For more than a decade, Penn’s Dan Huh has been developing super-small devices called organs-on-chips that use living cells to stand in for larger organs. In May 2019, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched two experiments with Huh’s organs-on-chips to the International Space Station. In orbit, a lung chip and bone marrow chip are being compared to Earth-bound counterparts to shed light on astronauts’ susceptibility to infection.

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Inventing the Future

On a Different Wavelength, Nader Engheta Leads a Community in Light

2023 Franklin Medal winner Nader Engheta is one of the world’s pioneering leaders in wave physics. The H. Nedwill Ramsey Professor in Electrical and Systems Engineering is renowned for his unique approach to science, combining technical brilliance, creativity, and care.
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Why is Machine Learning Trending in Medical Research but not in Our Doctor’s Offices?

Konrad Kording, Nathan Francis Mossell University Professor with appointments in Penn Engineering and the Perelman School of Medicine, is leading an aspect of a large, NIH-funded program known as CENTER – Creating an Educational Nexus for Training in Experimental Rigor.

Kording will lead Penn’s cohort by creating the Community for Rigor, which will provide open-access resources on conducting sound science. Members of this inclusive scientific community will be able to engage with machine learning simulations and discussion-based courses.
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Two Penn Engineers Receive 2023 Provost’s Teaching Awards

Two members of the Penn Engineering faculty, Susan Davidson and LeAnn Dourte, are recipients of 2023 Provost’s Teaching Awards. These awards are the highest teaching honors awarded by the University to members of the faculty. Susan Davidson, Weiss Professor in Computer and Information Science, is a recipient of a 2023 Christian R. and Mary F. Lindback Award for Distinguished Teaching. LeAnn Dourte, Practice Associate Professor in Bioengineering, has been awarded a 2023 Provost’s Award for Teaching Excellence by Non-Standing Faculty.
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Penn Engineering’s GRASP Lab Helps Lead $5M Effort to Accelerate Robotics Research

Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Engineering and Applied Science are partnering with investigators at Oregon State University (OSU), as well as Semio, a Los Angeles-based software company that specializes in robotics applications, on a $5 million National Science Foundation effort to accelerate human-robotic-interface research by designing a standardized humanoid robot to distribute to the scientific community.

Mark Yim, Asa Whitney Professor of Mechanical Engineering in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics and Director of the GRASP Laboratory, will lead the project.
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Wandering and Wondering

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The Art and Science of Living-Like Architecture

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Events

ESE PhD Thesis Defense: “Chemical vapor deposition synthesis of graphene and transition metal dichalcogenides and their applications”

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CBE PhD Thesis Defense: “Comparative analysis of aneuploidy in suspension cancer lines and solid tumors: insights from single cell sequencing approaches”

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MEAM Ph.D. Thesis Defense: “Adding Actuation to Found Material: A Design Methodology”

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