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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
Illustration showing how AlphaThera's assays align antibodies for more accurate testing
Grants

Tsourkas Lab and Penn Start-up AlphaThera Awarded NIH Grant to Improve COVID-19 Detection Assays

To combat the COVID-19 pandemic caused by the SARS-CoV2 virus, the Targeted Imaging Therapeutics and Nanomedicine (Titan) Lab, led by Bioengineering professor Andrew Tsourkas, in … Read More ›

Posted on September 3, 2020September 3, 2020
Robert Carpick and Andrew Rappe
Grants

Penn Researchers will Study Intersection of Mechanics and Chemistry as Part of New NSF Center

For centuries, the principles of mechanics have been used to inform chemistry research. Now, Penn scientists and engineers are joining a multi-institution team of researchers … Read More ›

Posted on September 2, 2020September 2, 2020
Jennifer Wilcox
Academics

Carbon Capture Expert Joins Penn Faculty, Expanding Research on Energy and Policy

As a global society, our use of fossil fuels has resulted in an exponential rise in CO2 concentrations. Our best approach would be to avoid … Read More ›

Posted on September 1, 2020September 1, 2020
Ani Hsieh
Academics

Ani Hsieh Named Deputy Director of GRASP Lab

M. Ani Hsieh, research associate professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics, has been named Deputy Director of the General Robotics, Automation, Sensing … Read More ›

Posted on August 31, 2020September 2, 2020
Kristian Lum
In the News

Kristian Lum Discusses Computer Science and Social Justice on ACM ByteCast

Kristian Lum, Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer and Information Science, was recently featured on ACM ByteCast, a podcast series from the Association for … Read More ›

Posted on August 28, 2020September 1, 2020
An illustration of a microscopic robot
In the News

More on Marc Miskin’s Microscopic Robots

Yesterday, Marc Miskin, assistant professor in Penn Engineering’s Department of Electrical and Systems Engineering, published a paper in the journal Nature detailing a new kind of robot he … Read More ›

Posted on August 27, 2020September 1, 2020

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