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 […]
A New Electroadhesive Clutch To Improve Haptics in Virtual Reality Gloves and Beyond
When engaging in virtual reality (VR) and manipulating an object, users want to be able to feel what they’re touching in virtual space. A hard object needs to […]
Penn’s Fluid Dynamics Symposium: Breaking Waves, Forging Connections
In November 2023, the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics (MEAM) played a pivotal role in hosting a satellite workshop preceding the American Physical Society conference in Washington, DC. […]
Introducing: Nathaniel Trask
We are delighted to welcome Associate Professor Nat Trask, our newest faculty member, to the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics. With a background steeped in a decade […]
Penn Receives $2 Million NASA Grant for TRUSSES Project to Study Lunar Robotics
The University of Pennsylvania has been awarded a $2 million grant from NASA to conduct groundbreaking research on lunar robotics. The TRUSSES Project: Temporarily, Robots Unite to Surmount Sandy Entrapments, then Separate, led […]
Celebrating Achievement: Sumukh Shankar Pande
Dr. Sumukh Shankar Pande successfully defended his doctoral dissertation “Mechanics-Informed Optimization for Enhanced Adhesion and Toughness” under the advisory of Professor and Chair Kevin Turner on November 27, 2023. […]
Celebrating Achievement: Shane Rozen-Levy
Congratulations Dr. Shane Rozen-Levy, who successfully defended his doctoral dissertation, “No Watts Wasted: Spines and Tails for Agile Legged Locomotion,” under the advisory of Daniel Koditschek, graduate group member […]
The Alchemy Behind the Diamond: Unearthing Baseball’s Beloved Mud
With the Phillies’ World Series hopes dashed by the Arizona Diamondbacks, researchers at the University of Pennsylvania are diverting their gaze to a lesser-known player in the baseball […]
A Centimeter-Scale Quadruped Leverages Curved-Crease Origami
Centimeter-scale walking and crawling robots are in demand both for their ability to explore tight or cluttered environments and for their low fabrication costs. Now, pulling from origami-inspired […]