daily life, … Read More ›

Posted on September 8, 2020September 14, 2020

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