The American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) has named Ravi Radhakrishnan, Professor and Herman P. Schwan Department Chair of Bioengineering and Professor in Chemical and … Read More ›
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Some of the most exciting applications of AI technologies are in the medical field. In episode 6 of the Penn Engineering Innovation & Impact podcast, … Read More ›
The importance of proper laboratory space is hard to understate. In the earliest labs, in places like ancient Egypt, alchemists, metallurgists and pharmacists might have … Read More ›
Influential inventions often combine existing tools in new ways. The iPhone, for instance, amalgamated the telephone, web browser and camera, among many other devices. The … Read More ›
For roughly a century, ever since Alexander Fleming’s accidental discovery of penicillin in 1928, fungi have proven to be a goldmine for medicines. They’ve provided … Read More ›
Novel molecular and cellular therapies are being discovered and optimized through interdisciplinary approaches across medicine and engineering. Thanks to this concerted effort, technologies such as … Read More ›
The unique properties of baseball’s famed “magic” mud have never been scientifically quantified — until now. In a new paper in Proceedings of the National … Read More ›
Liquid crystals are all around us, from cell phone screens and video game consoles to car dashboards and medical devices. Run an electric current through … Read More ›
In February 2020, at a talk hosted by the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy at the Stuart Weitzman School of Design, Jen Wilcox, who at … Read More ›
In a typical foundry, raw materials like steel and copper are melted down and poured into molds to assume new shapes and functions. The U.S. … Read More ›