Penn Engineers Send Quantum Signals with Standard Internet Protocol News / August 28, 2025 Penn Engineers have brought quantum networking out of the laboratory and onto fiber-optic cables. Read More
Penn Engineers First to Train AI at Lightspeed News / April 15, 2025 Penn Engineers have built the first photonic chip capable of training neural networks using light alone, opening the door to ultra-fast, ultra-efficient AI. Read More
Qubits to qudits: Using quantum mechanics to transmit information more securely News / February 10, 2025 Penn Engineerings are pushing quantum messaging to be more resilient to interference and capable of transmitting more data securely. Read More
Revolutionizing Data Centers: Penn Engineers’ Breakthrough in Photonic Switching News / January 7, 2025 A tiny new photonic switch from Penn Engineering could dramatically accelerate global data traffic while slashing energy use in data centers. 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
Penn Engineers’ Supersymmetry-inspired Microlaser Arrays Pave Way for Powering Chip-sized Optical Systems News / April 22, 2021 The field of photonics aims to transform all manner of electronic devices by storing and transmitting information in the form of light, rather than electricity. Beyond light’s raw speed, the way that information can be layered in its various physical properties makes devices like photonic computers and communication systems tantalizing... Read More
IEEE Specturm: ‘Vortex Lasers May Be a Boon for Data’ News / June 24, 2020 Last month, Penn Engineers published a matched pair of Science studies with major implications for how quickly data can be transmitted over optical networks. One study demonstrated a chip-sized “vortex” laser that emits light in a corkscrew shape, and which can control the direction and spacing of those twists; the other demonstrated an equally small detector that... Read More
Penn Engineers Develop First Tunable, Chip-based ‘Vortex Microlaser’ and Detector, Encode Information in Twisting Beams of Light News / May 14, 2020 As computers get more powerful and connected, the amount of data that we send and receive is in a constant race with the technologies that we use to transmit it. Electrons are now proving insufficiently fast and are being replaced by photons as the demand for fiber optic internet cabling... Read More
Penn Engineering 2020 Teaching Awards News / March 27, 2020 Penn Engineering 2020 Teaching Awards 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 Liang Feng, Assistant Professor in... Read More
Liang Feng Named 2020 Sloan Research Fellow News / February 13, 2020 Liang Feng Named 2020 Sloan Research Fellow Liang Feng Liang Feng, assistant professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, is one of the 126 recipients of the 2020 Sloan Research Fellowship, along side fellow Penn faculty members Erica Korb of the Perelman School of Medicine, and Weijie Su of... Read More
