In brief, what’s happening at Penn—whether it’s across campus or around the world.
The associate professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering has been named director of the Penn Institute of Computational Science, a cross-disciplinary institute for the advancement, integration, and support of Penn research via the tools and techniques of high-performance computing.
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Bassett was nominated, reviewed, and elected by peers and members of the College of Fellows for significant contributions to the application of neural network theory for understanding both physio and patho-physiological brain function.
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Wind developers are scrambling to revise their construction and operation plans for both new and existing projects amidst coronavirus pandemic concerns, and new projects have to break ground by year-end in order to qualify for the extended 2018 production tax credit level.
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Lyle Ungar, professor in the Department of Computer and Information Science, is among this class of twelve Leshner Fellows selected by The American Association for the Advancement of Science, all researchers in the area of artificial intelligence.
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Marc Miskin, assistant professor in the Department of Electrical and Systems Engineering is building a “future robot army,” 10,000 bots at a time and small enough to pass through the thinnest hypodermic needle.
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As an expert in “3D epigenetics,” or the way the genome’s highly specific folding patterns influence how and when individual genes are expressed, Phillips-Cremins highlighted a slate of new techniques that will allow researchers to take a closer look at those relationships.
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One of Science’s favorite photos of 2019 was taken in Penn Engineering’s Raisler Lounge—a giant visualization of the brain’s structural connections taken by Danielle Bassett, Eduardo D. Glandt Faculty Fellow and associate professor in the Department of Bioengineering.
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Jason Burdick, Robert D. Bent Professor in the Department of Bioengineering, has been named a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors, an award of high professional distinction accorded to academic inventors.
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This honor is the NSF’s most prestigious award and aims to support junior faculty members who embody the role of ideal teacher-scholars through the integration of education and research while supporting the mission of their organizations.
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Maya Lassiter, doctoral GEM Fellow in the Department of Electrical and Systems Engineering at Penn Engineering, is applying an instrumentation and systems perspective to understand how nanoscale robots can be fabricated, controlled and used to further biological research.
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