School of Engineering & Applied Science

A performer and dancer, fourth-year Jordyn Harris has been a work-study student for the Platt House and managed tech for myriad student shows, while also advising engineering first-years and working as a researcher at a hospital.

Nine graduating students were recognized at an annual reception for the President’s Engagement, Innovation, and Sustainability prizes.

A new study from teams in the labs of Penn Engineering’s Ottman Tertuliano and Robert Carpick describes a new, 3D auto-kirigami deformation of graphene, one of the strongest materials known to science, and how the process could be used to transform 2D graphene into 3D structures.

A trio of Penn Engineering startups took home more than $100,000 at the annual Venture Lab Startup Challenge. Sync Labs, whose AI assistant, Alice, is enhancing caregiving for seniors, claimed the Richard and Ellen Perlman Grand Prize, as well as three other awards. Quok.it, which helps customers leverage unused computing power around the world for tasks like AI training, earned the William G. Simpson and R. Drew Kistler Runner Up Prize.

AI algorithms, when combined with traditional laboratory methods, can uncover promising drug leads against human enterovirus 71.

An artist, author, engineer, mathematician, and mentor, PIK Professor in the School of Arts & Sciences and the School of Engineering and Applied Science Robert Ghrist embraces innovation to enrich each of these roles.

Penn engineers have developed a transparent silicone shell to preserve cholesteric liquid crystal elastomers—color-changing materials that can respond to mechanical stress—while supporting intricate 3D designs.

Marking a 109-year-old tradition, Penn third-year students united to celebrate their rise to fourth-year status.

Machine Learning Research @ Penn prepares undergraduates for research by discussing academic papers in small groups, much like book clubs would dissect a novel.

Penn engineers have developed the first photonic chip that reshapes how light behaves to carry out the nonlinear mathematics at the heart of modern AI while reducing energy use.