Melding AI and RNA: $18M NSF AIRFoundry to Revolutionize RNA Research News / August 28, 2024 Penn's NSF AIRFoundry will accelerate RNA research using the power of AI Read More
Liang Feng Receives Experimental Physics Investigator Award from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation News / August 21, 2024 Liang Feng, Professor in Materials Science and Engineering and in Electrical and Systems Engineering, is the recipient of a $1.25 million award from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation in support of pioneering research in his field. Feng joins the 2024 cohort of the Foundation’s Experimental Physics Investigators Initiative, which... Read More
Cynthia Sung Receives Army Early Career Award to Make Robots Move Like Animals News / June 14, 2024 Inspired by the variety of muscles that control movement in animals, Cynthia Sung, Gabel Family Term Assistant Professor in Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics (MEAM) at Penn Engineering, aims to advance movement and stiffness control in today’s robots to make future robotic platforms more adaptable and efficient. Her project, “Multiscale... Read More
Six Interdisciplinary Projects Receive Support from ASSET Center Seed Grants in Trustworthy AI Research for Medicine News / June 6, 2024 The ASSET Center at Penn Engineering aims to make AI-enabled systems more “safe, explainable and trustworthy.” AI can have a transformative impact on the broad area of health and medical care, but concerns related to safety and trust are obstacles to wider adoption. One of the ways to meet this... Read More
Penn Engineering and Harvard Awarded $12 Million NSF Grant for Sustainable Computing Project News / May 23, 2024 Researchers at Penn and Harvard have launched the NSF-funded Carbon Connect to study sustainable computing. Read More
2024 CAREER Award Recipient: Ottman Tertuliano News / May 21, 2024 Ottman Tertuliano, AMA Family Assistant Professor in Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics, is the recipient of a 2024 National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award for his work studying the characteristics of bones and external forces that affect their likelihood of breaking by examining fractures on the nanoscale. “We all have... Read More
Penn Engineering Wins $13.5 Million Grant from DARPA to Enhance National Computer Security News / March 25, 2024 The University of Pennsylvania School of Engineering and Applied Science has secured a $13.5 million grant from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to pioneer cutting-edge technology aimed at enhancing national computer security. Leading this effort will be André DeHon, Professor in the Departments of Electrical and Systems Engineering... Read More
Penn Receives $2 Million NASA Grant for TRUSSES Project to Study Lunar Robotics News / November 28, 2023 The University of Pennsylvania has been awarded a $2 million grant from NASA to conduct groundbreaking research on lunar robotics. The TRUSSES Project: Temporarily, Robots Unite to Surmount Sandy Entrapments, then Separate, led by Cynthia Sung, Gabel Family Term Assistant Professor in Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics (MEAM) at Penn... Read More
2023 CAREER Award Recipient: Michael Posa News / August 7, 2023 Robots are now helping people compose emails and vacuum their homes, but we are still far away from having a Jetson’s-style, live-in robot to help with more complex tasks. “I want a robot to be able to enter a room it has never been in and quickly characterize and manipulate... Read More
Penn Engineering’s GRASP Lab Helps Lead $5M Effort to Accelerate Robotics Research News / June 27, 2023 Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Engineering and Applied Science are partnering with investigators at Oregon State University (OSU), as well as Semio, a Los Angeles-based software company that specializes in robotics applications, on a $5 million National Science Foundation effort to accelerate human-robotic-interface research by designing a... Read More
