Two Penn Engineers Named AAAS Fellows News / March 26, 2026 Cherie Kagan and George Pappas are among the nearly 500 scientists, engineers, and innovators honored by the Association for the Advancement of Science this year for distinguished contributions to their fields. Read More
Innovation & Impact Podcast: Inventing for the Real World with Penn’s National Academy of Inventors Fellows News / March 25, 2026 In this episode of Penn Engineering’s Innovation & Impact podcast, host Vanessa Chan, Vice Dean of Innovation and Entrepreneurship and Jonathan and Linda Brassington Practice Professor in Materials Science and Engineering, sits down with three faculty members who were recently named Fellows of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI), one... Read More
Topology Helps Build More Robust Photonic Networks News / March 19, 2026 Topology, the branch of mathematics that says donuts and mugs are identical because they each have one opening, can protect light-based signals in chips. Now, engineers at Penn and the City University of New York have demonstrated that such systems can carry multiple signals, opening the door to scaling such... Read More
Energy Week to Explore Solutions for Transition to Clean Energy News / February 20, 2026 Penn’s sixth Energy Week, taking place Feb. 23-27, features events that highlight cross-disciplinary research at Penn and bring in leading industry experts. Read More
CarboWells Wins the 2026 Y-Prize Competition News / February 18, 2026 CarboWells is the recipient of the top award in the 2026 Y-Prize, Penn’s annual innovation competition that challenges students to imagine powerful real-world applications for emerging technologies invented at the University of Pennsylvania. The Y-Prize invites interdisciplinary teams from across Penn to compete by developing compelling business plans built around... Read More
Two Penn Engineering Faculty Elected to National Academy of Engineering News / February 10, 2026 Nader Engheta, H. Nedwill Ramsey Professor in Electrical and Systems Engineering, and Karen Winey, Harold Pender Professor in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and in Materials Science and Engineering, have been elected to the National Academy of Engineering (NAE), bringing the total Penn Engineering NAE faculty membership to 16. Read More
The Path Forward: Penn Engineering 2030 News / January 13, 2026 The cover story of the 2025-2026 issue of Penn Engineering magazine explores Penn Engineering 2030, the School’s new strategic plan, which charts a bold, collaborative path forward in this new era for higher education. Read More
20 Breakthroughs of 2025 News / January 12, 2026 From ancient tombs and tiny robots to personalized gene editing and AI weather models, Penn’s 2025 research portfolio showed how curiosity paired with collaboration moves knowledge into impact and stretches across disciplines and continents. Read More
From Soft to Solid: How a Coral Stiffens Its Skeleton on Demand News / October 29, 2025 Touch the branches of Leptogorgia chilensis, a soft coral found along the Pacific coast from California to Chile, and its flexible arms stiffen, like Marvel’s Mr. Fantastic warding off a foe. Now, Penn Engineers have discovered the mechanism underlying this astonishing ability, one that could advance fields as varied as... Read More
Clark Foundation Invests $11 Million in the Next Generation of Penn Engineers News / October 21, 2025 The Clark Foundation deepens the program’s mission, opening new pathways for students to grow as engineers and community leaders. Read More
