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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
Honors + Awards, Students

Adventures in Innovation: Penn Engineering Startups Lead Venture Lab Challenge

To form a venture is, quite literally, to go on an adventure. The words have the same Latin root, meaning to head toward what is … Read More ›

Posted on May 6, 2025May 14, 2025
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Academics, Alumni, Events, Research + Innovation, Students

Scaling Up: How AI Month 2025 Brought Big Ideas to Life at Penn Engineering

In the world of AI, experts frequently discuss so-called “scaling laws,” which describe how large language models (LLMs) grow exponentially more powerful as their training … Read More ›

Posted on April 28, 2025April 27, 2025
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Academics, Research + Innovation

Meet Jean, Penn Engineering’s AI Tutor, Available 24/7

Imagine that you’re a first-year student in the Master of Computer and Information Technology (MCIT) program, Penn Engineering’s most popular online degree. You’ve spent hours … Read More ›

Posted on April 23, 2025April 25, 2025
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Research + Innovation, Students

Zixuan Yi: A ‘Question-Driven’ Approach to Improving AI and Machine Learning

In any business, time is money. So it’s hardly surprising that many sectors have embraced systems powered by artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML): … Read More ›

Posted on April 11, 2025April 11, 2025
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Academics, Students

Responsible Innovation Starts Here: A Holistic Approach to Engineering Education

Imagine that a company develops a new, more sustainable type of concrete. One day, a bridge built using the material collapses, injuring an elderly woman. … Read More ›

Posted on April 7, 2025April 4, 2025
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Research + Innovation

Scientists Unlock Frogs’ Antibacterial Secrets to Combat Superbugs

Frogs have thrived for hundreds of millions of years, spreading across virtually every corner of the earth, from tropical jungles to subarctic forests. Throughout their … Read More ›

Posted on March 25, 2025March 18, 2025
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Research + Innovation

How the Media Distorts Perceptions on Chronic Disease Risks

Silent illnesses, or chronic diseases, contribute to 70% of deaths in the US annually and six in ten Americans suffer from at least one chronic … Read More ›

Posted on February 28, 2025February 19, 2025
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Research + Innovation

Breaking the Pattern: How Disorder Toughens Materials

Cut open a bone and you’ll see a subtly disordered structure. Tiny beams, called trabeculae, connect to one another in irregular patterns, distributing stress and … Read More ›

Posted on February 17, 2025February 18, 2025
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Research + Innovation

Borrowing Nature’s Blueprint: How Scientists Replicated Bone Marrow

Hidden within our bones, marrow sustains life by producing billions of blood cells daily, from oxygen-carrying red cells to immune-boosting white cells. This vital function … Read More ›

Posted on January 30, 2025January 31, 2025

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