Engines of Exploration News / January 15, 2026 Kristin Houston (ENG’01), President of the Space Propulsion & Power Systems sector within the Aerojet Rocketdyne segment at L3Harris, shares her story from her time at Penn Engineering to sending spacecraft to the moon and beyond. Read More
The Path Forward: Penn Engineering 2030 News / January 13, 2026 The cover story of the 2025-2026 issue of Penn Engineering magazine explores Penn Engineering 2030, the School’s new strategic plan, which charts a bold, collaborative path forward in this new era for higher education. Read More
New Penn Engineering Assistant Professorship Honors Jan Van der Spiegel News / November 26, 2025 Jan Van der Spiegel’s quiet encouragement has shaped the careers of thousands of students, many of whom now hold prominent positions in academia and industry. Now, a group of Penn Engineering alumni are recognizing his lasting influence by helping to establish an assistant professorship in his honor. Read More
Aaron Roth Receives 2025-26 Heilmeier Award News / November 24, 2025 Aaron Roth, Henry Salvatori Professor of Computer & Cognitive Science in Computer and Information Science, is the recipient of the 2025-26 George H. Heilmeier Faculty Award for Excellence in Research for “fundamental contributions to formalizing, quantifying and enforcing data privacy and algorithmic fairness.” Read More
Fall 2025 Dean’s Welcome News / August 21, 2025 Welcome, Penn Engineers! Whether you’re joining us for the first time or returning for another exciting year of discovery and growth, it’s wonderful to see our campus buzzing with energy again. There is nothing quite like the excitement of a new academic year, and I’m reminded how much our strength... Read More
The 2025 Penn Engineering Student Choice Awards News / March 27, 2025 Penn Engineering is pleased to announce the faculty recipients of the 2025 Student Choice Awards. Each year, the Penn Engineering undergraduate student body thoughtfully selects the recipients of these awards for their dedication in teaching, mentorship and student advocacy. This year’s winners are Jonathan Smith, Deep Jariwala, Robert Carpick, Russ... Read More
Is Moore’s Law Really Dead? News / January 16, 2025 In 1965, Gordon Moore defined a relationship between cadence and cost for computing innovation that came to be known as “Moore’s Law.” This rule both described and inspired the exponential growth that built the Information Age. As Moore predicted, integrated circuits doubled their processing power every two years. Chips got... Read More
Cherie Kagan Receives 2024-25 Heilmeier Award News / December 12, 2024 Cherie Kagan, Stephen J. Angello Professor in Electrical and Systems Engineering (ESE), has been named the recipient of the 2024-25 George H. Heilmeier Faculty Award for Excellence in Research “for fundamental contributions to colloidal nanocrystal materials and their use in electronic and optical devices.” The Heilmeier Award honors a Penn... Read More
Penn Engineering Entrepreneurship at 25: Bridging Science and Business for Success in a Tech-Driven Economy News / December 2, 2024 In 1999, Tom Cassel (ME’68, GME’73, GR’79) was a Penn Engineering doctoral alumnus with decades of entrepreneurial success in the energy sector. With a career bookended by a Peace Corps stint building water systems in the ‘70s and the sale of his company’s advanced power plants to multinationals in the... Read More
Penn Engineering Awards Three New Scholarly Professorships News / November 19, 2024 A scholarly professorship, or named faculty position, is one of the highest honors a faculty member can receive from an academic institution. Such an appointment increases a faculty member’s distinction and validates the individual’s work, elevating their influence at Penn and beyond. In Fiscal Year 2024, Penn Engineering appointed the... Read More
