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Designing the Future: Penn Engineering’s 2025 Senior Design Project Competition

Consider the following problems: Every year, millions of people struggle to recover mobility following strokes. Hundreds of millions need eye exams, but live far from … Read More ›

Posted on May 12, 2025May 12, 2025
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Research + Innovation

Penn Engineers First to Train AI at Lightspeed

Penn Engineers have developed the first programmable chip that can train nonlinear neural networks using light — a breakthrough that could dramatically speed up AI … Read More ›

Posted on April 15, 2025
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Honors + Awards, In the News

Christopher Murray Elected AAAS Fellow

Five University of Pennsylvania professors from the School of Arts & Sciences, Perelman School of Medicine and School of Engineering and Applied Science have been … Read More ›

Posted on March 27, 2025
Honors + Awards, In the News

Kyle Vining Receives $2M Award from NIH to Investigate How Extracellular Mechanics Affect Immune Cells

Kyle Holmberg Vining, DDS, Ph.D., Assistant Professor in Preventive and Restorative Sciences at Penn Dental Medicine with a joint appointment in Materials Science and Engineering … Read More ›

Posted on February 14, 2025February 11, 2025
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Academics, Students

Building Tomorrow’s Innovators: Inside Penn’s Widjaja Entrepreneurship Fellows Program

The room hums with anticipation. A group of would-be founders shifts in their seats, scribbling last-minute notes and readying their pitch decks. The lights dim … Read More ›

Posted on February 13, 2025February 26, 2025
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Research + Innovation

Qubits to qudits: Using quantum mechanics to transmit information more securely

In the realm of quantum information distribution, sending a signal from point A to point B is like a baseball pitcher relaying a secret pitch … Read More ›

Posted on February 10, 2025February 10, 2025
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Academics, Alumni, In the News

Meet Vanessa Chan: Penn Engineering’s Inaugural Vice Dean of Innovation and Entrepreneurship

  Vanessa Chan, Jonathan and Linda Brassington Practice Professor in Materials Science and Engineering (MSE), brings a wealth of experience and a passion for innovation … Read More ›

Posted on January 27, 2025January 26, 2025
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Research + Innovation

Revolutionizing Data Centers: Penn Engineers’ Breakthrough in Photonic Switching

Every second, terabytes of data — the equivalent of downloading thousands upon thousands of movies at once — travel around the world as light in … Read More ›

Posted on January 7, 2025January 6, 2025
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Honors + Awards, Research + Innovation

Cherie Kagan Receives 2024-25 Heilmeier Award

Cherie Kagan, Stephen J. Angello Professor in Electrical and Systems Engineering (ESE), has been named the recipient of the 2024-25 George H. Heilmeier Faculty Award … Read More ›

Posted on December 12, 2024
Grants, Honors + Awards, In the News, Research + Innovation, Students

Shu Yang and Collaborators Receive NSF Grant for Multidisciplinary Graduate Program across Engineering and Architecture

Shu Yang, Joseph Bordogna Professor in Materials Science and Engineering (MSE) and Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (CBE), works to identify how synthetic and biological materials … Read More ›

Posted on December 3, 2024December 9, 2024

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