Shawn Koohy, a Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics Ph.D. candidate, has been awarded the Fall 2025 Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award in Mechanical Engineering in recognition of his contributions […]
Mateusz Jaszczuk Defends Master’s Thesis on Real-Time Adaptive Control in Robotics
Mateusz Jaszczuk, a master’s candidate in Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics (MEAM), has completed his thesis, “Learning to Feel: Force-Aware Data-Driven Estimation and Control for Adaptive Physical Interactions,” […]
Senior Design Day 2026
Each spring, the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics (MEAM) hosts Senior Design Day, an annual event showcasing the capstone projects of its graduating seniors. The event […]
From Senior Design to Startup: Orble Brings Boba to Towne
Late nights in Towne just got a little sweeter. Orble, a student-founded startup that began as a 2023 senior design project, has launched its first boba tea vending […]
Yifei Ren Receives 2026 John A. Goff Prize
The Department of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics (MEAM) is pleased to announce that Yifei Ren, a doctoral candidate in MEAM, has been selected as the recipient of […]
Gulzhan Aldan Awarded Spring 2025 Outstanding TA Award
Gulzhan Aldan, a MEAM Ph.D. Candidate in the Bargatin Group, was awarded the Spring 2025 Outstanding Teaching Assistant (TA) Award in Mechanical Engineering in recognition of her contributions […]
How one student’s experience is helping to shape renewable energy education
In the midst of the complicated landscape of energy, economics, and environmental policy, third-year Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics (MEAM) student Ngaatendwe Manyika is helping to develop a new course […]
Yiding Zhang Defends Master’s Thesis on Computational Modeling of C. elegans
For many students, the path to a graduate degree is a journey of self-discovery, and for Yiding Zhang, his journey has been one of academic evolution and unexpected […]
Celebrating Graduate Excellence (2025)
At this year’s Graduate Awards Ceremony, six MEAM graduate students were celebrated for their contributions to the Penn Engineering community through service, teaching, and academics. Master’s Student Awards […]
Senior Design Day (2025)
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 […]