At an elevation of around 6,000 feet near Mount Hood, located roughly 70 miles east of Portland, an interdisciplinary team comprising members from the University of Pennsylvania, the University of […]
‘Kinegami’ paper receives Honorable Mention for 2023 TRO Best Paper Award
Congratulations to Wei-Hsi Chen, ESE PhD ’13 and postdoctoral researcher in Electrical and Systems Engineering (ESE) and the Sung Robotics Lab, Woohyeok Yang, MEAM MSE ’21, and Lucien […]
Understanding the Northeast earthquake
On April 5, 2024, people in the Northeast, including many at Penn, experienced an unusual disruption to their day as the ground beneath and walls around started to […]
2024 Tedori-Callinan Distinguished Lecture
In a captivating fusion of art and engineering, the recent Tedori-Callinan Distinguished Lecture welcomed Glaucio Paulino, the Margareta E. Augustine Professor of Engineering from Princeton University. With his […]
S. Reid Warren, Jr. Award
Douglas Jerolmack, Professor in Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics and in Earth and Environmental Science, has been awarded the S. Reid Warren, Jr. Award. Presented in conjunction with […]
Interfacial Phenomena: Samantha McBride’s Untapped Resource for Water Sustainability
In a typical year, Reno, Nevada, receives just seven and a half inches of rain. For Samantha McBride, the newest faculty member in Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics, […]
At Ben Talks NYC, A Journey From Ocean Depths to Outer Space
Written for OMNIA by Michele W. BergerPhotos by Brooke Sietinsons On a brisk night in January overlooking the skating rink in New York’s Bryant Park, alumni took a […]
Penn4C Announces Awardees for Community-led Partnership Grant
The Penn Community Collaboratory for Co-Creation (Penn4C), an initiative led jointly by the Welcome to Penn Nursing (Penn Nursing) and the School of Engineering and Applied Science (Penn Engineering), has awarded funding […]
Introducing: Samantha McBride
We extend a warm welcome to Samantha McBride, our newest member of the mechanical engineering faculty, serving as the William K. Gemmill Term Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering. Fueled […]
Engineering the Future of Farming
Over the next 25 years, the world’s population, currently hovering around 7.8 billion, is expected to grow by nearly 25% to 9.7 billion people. This means that existing […]