‘The Last Thing We Can Afford is to Be Pessimistic’ News / August 3, 2021 Earlier this summer, Chinedum Osuji, Eduardo D. Glandt Presidential Professor in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (CBE), began his term as department chair. Osuji also conducts research on soft materials and complex fluids, publishing work on topic areas such as material blends and membrane filtration. His work on... Read More
Assistive Technology for Infants with Cleft Palate Wins Inaugural Advancing Oral & Craniofacial Health Award News / July 28, 2021 The Center for Innovation and Precision Dentistry (CiPD), a collaboration between Penn Dental Medicine and Penn Engineering, has presented its inaugural Advancing Oral & Craniofacial Health Award, which aims to stimulate research around new oral health care technology and devices.This year’s winner is Eugene Ko, Assistant Professor of Clinical Oral... Read More
Watch the Winners of the 2021 Senior Design Competition News / June 9, 2021 Each year, Penn Engineering’s seniors present their Senior Design projects, a year-long effort that challenges them to test and develop solutions to real-world problems, to their individual departments. The top three projects from each department go on to compete in the annual Senior Design Competition, sponsored by the Engineering Alumni... Read More
Celebrating Penn Engineering’s 2021 Graduates News / June 2, 2021 Penn Engineering’s Class of 2021 Celebrations took place virtually on Thursday, May 13 and Friday, May 14. Both Thursday’s Doctoral ceremony and Friday’s undergraduate and master’s ceremony featured remarks from Vijay Kumar, Nemrivosky Family Dean and Professor at Penn Engineering and sendoffs from faculty members around the School. Archit Dhar,... Read More
‘I Look Like an Engineer’ News / May 28, 2021 Penn Engineering’s Advancing Women in Engineering (AWE) program, dedicated to recruiting, retaining and promoting all female-identified students in the School, participated in the “I Look Like an Engineer” social media movement for the third year in a row. The movement, aimed at promoting diversity around underrepresented groups like women and... Read More
Penn Engineering’s 2021 Teaching Awards News / April 7, 2021 The recipients of the annual Penn Engineering teaching and advising awards are selected directly by Penn Engineering students after thoughtful consideration. The School is filled with gifted educators who inspire students with their dedication and excellence. The S. Reid Warren, Jr., Award Eric Detsi, Stephenson Term Assistant Professor in Materials... Read More
Two Penn Engineers Receive 2021 Lindback Awards News / April 1, 2021 David F. Meaney and Kevin Turner are among the recipients of the 2021 Lindback Awards. The Lindback Awards, announced annually, are the most prestigious teaching awards that full-time faculty members at the University can receive. Meaney is the Solomon R. Pollack Professor in Bioengineering and Senior Associate Dean of Penn Engineering and... Read More
Watch Representative Chrissy Houlahan’s Technology, Business and Government Distinguished Lecture News / March 25, 2021 On Monday, March 22, Chrissy Houlahan, United States Representative in Pennsylvania’s 6th District, gave one of Penn Engineering’s Technology, Business and Government Distinguished lectures. She was joined by moderator Susan Davidson, Weiss Professor in Computer and Information Science, Janavi Chadha, sophomore in Computer and Information Science, Lucille Stinn, student in... Read More
Watch the Inaugural Joseph Bordogna Forum Lecture by Dr. John Brooks Slaughter News / March 2, 2021 The inaugural Joseph Bordogna Forum took place on Wednesday, February 24 and featured a talk from John Brooks Slaughter, Deans’ Professor of Education and Engineering at USC’s Viterbi School of Engineering and Rossier School of Education, entitled a “Call to Action for Racial Justice and Equity in Engineering.” Dr. Slaughter... Read More
Detkin Lab at Home: Coordinating for Success News / February 4, 2021 As students switched to a virtual learning format for the Fall 2020 semester, Zoom calls and group chats took the place of many of the day-to-day realities of in-person learning. But for educators accustomed to teaching students in hands-on settings, such as those used in electrical engineering, replicating crucial lab... Read More
