Ravi Radhakrishnan to speak at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Ravi Radhakrishnan, PhD, Professor of Bioengineering and Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Pennsylvania PS-OC will be speaking before the Physical Sciences-Oncology Network Annual Investigators Meeting at the Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research at MIT – Cambridge, MA on October 17, 2017 The topic of Dr. Radhakrishnan’s presentation will be “Multiscale biophysical modeling of […]
David Ege ChE PhD ’03, Executive Director of Vaccines & Biologics Manufacturing at Merck, working to save lives
David Ege ChE PhD ’03 is Executive Director of Vaccines & Biologics Manufacturing for Merck & Co., Inc. He leads bulk manufacturing operations at Merck’s Elkton, VA plant for the Gardasil® and Gardasil9® cervical cancer vaccines, as well as adjuvants and Cancidas® – a broad-based anti-fungal medicine made by fermentation. The Elkton plant in Virginia […]
Panagiota “Penny” Dilara ChE’95 is a Policy Officer for Motor Vehicle Emissions
Panagiota “Penny” Dilara ChE’95 is a Policy Officer for Motor Vehicle Emissions at the European Commission DG-GROW in Brussels, Belgium. Her work focuses on correcting emission issues with auto manufacturers that have not complied with the federal anti-pollution laws in the United States. She and other policy officers at the European Commission DG-GROW try to […]
Dr. Jai P Gupta, ChE PhD 1971 was awarded the Distinguished Alumni Award by CBE in 2014
Dr. Jai P Gupta, ChE PhD 1971 was awarded the Distinguished Alumni Award by CBE in 2014. He has retired as the Founding Director of Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology, Rae Bareli, India in 2016 and joined Shiv Nadar University (SNU), Greater Noida, near New Delhi as Dean Graduate Studies and Distinguished Professor in […]
Penn Researchers Engineer Macrophages to Engulf Cancer Cells in Solid Tumors
One reason cancer is so difficult to treat is that it avoids detection by the body. Agents of the immune system are constantly checking the surfaces of cells for chemical signals that say they belong, but cancer cells express the same chemical signals as healthy ones. Without a way for the immune system to tell […]
Brian Farrell, CBE PhD’89, Named Executive Director of Technology at Air Products and Chemicals
Brian Farrell was promoted to his new position as Executive Director of Technology at Air Products and Chemicals in May. As Executive Director, Brian will lead research and development activities for Air Products, a world leading Industrial Gases company and leading supplier of gas process technology and equipment. Before assuming his new role, Brian was […]
CBE Alumnus Takes Students on Tour of Nuclear Power Plant
Brian Wright ChE ’10, an engineer at Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station, took students from the Wharton Undergraduate Energy Group (WUEG) on a tour of the facilities at Peach Bottom. This nuclear power plant is operated by Exelon and provides power to over two million people in the Delta, Pennsylvania region. Brian, along with Christian […]
Victor Ngo, ChE’15 at PowerAdvocate as an Energy Consulting Associate
Victor Ngo, ChE ’15, started a position as an Energy Consulting Associate with PowerAdvocate, located in San Francisco, California. At PowerAdvocate, Victor works on projects for energy clients focusing on strategic sourcing, cost and spending analysis, as well as market and supplier intelligence. PowerAdvocate deals mainly with supply chains of their clients, which include utility […]
Penn Engineering 2017 Teaching Awards
The recipients of the annual Penn Engineering teaching and advising awards are selected directly by Penn Engineering students after thoughtful consideration. The School is filled with gifted educators who inspire students with their dedication and excellence. The S. Reid Warren, Jr. Award Daeyeon Lee, Professor in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, has been awarded the S. […]
Two University of Pennsylvania Students Win Goldwater Scholarship
University of Pennsylvania students Michael Tran Duong and Tiberiu Mihaila have been awarded the Goldwater Scholarship. Tiberiu Mihaila, a sophomore from Syracuse, N.Y., is studying physics, biophysics and biochemistry in the Vagelos Molecular Life Sciences Program in the School of Arts & Sciences. He is a member of Associate Professor E. James Petersson’s group, in […]