School of Engineering & Applied Science

2018 Senior Design Competition winners innovate, develop, and deliver

In the annual Senior Design Project Competition, students from Penn Engineering’s six departments found solutions to real-world problems using emerging technologies.

Penn Electric Racing gears up for this years’ competition with an innovative new design

Penn Electric Racing, a team of about 60 students at the University of Pennsylvania, design and build electric cars to race in the Formula SAE Electric competition each year.

Three years on: A look at the Penn Wharton China Center

The impact of the Beijing-based center and research fund has been far-reaching on campus and in China.

Tackling blindness with nanotechnology

To tackle blindness caused by open angle glaucoma, Brandon Kao, Rui Jing Jiang, and Adarsh Battu came up with Visiplate, a nanoscale ocular implant that shunts away excess fluid.

Restored Robbins House celebrates collaborative M&T spirit

The 200 or so students in the Jerome Fisher Program in Management and Technology didn’t just need a workspace, they needed a home. And with the newly renovated Robbins House, they got one.

Science steps out of the lab and into Philly’s parks and neighborhoods

Penn researchers and students help get people enthused about STEM fields at the 2018 Philadelphia Science Festival.

Calculus III for cells

Cells can sense and respond to surface curvature in very clever ways. The results, which revealed that curvature is a profound biological cue, could pave the way to new tools in the field.

Swimmer makes his marks

Junior Mark Andrew of the men’s swimming and diving team is an Ivy champion and record-holder.

Penn Global Seminar provides students with mind-opening experiences

During spring break, 15 students from the School of Engineering and Applied Science, Wharton School, Management and Technology program, and School of Arts and Sciences traveled to Beijing and Shanghai to learn more about engineering and technology innovations in China.

Two Penn professors named Guggenheim Fellows

The School of Arts and Sciences’ Charles Yang and Charles L. Bosk, also of the Perelman School of Medicine, have been named Guggenheim Fellows.

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