Team Behind Nanotech Glaucoma Implant Takes Home President’s Innovation Prize
Avisi Technologies, the startup established by 2017 Y-Prize winners VisiPlate, is the recipient of the 2018 President’s Innovation Prize. Along with the President’s Engagement Prize, the Innovation Prize provides $100,000 in funding for Penn seniors “to design and undertake post-graduation projects that make a positive, lasting difference in the world.”
Liz Golden: 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 Liz Golden, who graduated with a dual Wharton MBA and Penn Engineering master’s in Systems Engineering in 2017. She is currently […]
Penn Electric Racing Featured in the Philadelphia Inquirer
After a streak of high-profile wins, Philadelphia Inquirer reporter Tom Avril visited the Penn Electric Racing workshop to talk about their next project.
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 […]