Clark Foundation Invests $11 Million in the Next Generation of Penn Engineers News / October 21, 2025 The Clark Foundation deepens the program’s mission, opening new pathways for students to grow as engineers and community leaders. Read More
Penn Engineering’s Dohyung Kim Named 2025 Packard Fellow for Science and Engineering News / October 15, 2025 Dohyung Kim, Assistant Professor in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, has been named a 2025 Packard Fellow for Science and Engineering by the David and Lucile Packard Foundation. The Fellowship, one of the nation’s most prestigious awards for early-career researchers, provides $875,000 over five years to support pioneering work in... Read More
Helping robots work together to explore the Moon and Mars News / October 2, 2025 From blistering desert dunes to future lunar missions, Penn researchers are preparing cooperative robots for the realities of off-world exploration. Read More
74 Brilliant Minds, One Symposium: NAE Frontiers of Engineering Celebrates 30 Years at Penn News / September 26, 2025 The 30th Anniversary Grainger Foundation Frontiers of Engineering Symposium (FOE), hosted by the University of Pennsylvania, took place from September 14 through 17, 2025 at the Singh Center for Nanotechnology. Marking the first time the event came to Philadelphia, this flagship National Academy of Engineering (NAE) event was co-chaired by... Read More
Pranam Chatterjee Designs Novel AI Frameworks for Biotechnology News / September 18, 2025 When he enrolled at Dartmouth, Pranam Chatterjee, Assistant Professor and Africk-Lesley Distinguished Scholar of Innovation in Engineering with a joint appointment in Bioengineering (BE) and in Computer and Information Science (CIS), did not start off as an engineering student. He majored in religion. “I had a deep desire to... Read More
Penn Engineers Explore How Tumor Mechanics and Tiny Messengers Could Shape the Future of Cancer Research News / September 17, 2025 When Ph.D. student Kshitiz Parihar began combing through dozens of research papers on two seemingly different topics — tumor mechanics and extracellular vesicles, tiny packages of proteins and genetic material secreted by cells — he noticed something surprising: the two fields were speaking to each other. Together with his advisor,... Read More
Penn Buildings Achieve LEED Certifications, Showcasing Commitment to Sustainability News / September 15, 2025 The University of Pennsylvania’s newest LEED-certified building projects include the Vagelos Laboratory for Energy Science and Technology (VLEST) which earned a LEED Platinum, Amy Gutmann Hall which was awarded LEED Gold, and the Ott Center for Track and Field which received LEED Silver. Recognized as the international benchmark for the design, construction, and operation of high-performance green... Read More
What Stiffening Lung Tissue Reveals About the Earliest Stages of Fibrosis News / September 5, 2025 Fibrosis of the lungs is often a silent disease until it’s too late. By the time patients are diagnosed, the scarring of their lung tissue is already advanced, and current treatments offer little more than a slowing of the inevitable. But what if we could understand the very first steps... Read More
Eva Dyer Is Listening to the Brain’s Code With a Little Help From AI News / August 27, 2025 When Eva Dyer, Rachleff Associate Professor in Bioengineering and in Computer and Information Science, talks about the brain, she doesn’t just talk like a neuroscientist. She speaks with the rhythm of someone who listens deeply. Once a jazz singer and multi-instrumentalist, Dyer now orchestrates another kind of harmony: finding the... Read More
Sunflower Spirals and Raspberry Beads: A Nature-Inspired Leap in Water Harvesting Technology News / August 18, 2025 Tackling large socio-environmental issues like climate change and global freshwater scarcity takes bold, interdisciplinary experts with an eye for natural solutions. Shu Yang, Joseph Bordogna Professor and Chair of Materials Science and Engineering, has already leveraged both her engineering expertise and biomimicry approach to develop kirigami-inspired fog collectors and dehydrating... Read More
