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
2024 CAREER Award Recipient: Flavia Vitale News / July 24, 2024 Neurological disorders such as epilepsy, Alzheimers, Parkinson’s and certain forms of dementia are the leading cause of disability and second-leading cause of disease worldwide. These disorders disproportionately affect low-resourced communities due to lack of access to specialized healthcare, and many of these complex diseases lack curative solutions. The need to... Read More
Shedding Light on Cellular Metabolism to Fight Disease News / July 15, 2024 Enamored by the chemical processes of life, Yihui Shen, J. Peter and Geri Skirkanich Assistant Professor of Innovation in Bioengineering, started her research career as a chemist studying the way that proteins fold and the intricate dynamics underlying life processes. “As an undergraduate, I studied physical chemistry, thinking that one... Read More
The Penn Forum on Quantum Systems (FoQuS), QUIEST’s First Inaugural Symposium, Hosts International Experts in Quantum Research News / June 21, 2024 Sometimes, nature’s smallest objects have the biggest impact. Take the quantum realm, which involves the building blocks of matter itself. Quantum science aims to understand the behavior of matter and energy at the scale of atoms and subatomic particles. Because particles frequently defy human intuition at this scale, the field... Read More
Environmental Innovations Initiative Faculty Spotlight: Chinedum Osuji News / June 13, 2024 Chinedum Osuji, a faculty fellow of the Environmental Innovations Initiative (EII), is the Eduardo D. Glandt Chair and a professor in the Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering department of the School of Engineering and Applied Science. In his role, he’s responsible for faculty affairs and the CBE undergraduate and graduate programs. His research focuses on the... Read More
2024 CAREER Award Recipient: Ottman Tertuliano News / May 21, 2024 Ottman Tertuliano, AMA Family Assistant Professor in Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics, is the recipient of a 2024 National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award for his work studying the characteristics of bones and external forces that affect their likelihood of breaking by examining fractures on the nanoscale. “We all have... Read More
Penn Engineering Ph.D. Students Receive Funding from Amazon to Advance Trustworthy AI News / April 26, 2024 AI tools are being rapidly integrated into our daily lives, therefore their responsible development and regulation are paramount. This is the core mission of Penn Engineering’s ASSET (AI-Enabled Systems: Safe, Explainable and Trustworthy) Center. To support that mission and the next generation of engineers actualizing it, Amazon Web Services (AWS)... Read More
The CiPD Partners with the Mack Institute for Innovation and Management to Develop Tooth-Brushing Robots News / April 25, 2024 The Center for Innovation and Precision Dentistry (CiPD), a collaboration between Penn Engineering and Penn Dental Medicine, has partnered with Wharton’s Mack Institute for Innovation Management on a research project which brings robotics to healthcare. More specifically, this project will explore potential uses of nanorobot technology for oral health... Read More
