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
The Science of Designing Ethical Algorithms: Michael Kearns and Aaron Roth on Ethical AI News / April 10, 2024 In 2019, Michael Kearns, National Center Professor of Management & Technology in Computer and Information Science (CIS), and Aaron Roth, Henry Salvatori Professor in Computer & Cognitive Science in CIS, published The Ethical Algorithm: The Science of Socially Aware Algorithm Design. Rather than rehash the social ills caused by AI-powered... Read More
Chris Callison-Burch Talks Empowering Tomorrow’s AI Engineers News / April 3, 2024 Through programs like the Raj and Neera Singh Program in Artificial Intelligence, the first Ivy League undergraduate degree of its kind, Penn Engineering is addressing the critical demand for specialized engineers and empowering students to be leaders in AI’s responsible use. We sat down with Chris Callison-Burch, Associate Professor in... Read More
Opening Doors and Changing Lives: Five Years of Penn Engineering Online Master’s Degrees News / March 25, 2024 The technological landscape is changing at a rapid pace, faster than ever before, leaving almost no career path untouched. In addition, professionals looking to augment their skills due to these changes, or even make the switch to a new career entirely, can encounter barriers to advancement if they do not... Read More
