Physics of Foam Strangely Resembles AI Training News / January 14, 2026 Penn Engineers have discovered that foams — from soap suds to food emulsions — are not static, as long assumed, but instead continuously reorganize themselves in ways that mathematically resemble how modern AI systems learn. Read More
Weighing Sustainability of Real vs. Fake Christmas Trees News / December 19, 2025 Engineering professor Lorena Grundy says people looking to make a sustainable decision should consider how many years they would use an artificial tree, how they plan to dispose of a real tree and how the tree was transported. Read More
New Video Dataset to Advance AI for Health Care News / December 16, 2025 Penn’s new Observer platform provides anonymized video, audio and clinical data from real medical encounters, giving researchers an unprecedented tool for studying how care happens and training AI medical systems. Read More
Penn and Michigan Create World’s Smallest Programmable, Autonomous Robots News / December 15, 2025 Smaller than a grain of salt, the robots can navigate their environment, measure temperatures and respond autonomously using tiny onboard computers. Read More
Scientists and U.S. Foundry Achieve 3D Chip Breakthrough to Accelerate AI News / December 11, 2025 Penn, Stanford, CMU, MIT and SkyWater Technology developed a new computer chip that could make future AI systems much faster and more efficient. Read More
How Might AI Shape the Future of Work? News / December 8, 2025 Konrad Kording, a computer scientist, and Ioana Marinescu, an economist, have developed an interactive model to generate meaningful predictions about how AI will affect wages, jobs and the overall economy. Read More
Penn Startup Showcase 2025 Recap News / November 24, 2025 Penn Engineering innovators took center stage at the inaugural Penn Startup Showcase, highlighting breakthrough ventures in robotics, AI and health care. Read More
Penn Engineering and Ashoka University Launch New Partnership to Advance Research, Innovation and Graduate Study News / November 17, 2025 Penn Engineering recently signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Ashoka University, a leading Indian liberal arts and research institution, to strengthen academic and research collaborations in engineering, science and interdisciplinary education. Read More
National Academy of Medicine Issues Code of Conduct to Guide Health Care’s AI Revolution News / November 12, 2025 Kevin Johnson, David L. Cohen University Professor, contributed to a new report with guidelines on incorporating AI in health care. Read More
Surbhi Goel Named 2025 Schmidt Sciences AI2050 Early Career Fellow News / November 5, 2025 Surbhi Goel, Magerman Term Assistant Professor in Computer and Information Science, has been named a 2025 Schmidt Sciences #AI2050 Early Career Fellow. Read More
