From Lab to Launch: How Vanessa Chan Is Training Ph.D. Engineers for Real-World Impact News / June 4, 2026 EAS5500: Applying Your Thesis to the Real World is helping Penn Engineering Ph.D. students bridge the gap between research and impact. Through industry mentorship, commercialization training, and real-world networking, students learn how to turn breakthrough technologies into solutions that reach the market. Read More
Class of 2026 President’s Engagement and Innovation Prize Winners Announced News / April 16, 2026 Four prize-winning teams, including two affiliated with Penn Engineering, will design and implement post-graduation projects that make a positive, lasting difference here in Philadelphia and beyond. Read More
Three Penn Engineers Receive Goldwater Scholarships News / April 1, 2026 Goldwater Scholarships are awarded to students planning research careers in the sciences, engineering and mathematics. Read More
Adventures in Innovation: Penn Engineering Startups Lead Venture Lab Challenge News / May 6, 2025 To form a venture is, quite literally, to go on an adventure. The words have the same Latin root, meaning to head toward what is to come. On Friday, a trio of Penn Engineering startups demonstrated their aptitude for navigating the unknown by taking home more than $100,000 at the... Read More
Penn Students Develop AI-Driven Solution to Transform Senior Care News / April 30, 2025 Founded and led by Melanie Herbert (EE'25, GEng'26), Sync Labs is an innovative AI-powered solution to enhance senior caregiving. Read More
Investing in Engineers: Sugi Widjaja and Millie Wan Champion Entrepreneurship Fellows News / March 31, 2025 Neither Sugi Widjaja (EE’00) nor Millie Wan (W’01) pictured themselves attending Penn. Widjaja, who moved from Asia to Santa Monica, California, for his senior year of high school, expected to attend community college, then transfer to a four-year school. “My parents didn’t graduate from high school,” he says. “All they... Read More
Meet Taylor Caputo, Director of the Engineering Studios @ Venture Lab News / March 28, 2025 Taylor Caputo (IPD’15) helps students bring their visions for new products to life through techniques as varied as sewing and 3D printing. Read More
Meet Vanessa Chan: Penn Engineering’s Inaugural Vice Dean of Innovation and Entrepreneurship News / March 15, 2025 Meet Penn Engineering’s inaugural Vice Dean of Innovation and Entrepreneurship. Read More
From Drummer to Educator: How Entrepreneurship Transcends Disciplines News / March 11, 2025 As a Practice Professor in Engineering Entrepreneurship, Jeffrey Babin helps students refine ideas and develop an innovation-driven mindset that applies across disciplines. Read More
Building Tomorrow’s Innovators: Inside Penn’s Widjaja Entrepreneurship Fellows Program News / February 13, 2025 Penn Engineering recently welcomed the second cohort of Widjaja Entrepreneurship Fellows. The highly selective, year-long program invites students to engage directly with startups and venture firms through internships and mentorships. Read More
