Fall 2025 Dean’s Welcome News / August 21, 2025 Welcome, Penn Engineers! Whether you’re joining us for the first time or returning for another exciting year of discovery and growth, it’s wonderful to see our campus buzzing with energy again. There is nothing quite like the excitement of a new academic year, and I’m reminded how much our strength... Read More
Lighting the Spark: Summer STEM at Penn Engineering News / June 25, 2025 Every summer, Penn Engineering turns into an engine of opportunity for hundreds of Philadelphia students like Tamara Brockington who joined the Electronic Photonic Microsystems Lab as part of Penn Engineering’s Army Education Outreach Program (AEOP) High School Internship Program. Read More
Empowering Futures: How PRECISE Center’s Mentorship with Google is Transforming Academic Careers and Innovation News / May 2, 2025 “It takes a village to raise a child,” the old saying goes. In the world of academic research, the same principle holds true. At the Penn Research in Embedded Computing and Integrated Systems Engineering (PRECISE) Center, that village includes tech giants like Google — working hand-in-hand with academia to foster... Read More
Meet Jean, Penn Engineering’s AI Tutor, Available 24/7 News / April 23, 2025 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 on a coding assignment, only to encounter the same bug, over and over. You could post a question on the online discussion board, but, like... Read More
Responsible Innovation Starts Here: A Holistic Approach to Engineering Education News / April 7, 2025 With guidance from faculty experts, students develop the “ethics toolkit” they’ll rely on as future leaders in science and technology. Read More
Meet Taylor Caputo, Director of the Engineering Studios @ Venture Lab News / March 28, 2025 Taylor Caputo (IPD’15) helps students bring their visions for new products to life through techniques as varied as sewing and 3D printing. Read More
The Cora Ingrum Center: Supporting the Next Generation of Engineers News / March 25, 2025 Through a wide range of initiatives, the Cora Ingrum Center (CIC) for Community and Outreach aims to introduce as many Philadelphia students as possible to the kind of science happening within Penn Engineering. Read More
Building Tomorrow’s Innovators: Inside Penn’s Widjaja Entrepreneurship Fellows Program News / February 13, 2025 Penn Engineering recently welcomed the second cohort of Widjaja Entrepreneurship Fellows. The highly selective, year-long program invites students to engage directly with startups and venture firms through internships and mentorships. Read More
Penn Engineering and Plaksha University Partner for International Research and Academic Collaboration News / September 18, 2024 The School of Engineering and Applied Science at the University of Pennsylvania (Penn Engineering) recently signed a collaborative memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Plaksha University, a leading Indian research university. In alignment with both institutions’ commitment to elevating research at a global scale and bolstering their academic collaborations, this strategic... Read More
Fall 2024 Dean’s Welcome News / August 20, 2024 It is with great excitement and anticipation that I welcome our new and returning Penn Engineers to campus for the 2024-2025 academic year. I trust that everyone had a restful summer break and that you will all join me in my enthusiasm for the yet-to-be-discovered, the coming breakthroughs, and perhaps... Read More
