After serving as interim dean of the School of Engineering and Applied Science since Aug. 1, 1998, Eduardo Glandt, Ph.D., hit the ground running upon his Nov. 8 appointment as dean.
Just days later, he listed a seven-point agenda ofthings he wanted to accomplish immediately.
One of his new missions was to take advantage of “the strategic location we have in Philadelphia. It’s a great place for an engineering school,” he said.
“Much of the intellectual ferment in technology is in the three areas the school has chosen — information science and technology; biotechnology and biomedical engineering; and advanced materials. For all three of those, the Delaware Valley and the Northeast corridor are a dream location.”
Besides raising funds for up-to-date buildings, his short list of immediate tasks includes reviewing the undergraduate curricula and providing greater support for faculty research.
Penn physicists led by Bo Zhen have created hybrid light-matter particles that interact strongly enough to compute, pointing toward ultrafast, low-energy optical AI hardware.
Penn’s newest supercomputer is transforming research
Penn’s first campus-wide HPC and AI cluster, “Betty,” is expanding access to powerful computing, enabling groundbreaking projects, and fostering new collaborations across disciplines.
A bioengineered bean gum from the lab of Penn Dental’s Henry Daniell is found to reduce the levels of three microbes associated with head and neck squamous cell cancer to almost zero, without affecting the beneficial bacteria normally found in the mouth.
Fighting oral cancer with bioengineered chewing gum
Research led by Penn Dental’s Henry Daniell shows that antiviral and antibacterial chewing gums reduce the levels of three microbes linked to worse outcomes in oral cancers, paving the way for more effective and affordable therapies.
The performing arts at Penn: Process, practice, and purpose
In the vivid tapestry of performing arts groups at Penn, students prepare for their performances while simultaneously enriching their college experience.
