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| The MODular Professor | |||
| Since his arrival at Penn Engineering, professor Mark Yim has been combining cutting-edge research with a passion for teaching, advancing the field of modular robotics and preparing the next generation of roboticists and engineers. In his research, Yim is working to transform robots from large, stationary, single-purpose machines into smaller, mobile multi-taskers. | |||
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| Erasing Boundaries: New Center Integrates Physical and Information Sciences |
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| Science is a discovery-driven culture. Engineering is an innovation-driven culture. To be able to tackle the challenging issues of our times, it is imperative that different knowledge and expertise cultures integrate across academic disciplines. At Penn Engineering, the Penn Research in Embedded Computing and Integrated Systems Engineering (PRECISE) Center is pursuing broad intellectual and research agendas, at a level members expect will achieve international impact and visibility. | |||
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| Healing Patients Through Robotics | |||
| In medical robotics, haptics allows surgeons to “feel” tissues and anatomy, even though they are controlling surgical robotic arms instead of being in direct contact with the patient. Research in haptic robotics, led by Katherine Kuchenbecker, the Skirkanich Assistant Professor of Innovation in Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics, is enhancing and improving upon the function of current medical robots. | |||
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| Andy Rachleff: A Passion for Technology |
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| Andy Rachleff (W’80, MBA Stanford) wants to stem the tide of engineering students going to work for Wall Street, and he’s making sure Penn’s School of Engineering and Applied Science is a bulwark of defense. “Engineers are the key to a successful and diversified economy. It’s imperative we train more engineers and help them understand all the positives involved in making that a career choice,” he says. | |||
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ENIAC, the world's first electronic, large-scale, general all-purpose computer, was built here at Penn Engineering in 1946.
A piece of ENIAC traveled to space during the summer of 2008 with astronaut Garrett Reisman, a Penn Engineering alumnus. Check it out!
Check out the future of Penn Engineering!
Penn Engineering's newest building, the Krishna P. Singh Center for Nanotechnology will break ground in 2010.
If you were "Q" from the James Bond films, what would you build?
See our Advanced Mechatronics students go to work in espionage!
