Technology to Keep Track of Living Cells and Tissues News / June 14, 2022 Cells in complex organisms undergo frequent changes, and researchers have struggled to monitor these changes and create a comprehensive profile for living cells and tissues. Historically researchers have been limited to only 3-5 markers due to spectral overlaps in fluorescence microscopy, an essential tool required for imaging cells. With only... Read More
New Development Will Expand the Life Sciences Hub at Pennovation Works News / June 12, 2022 Pennovation Works, the 23-acre University of Pennsylvania property just across the Schuylkill River from the core campus, has long been a site for innovation. Home to a ferry business in the 18th century, a paint company in the 19th century, and a DuPont chemical research facility for much of the 20th century,... Read More
Bioengineering Graduate Student Hannah Zlotnick Named Schmidt Science Fellow News / June 9, 2022 Hannah Zlotnick, a graduate student in the Department of Bioengineering and a member of the McKay Orthopaedic Research Laboratory in Penn’s Perelman School of Medicine, has been named a Schmidt Science Fellow. She joins 28 early-career scientists from around the world in this year’s cohort, with each receiving support for... Read More
Engineering a Solution for Microplastic Pollution News / June 8, 2022 Nearly 14 million tons of plastic pollute the world’s oceans each year. Along with the significant impacts of plastic pollution on marine ecosystems and human health, the negative impacts of smaller particles that are formed when larger pieces of plastic break down in the environment, known as microplastics, are also beginning to be more thoroughly understood.... Read More
Celebrating the Newest President’s Engagement, Innovation, and Sustainability Prize Winners News / June 6, 2022 Last week, on a sunny spring day, the 2022 President’s Engagement, Innovation, and Sustainability Prize winners were recognized at a special luncheon, a momentous occasion that hasn’t taken place in-person since 2019. The 12 Prize recipients and their advisers, as well as past Prize winners and Penn leadership, joined together at the... Read More
Meet James C. Gee, MSE-DS Online Program Director News / June 3, 2022 James C. Gee has been immersed in computational analysis and data science ever since he earned his PhD in computer and information science from the University of Pennsylvania. A renowned expert in biomedical image analysis and computing, he runs a lab that’s internationally known for its ability to translate research accomplishments into... Read More
Center for Engineering Mechanobiology 2.0: Developing ‘Mechanointelligence’ News / May 23, 2022 The National Science Foundation’s Science and Technology Center (STC) program is its flagship funding mechanism for organizing interdisciplinary research on cutting-edge topics. Penn’s Center for Engineering MechanoBiology (CEMB) is one of the 18 active STCs, bringing together dozens of researchers from Penn Engineering and the Perelman School of Medicine, as... Read More
Penn Engineers Develop a New Method that Could Enable a Patient’s Own Antibodies to Eliminate Their Tumors News / May 20, 2022 One of the reasons that cancer is notoriously difficult to treat is that it can look very different for each patient. As a result, most targeted therapies only work for a fraction of cancer patients. In many cases, patients will have tumors with no known markers that can be targeted,... Read More
A Passion for Addressing ‘Meaningful Causes’ with Data News / May 12, 2022 Angelina Heyler, a senior from Hong Kong, came to Penn to pursue a degree in engineering in a setting with opportunities for personal and academic growth. Now, reflecting back on the past four years, Heyler says she is thankful for how her time on campus provided her with “the opportunity... Read More
Vaclav Vitek Elected to the Royal Society News / May 10, 2022 Vaclav Vitek, professor emeritus in the departments of Materials Science and Engineering and Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics, has been elected to the Royal Society, one of the world’s preeminent scientific honors. Vitek is one of 62 new fellows in this year’s class, and joins roughly 1,600 eminent scientists who... Read More
