Senior Design is the capstone of the practice-integrated mechanical engineering and applied mechanics curriculum. The two-semester senior design sequence challenges students to bring theory, skills, general knowledge, and […]
John A. Goff Prize Recipients (2025)
The annual John A. Goff Prize recognizes outstanding graduate students in Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics (MEAM), chosen by faculty based on their scholarship, resourcefulness, and leadership. This year, […]
Celebrating Undergraduate Excellence (2025)
Every year, Penn Engineering undergraduates are honored with awards recognizing exceptional scholarly accomplishments and their invaluable service to both the School and the wider university community. This year, […]
Engineering Smart Robot Teams with Torrie Edwards (Video)
How can many robots work together effectively to collect information from the environment? This is a question Victoria Edwards, a fifth-year doctoral student in MEAM, is working to […]
Stentix Wins 2025 Y-Prize Competition
This year’s Y-Prize competition winner is an ambitious team of undergraduates aiming to bring Penn-developed technology to patients suffering with bile duct obstructions. Their proposed product, Stentix, has been awarded […]
Parker LaMascus Defends Dissertation on Nanocrystals in Lubrication
Parker LaMascus has successfully completed his doctoral dissertation, “Tribosintering of Metal Oxide Nanocrystals,” working under the guidance of Robert Carpick, John Henry Towne Professor in MEAM. LaMascus investigated […]
Jessica Yin Defends Dissertation on Multimodal Sensing for Robot Manipulation
Jessica Yin has successfully completed her doctoral dissertation on “Exploring Multimodal Sensing Across the Stack for Robot Manipulation” under the guidance of Mark Yim, Asa Whitney Professor of Mechanical […]
Your PhD in MEAM: Fluid Mechanics with Sindu (Video)
Meet Sindu Shanmugadas, a third-year doctoral student working at the intersection of electromagnetism and fluids in Haim Bau’s microfluidics lab. Sindu shares what makes Penn Engineering unique – […]
Academic Resilience Meets Startup Grit: My Ph.D. Journey Through Penn and Beyond
Written by Dr. Tom Zhang for Penn Engineering Graduate Admissions A week after defending my Ph.D. dissertation, I’m still decompressing from the whirlwind of my five years at […]
Hang Shu Defends Dissertation on Impulse-Induced Nonlinear Dynamics
Hang Shu has successfully defended his doctoral dissertation on “Impulse-Induced Nonlinear Dynamics of Flexible Mechanical Metamaterials,” under the guidance of Jordan R. Raney, Associate Professor in Mechanical Engineering […]