MEAM Advanced Manufacturing Workshop
Renewed interest and investment in advanced manufacturing in the United States has opened new opportunities for MEAM in both education and research. On May 21, 2015, the department of Mechanical Engineeirng and Applied Mechanics (MEAM) hosted a one-day workshop to discuss emerging areas and opportunities in advanced manufacturing. The program included talks from leading researchers […]
Adam Farabaugh Receives 2015 SAE International Rumbaugh Outstanding Student Leader Award
Adam Farabaugh, M.S.E. student in Robotics, is the recipient of the 2015 Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) International Rumbaugh Outstanding Student Leader Award. Farabaugh graduated in 2015 with a B.S.E. in Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics (MEAM) from Penn, and will receive his master’s in 2016. After graduation, he will take a position as a […]
MEAM Undergraduate Women’s Dinner
On Thursday, March 26, the MEAM Department held a dinner for undergraduate women studying Mechanical Engineering here at Penn. More than thirty students attended, ranging from freshmen to seniors; this is 50% of the women studying MEAM! MEAM professors Katherine Kuchenbecker, Celia Reina, and Paulo Arratia attended, as did Desirae Cesar, the MEAM Undergrad Coordinator, […]
Nicholas Schneider Receives MSA Award
Nicholas Schneider, doctoral student in the laboratory of Haim Bau, professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics, is the recipient of a grant to attend the 18th International Microscopy Congress, where he will present his paper, The Effect of Electron Beam on Aqueous Solution Composition during Liquid Cell Microscopy. Schneider’s paper was […]
Ashlee Anderson Receives 2014 Ruhr Fellowship
Ashlee Anderson, a rising senior in Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics (MEAM), is a recipient of a 2014 Ruhr Fellowship. Anderson, from Kingston, Jamaica, is also pursuing a minor in Energy and Sustainability at Penn Engineering. Ruhr Fellows are selected from students attending Princeton University, the University of Pennsylvania, Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute […]
Pedro Ponte Castañeda Elected ASME Fellow
Pedro Ponte Castañeda, Raymond S. Markowitz Faculty Fellow and Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics, has been elected a Fellow of ASME. The ASME Committee of Past Presidents confers the Fellow grade of membership on worthy candidates to recognize their outstanding engineering achievements. Ponte’s research is in the area of heterogeneous […]
Mike Steltenkamp receives 2013 Thomas Arkle Clark Award
Mike Steltenkamp, a master’s student in Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics (MEAM), is the recipient of a 2013 Thomas Arkle Clark Award from the Alpha Tau Omega (ATO) fraternity. This award annually recognizes ATO’s most outstanding senior candidates for undergraduate degrees. As a submatriculant, Steltenkamp will graduate with both BSE and MSE degrees in MEAM […]
TitanArm Receives First Place at 2013 Intel Cornell Cup
Team Titan returned to Penn Engineering the First Place winners of the 2013 Intel Cornell Cup, held May 2-4 at Walt Disney World. Team members are Elizabeth Beattie, a senior in Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics (MEAM) and MEAM doctoral student beginning this fall, Nick McGill, a senior majoring in both MEAM and Electrical and […]
Nicholas Schneider Receives MRS Graduate Student Awards
Nicholas Schneider, doctoral student in the laboratory of Haim Bau, professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics, is the recipient of two awards from the Materials Research Society (MRS): the 2013 Silver Award and the 2013 Arthur Nowick Graduate Student Award. Schneider is a recipient of the Silver Award for the presentation […]
Penn Engineering Learns a Few New Tricks
The Department of Bioengineering celebrated Engineering Week in February by sponsoring several events, including one with a special canine visitor from the Penn Vet Working Dog Center (PVWDC). McBaine, an eleven-week-old springer spaniel puppy, visited Penn Engineering as part of the “Dogs & Devices” event organized by the Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) and the Rachleff […]