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Cynthia Sung holds up white origami robot
Honors + Awards

Cynthia Sung Receives Johnson & Johnson Women in STEM2D Scholars Award

Cynthia Sung, Gabel Family Term Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics, has been named one of six winners of the 2020 Johnson & … Read More ›

Posted on June 18, 2020December 9, 2020
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Academics

A Message From Penn Engineering’s Office of Diversity and Inclusion

One of the most important responsibilities I have as Dean of Penn Engineering is listening. During the weeks since the horrific and tragic murder of … Read More ›

Posted on June 9, 2020October 25, 2021
Research + Innovation

Correct Code: Stephanie Weirich Designs Tools for a Safer World

New cars are packed with helpful technology. Downward-facing cameras help drivers stay within lanes, and adaptive cruise control can brake and accelerate a vehicle based … Read More ›

Posted on June 5, 2020September 2, 2020
Dan Huh's placenta-on-a-chip
Grants

Dan Huh Receives Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Grant for Placenta-on-a-chip Research

The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) has announced $14 million in funding to support 29 interdisciplinary teams who are investigating the role of inflammation in disease. … Read More ›

Posted on June 3, 2020September 2, 2020
Alumna Kate Panzer with facemasks
Students

Bridging the Communication Divide for Deaf and Hard-of-hearing Communities

Because COVID-19 spreads via respiratory droplets that disperse through sneezes and coughs, shielding the mouth and nose is an important weapon against the virus. But … Read More ›

Posted on June 1, 2020September 2, 2020
Founders of Strella BIotechnology pose in front of Penn campus
In the News

President’s Innovation Prize Winner Strella Biotechnology Raises $3.3 Million in Seed Funding

Last year, Katherine Sizov and Malika Shukurova earned the 2019 President’s Innovation Prize for their plan to use Internet-of-Things technology to monitor fruit ripeness and … Read More ›

Posted on May 29, 2020September 2, 2020
Lyle Ungar holding a facemask
In the News

Lyle Ungar on Normalizing Face Masks

As scientists continue to battle the novel coronavirus, public health officials maintain that wearing a face mask is a powerful way to curb the spread … Read More ›

Posted on May 27, 2020September 2, 2020
Nikil Ragav
Students

Nikil Ragav Wants to Bring High-tech, Hands-on Learning to All Students

Nikil Ragav’s inventXYZ program is dedicated to bringing high-tech, hands-on education to students everywhere by setting up makerspaces, or collaborative work spaces, at partner schools … Read More ›

Posted on May 26, 2020September 2, 2020
Computer generated display of AI monitoring technology. Figures on camera appear as anonymous 3D bodies.
In the News

Engineering Student Start-up Percepta is Bringing their ‘Ethical AI’ to the Pennovation Accelerator

Percepta, a start-up that Penn Engineering students that launched last year and will be joining the Pennovation Accelerator this summer, was recently profiled in Technical.ly … Read More ›

Posted on May 22, 2020September 2, 2020
broken glass on a smartphone screen
Research + Innovation

Using Stress to Shape Microlevel Structures

New research published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences describes how external forces drive the rearrangement of individual particles and shape microlevel … Read More ›

Posted on May 21, 2020September 2, 2020

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