Priyanka Vergadia: Voices of Penn Engineering Master’s Alumni

This is part of our series of articles, written by Penn Engineering alums in their own words, of their experiences at Penn and how it shaped their lives. Our next article is written by Priyanka Vergadia, who graduated with a master’s in Computer and Information Technology (MCIT) degree in 2011. She currently works in the […]

Sam DeLuccia: Voices of Penn Engineering Master’s Alumni

This is part of our series of articles written by Penn Engineering alums about their experiences at Penn and how it shaped their lives. This article is by Sam DeLuccia, who graduated with a master’s in Bioengineering in 2017. He is currently working as a product manager at NeuroFlow, a startup company based in Center […]

Penn Engineering alum Miranda Wang is featured in CNN’s “Start-up devours pollution with new plastic recycling method”

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.

Kwadwo Asamoah Boateng: Voices of Penn Engineering Master’s Alumni

This is part of our series of articles written by Penn Engineering alumni about their experiences at Penn and how it shaped their lives. This article is written by Kwadwo Asamoah Boateng, who graduated with a M.S.E. degree in Computer and Information Science in 2012. He is currently Senior Director of Engineering at Group Nine […]

Building futures through LEGOs

On Feb. 10, approximately 400 middle schoolers from schools in Southeastern Pennsylvania gathered around field models in Houston Hall to watch robots they had built out of LEGOs simulate collecting rain water, helping flowers grow, and putting out fires. The students were participating in the regional FIRST LEGO League (FLL) tournament. FLL, a middle school […]

Penn Electric Racing is featured in Philly.com’s “Penn’s electric race car team seeks fourth title in four years”

Nicholas Yiu: Voices of Penn Engineering Master’s Alumni

This is the third of our series of articles written by Penn Engineering alums about their experiences at Penn and how it shaped their lives. This article is by Nicholas Yiu, who graduated with a master’s in Nanotechnology in 2016. He is currently working as a process engineer at Heliotrope Technologies, a startup company based […]

Sherin Sonia Jacob: Voices of Penn Engineering Master’s Alumni

This is the second of our series of articles, written by Penn Engineering alums in their own words, of their experiences at Penn and how it shaped their lives. Our second article is written by Sherin Sonia Jacob, who graduated with a master’s in Biotechnology in 2011. She is a senior health care and pharmaceutical […]

Penn Engineers Test Drug Transfer Using Placenta-on-a-Chip

Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Engineering and Applied Science have demonstrated the feasibility of their “organ-on-a-chip” platform in studying how drugs are transported across the human placental barrier.