When Hurricane Katrina reached the Gulf Coast in 2005, emergency responders were blindsided by a storm surge that defied predictions. In Japan six years later, … Read More ›
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To form a venture is, quite literally, to go on an adventure. The words have the same Latin root, meaning to head toward what is … Read More ›
AI is at the forefront of technological advances and is also reshaping creativity, ownership and societal interactions. In episode 7 of Penn Engineering’s Innovation & … Read More ›
In an era defined by rapid technological transformation, artificial intelligence (AI) has emerged as a central force reshaping nearly every facet of human life—from health … Read More ›
Since Tangen Hall’s 2020 opening, Taylor Caputo (IPD’15), Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics (MEAM), has directed the Engineering Studios @ Venture Lab, introducing … Read More ›
For someone who’s navigated multiple careers and passions, starting in music, pivoting to tech and now teaching engineering entrepreneurship, Jeffrey Babin, Practice Professor in Mechanical … Read More ›
Cut open a bone and you’ll see a subtly disordered structure. Tiny beams, called trabeculae, connect to one another in irregular patterns, distributing stress and … Read More ›
The history of Philadelphia’s water lies mostly underground, buried and dormant. Watershed maps show a slow and persistent erasure of the streams that once covered … Read More ›
Shu Yang, Joseph Bordogna Professor in Materials Science and Engineering (MSE) and Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (CBE), works to identify how synthetic and biological materials … Read More ›
The Honorable Michael Nutter (W’79), Bernard Smalley, Vijay Kumar, Marsha Lester and George Pappas, from left. On November 20, scientists, academics and members of the … Read More ›