Three Engineers Receive 2018 University Awards for Distinguished Teaching
Paulo E. Arratia, Stephan Zdancewic and Daniel A. Hammer have each been awarded 2018 University Teaching Awards sponsored by the University of Pennsylvania’s Office of the Provost. The three are amongst 12 awardees throughout the University this year. At the April 25, 2018 ceremony, Provost Wendell Pritchett will present the awards and read excerpts of […]
Jan Van der Spiegel Elected to Chair of International Solid-State Circuits Conference
Jan Van der Spiegel, a professor of Electrical and Systems Engineering, has been elected Conference Chair of the International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC) for 2019 and 2020.
Two Engineers Among Penn’s 2018 Thouron Award Winners
Six University of Pennsylvania seniors and two alumni have received 2018 Thouron Awards to pursue graduate studies in the United Kingdom. Each scholarship winner receives tuition and stipends for as long as two years to earn a graduate degree. Two of the winners, Nicholas Stiansen and Emily Zinselmeier, hail from Penn Engineering.
Dennis Discher Part of Finalist Team in £20 Million UK Cancer Research Challenge
Dennis Discher, Robert D. Bent Professor in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, is a member of one of the ten international, multidisciplinary research teams named in the second round of Cancer Research UK’s Grand Challenge. Winning teams will receive up to £20 million, or roughly $28 million, over the course of five years […]
Cellview Sciences Wins Y-Prize 2018
Each year, groups of students at the University of Pennsylvania pitch competing ideas on how to turn technology developed by Penn engineers into the next big thing. The winning team receives $10,000.
Raymond Gorte Elected to National Academy Of Engineering
Raymond Gorte, Russell Pearce and Elizabeth Crimian Heuer Professor in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, has been elected to the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) “for fundamental contributions and their applications to heterogeneous catalysts and solid state electrochemical devices.” Election to the NAE is among the highest professional distinctions accorded an engineer. Academy […]
Shu Yang Named 2018 American Chemical Society Division of Polymeric Materials: Science and Engineering Fellow
The American Chemical Society Division of Polymeric Materials: Science and Engineering (PMSE) has selected a new class of PMSE Fellows for 2018. The following distinguished PMSE members have been chosen:
Object-Seeking Robot Wins PennApps XVII
An object-seeking robot took home the grand prize at PennApps XVII, beating more than 150 tech projects developed over the course of a weekend. Hackathon contestants arrive on a Friday afternoon, form teams and come up with ideas for digital apps or hardware hacks, which they must complete before a demo session on Sunday morning. […]
Celia Reina Receives Eshelby Mechanics Award for Young Faculty
Celia Reina, William K. Gemmill Term Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics, has been selected to receive the Eshelby Mechanics Award for Young Faculty. This award is given annually to emerging junior faculty who exemplify the creative use and development of mechanics. It includes a $1,500 cash prize and a […]
Jason Burdick Receives Heilmeier Research Award
Jason Burdick, Professor in Bioengineering, has been named the recipient of the 2017-18 George H. Heilmeier Faculty Award for Excellence in Research for “pioneering contributions to designing and developing polymers for applications in stem cell biology and regenerative medicine.” The Heilmeier Award honors a Penn Engineering faculty member whose work is scientifically meritorious and has […]