Inventing the Future
Dean Vijay Kumar Honored with John Scott Award
Congratulations to Vijay Kumar, Penn Engineering’s Nemirovsky Family Dean, for receiving the prestigious 2024 John Scott Award. Recognized for his robotics and drone technology work, Dean Kumar draws inspiration from nature to create systems that collaborate and innovate.
Breakthrough Could Revolutionize Data Storage
A team of collaborators including Ritesh Agarwal, Srinivasa Ramanujan Distinguished Scholar and Professor in Materials Science and Engineering (MSE), have developed a scalable, low-power method to amorphize indium selenide, advancing phase-change memory (PCM) tech.
Responsible Innovation
Penn Engineering recently launched its new Responsible Innovation Initiative at an event co-sponsored by Perry World House and hosted by Penn Washington. There, leaders in engineering, academia, industry, and policy met for an engaging dialogue on responsibly shaping the future of innovation.
Dean Vijay Kumar Named "Most Influential"
Congratulations to Vijay Kumar, Nemirovsky Family Dean of Penn Engineering, on being recognized as one of Philadelphia’s 150 Most Influential People by Philadelphia Magazine in 2024.
Penn Secures ARPA-H Funding for AI in Medicine
Researchers at Penn received a $7-million, four-year award from the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) to develop artificial intelligence (AI) systems that support personalized medical treatment. The project will be led by Rajeev Alur, Zisman Family Professor in Computer and Information Science (CIS) at Penn Engineering and Director of the AI-enabled Systems: Safe, Explainable, and Trustworthy (ASSET) Center,
Events
BE Fall 2024 Demos
MSE Seminar: “Single Metal Site Catalysts for Sustainable and Clean Hydrogen Energy”
BE Doctoral Dissertation Defense: “High-throughput and high-dimensional single-cell analysis of antigen-specific CD4+ T cells” (Yuwan Guo)
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