In brief, what’s happening at Penn—whether it’s across campus or around the world.
Cheryl LaFleur, former commissioner with the U.S.’ top electricity and gas market regulator, researches the growing influence of partisan politics in energy regulation. On Oct. 24, LaFleur received the Carnot Prize for distinguished contributions to energy policy from the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy
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Flying with a first-person view, thanks to a VR headset, you can join roboticist, pilot and recent alum Yash Mulgaonkar on a quick spin around the lab.
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The National Nanotechnology Coordinated Infrastructure is hosting the “Plenty of Beauty at the Bottom” image contest, which “celebrates the beauty of the micro and nanoscale,” and Singh projects are represented in all three categories: “Most Stunning,” “Most Unique Capability,” and “Most Whimsical.”
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Michael Mitchell, Skirkanich Assistant Professor of Innovation in the Department of Bioengineering, received the award as individual who has successfully demonstrated significant achievements in the field of biomaterials research.
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Penn Engineering’s Ritesh Agarwal and Liang Feng, along with researchers from the City College of New York and Texas A&M University, will collaborate to to engineer proof-of-concept quantum circuits that incorporate two-dimensional quantum materials.
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The three projects spearheaded by Penn are led by Kevin Turner, Shu Yang, and Mark Yim and were each granted approximately $70,000. The Penn professors will be collaborating with Pennsylvania-based companies to innovate the printing industry, medical devices, and drug treatments.
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Penn Electric Racing is now the first American team to successfully run a four-wheel-drive vehicle at the student racecar competition Formula SAE Lincoln Electric. It earned REV5 third place overall at Lincoln, as well as the first place Cummins Inc. Applied Technology Award for the car’s battery design.
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The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is hosting the Subterranean (SubT) Challenge for teams to create a robotics system that can successfully navigate underground tunnels, urban transportation systems and natural caves, and will be evaluated between August 2019 and August 2021.
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Cynthia Sung, Gabel Family Term Assistant Professor in Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics, has been selected to receive a 2019 National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award, the NSF’s most prestigious award in support of junior faculty.
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The award will fund research by Feng, assistant professor in the departments of Materials Science and Engineering and Electrical and Systems Engineering, called “Topological Engineering for Active Photonic Structures and Devices,” which aims to advance the field of photonic computing and communications systems.
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