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Knowing When to Bend or Break: Penn Engineers Examine the Fracture Mechanics of 3D Graphene Structures
Faculty / In the News / Research

Knowing When to Bend or Break: Penn Engineers Examine the Fracture Mechanics of 3D Graphene Structures

Posted on: May 8, 2025May 8, 2025

When do materials bend and when do they break? For Ottman Tertuliano, AMA Family Assistant Professor in Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics (MEAM), this question is one he normally […]

Carpick and Roberts Receive Student Choice Awards
Faculty / Grants & Awards

Carpick and Roberts Receive Student Choice Awards

Posted on: April 4, 2025April 4, 2025

Each year, the Penn Engineering undergraduate student body thoughtfully selects the recipients of these awards for their dedication in teaching, mentorship and student advocacy. This year, two members […]

Using Surface Fractures on Earth, Mars, and Europa to Predict Habitability
Faculty / Research

Using Surface Fractures on Earth, Mars, and Europa to Predict Habitability

Posted on: March 10, 2025March 10, 2025

This article was written by Nathi Magubane for Penn Today. When a mudflat crumbles on Earth, or an ice sheet splinters on one of Jupiter’s moons (Europa), or […]

Breaking the Pattern: How Disorder Toughens Materials
Faculty / Postdoctoral / Research

Breaking the Pattern: How Disorder Toughens Materials

Posted on: February 17, 2025February 17, 2025

This article was written by Ian Scheffler for Penn Engineering Today. Cut open a bone and you’ll see a subtly disordered structure. Tiny beams, called trabeculae, connect to […]

John L. Bassani Awarded the Society of Engineering Science William Prager Medal
Faculty / Grants & Awards

John L. Bassani Awarded the Society of Engineering Science William Prager Medal

Posted on: February 3, 2025February 3, 2025

This article was written by Melissa Pappas for Penn Engineering Today. John Bassani, Professor Emeritus in Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics (MEAM), has been awarded the 2025 Society […]

Spring 2025 Seminar Series
Events

Spring 2025 Seminar Series

Posted on: January 9, 2025January 17, 2025

Join us this semester for an exciting lineup of esteemed speakers from top institutions for our Spring Seminar Series. Topics will range from liquid crystal elastomers and phononic […]

New MEAM Faculty Member Wensi Wu Brings Innovation to Cardiovascular Research
Faculty / Research

New MEAM Faculty Member Wensi Wu Brings Innovation to Cardiovascular Research

Posted on: January 9, 2025February 3, 2025

We extend a warm welcome to Wensi Wu, who joins the MEAM faculty as Assistant Research Professor. Wensi’s research sits at the convergence of applied mechanics, scientific machine […]

Penn4C Celebrates Annual Awardee Achievements
Events / Faculty

Penn4C Celebrates Annual Awardee Achievements

Posted on: December 9, 2024December 9, 2024

Penn Community Collaboratory for Co-Creation (Penn4C), an initiative led jointly by the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing (Penn Nursing) and the School of Engineering and Applied Science (Penn Engineering), recently […]

Rivers in a Changing World
Faculty / Research

Rivers in a Changing World

Posted on: December 4, 2024December 4, 2024

This article was written by Kristina García for Penn Today. Photographs by Eric Sucar. The history of Philadelphia’s water lies mostly underground, buried and dormant. Watershed maps show […]

Tedori-Callinan Distinguished Lecture with Gareth H. McKinley
Events

Tedori-Callinan Distinguished Lecture with Gareth H. McKinley

Posted on: November 20, 2024November 21, 2024

In a exploration of fluid dynamics, the MEAM department invited Gareth McKinley from Massachusetts Institute of Technology to speak at the Fall 2024 Tedori-Callinan Distinguished Lecture. To a […]

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