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  • Penn Engineering wins $13.5M grant from DARPA to enhance national computer security

    A team led by André DeHon will pioneer cutting-edge technology aimed at enhancing national computer security.

    FULL STORY AT Penn Engineering Today

  • Beyond bias: The annual Women in Data Science Conference unites women across Penn

    This year, Penn Engineering partnered with Analytics at Wharton (AAW) and the Penn Museum to co-host the fifth annual WiDS @ Penn conference.

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  • Jenny Jiang wins CZI grant to investigate the potential trigger for neurodegenerative diseases

    The J. Peter and Geri Skirkanich Associate Professor of Innovation has been selected for the Collaborative Pairs Pilot Project Awards, sponsored by the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI), to investigate the relationship between TDP-43 and the immune system.

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  • Penn’s SauberBOT team travel to Germany for prize winnings

    The winners of the 2022-2023 SICK $10K Challenge from Penn’s School of Engineering and Applied Science, the SauberBOT project, was flown to SICK’s headquarters in Germany to accept their prize.

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  • George Pappas elected to the National Academy of Engineering

    The UPS Foundation Professor of Transportation in Electrical and Systems Engineering in Penn Engineering, has been elected to the National Academy of Engineering for his contributions in analysis, synthesis, and control of safety-critical cyber-physical systems.

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  • A new electroadhesive clutch to improve haptics in virtual reality gloves and beyond

    Researchers at Penn Engineering have designed an electroadhesive material that is strong, operates at low voltages and quickly switches states, utilizing ionoelastomers instead of dielectrics. The design can improve robotic exoskeletons and prosthetics, finger-gripping systems, and shape-shifting robots.

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  • Why temporary carbon storage in forests has little climate value

    The climate value of forest carbon depends on how long it stays out of the atmosphere. CO2 consequences stretch into geologic time, but forests and the contracts binding them are temporary.

    FULL STORY AT Kleinman Center

  • Celebrating Penn graduate student at the Ghana Energy Awards

    Penn graduate student Justice Ohene-Akoto was honored at the Ghana Energy Awards where participants discussed the best way to bring Ghana to a sustainable, resilient, and inclusive energy future.

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  • Penn receives $2M NASA grant for TRUSSES Project to study lunar robotics

    The TRUSSES Project: Temporarily, Robots Unite to Surmount Sandy Entrapments, then Separate at Penn Engineering aims to develop innovative methods for teams of robots to overcome environmental hazards on the Moon.

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  • The NEMO Prize goes to research improving soft-tissue transplant surgeries

    This year, the Nemirovsky Engineering and Medicine Opportunity (NEMO) Prize has been awarded to Penn Engineering’s Daeyeon Lee in the Perelman School of Medicine, and Sergei Vinogradov in the Perelman School of Medicine and the School of Arts & Sciences. Together, they are developing a new therapy that improves the survival and success of soft-tissue grafts used in reconstructive surgery.

    FULL STORY AT Penn Engineering Today