The first-ever image of a black hole, published in 2019, was constructed from five petabytes of data. These files were so large that they had … Read More ›
When Desiree Penaranda (CIS’20) asked the wide-eyed 11-year-old girls gathered around her why they wanted to be in the Girls Who Code after- school club, … Read More ›
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 at … Read More ›
Penn’s Singh Center for Nanotechnology has added the newest cutting-edge technology to its collection of already impressive microscopes: The Krios G3i, a cryogenic electron microscope that will allow … Read More ›
The design of new materials is all about achieving the right mix of properties from their constituent parts, whether they’re atoms and molecules, or more … Read More ›
At Penn Today, Katherine Unger Baillie details Penn’s multidisciplinary effort to combat COVID, checking in with researchers from a wide swath of schools, including Engineering. … Read More ›
The nature of scientific progress is often summarized by the Isaac Newton quotation, “If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders … Read More ›
Two teams of Penn researchers have been tapped to drive “the future of manufacturing” with innovative, interdisciplinary projects supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF). … Read More ›
The Vagelos Laboratory for Energy Science and Technology has received design approval from the University of Pennsylvania Board of Trustees. The new $173 million facility at … Read More ›
The technology behind video games is serious business. Beyond driving a multibillion-dollar industry, consumer demand for realistic graphics and three-dimensional physics is major force in … Read More ›