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

Penn Center on Media, Technology, and Democracy

The University of Pennsylvania announced $10 million in funding for the newly created Center for Media, Technology, and Democracy which will be housed at Penn Engineering and operate in partnership with five other schools at Penn.

Professors Duncan Watts and Christopher Yoo are the principal investigators for the Center, which will serve as a global hub for research and policy, developing solutions to combat misinformation and polarization.

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Melding AI and RNA

The NSF AIRFoundry, backed by an $18M grant, will revolutionize RNA research with AI. A partnership among Penn Engineering, the Perelman School of Medicine, and more, the NSF AIRFoundry will pioneer advancements in RNA research, crucial for genetic expression and protein synthesis. Daeyeon Lee, Russell Pearce and Elizabeth Crimian Heuer Professor in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering will serve as the NSF AIRFoundry’s director.

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The Rigors of Engineering and the Olympics

Chinedum Osuj, Eduardo D. Glandt Presidential Professor and Chair of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, shares insights from his journey in engineering and Taekwondo.

“Great things only happen because people don’t stop to think they can’t do it.”

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Measuring Chaos

Imagine predicting the weather so accurately you’d never need an umbrella. Dani Bassett, J Peter Skirkanich Professor in Bioengineering and Electrical and Systems Engineering, and postdoctoral researcher Kieran Murphy use machine learning to decode chaotic systems like weather patterns, aiming for innovative solutions in various fields.

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Engineering an Olympian

Congratulations to Matt Fallon (CIS’25, W’25) on one of the top seasons EVER from a Penn swimmer. Fallon notched an American record in the 200 breaststroke at the U.S. Olympic Trials, was runner-up at the 2024 NCAA Championships and tied for 10th at the Paris Olympics.

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News

Mining the Microbiome: Uncovering New Antibiotics Inside the Human Gut

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Empowering Future Engineers: Lyle Brunhofer and the Impact of Senior Design

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Atomic Engineer and Research Guide, Dawn Bonnell Elected to American Philosophical Society

08.14.2024 | Read More

Events

ASSET Seminar: “Representation-based Learning and Control for Dynamical Systems”

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BE Doctoral Dissertation Defense: “Quantitative Informatics Approaches to Characterize and Predict Childhood Genetic Epilepsies” (Peter Galer)

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Fall 2024 GRASP SFI: Dian Wang, Northeastern University, “Equivariant Learning for Robotic Manipulation”

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About Penn Engineering

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