A $10.5 million grant from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania aims to transform the Delaware Valley into a leading center for nanotechnology research and business.
Nanotechnology manipulates atoms and molecules to create new and smaller products.
The Nanotechnology Center will be co-directed by David E. Luzzi, associate professor of materials science and engineering at Penn’s Laboratory for Research on the Structure of Matter, and Kambiz Pourrezaei, professor of electrical and computer engineering at Drexel University.
Nanotechnology requires cross-disciplinary research involving physicists, chemists and computer scientists. Luzzi calls the field “a great melting pot of all the scientific and engineering disciplines.” He predicts a dramatic growth in its applications in the coming decade.
Applications may include microscopic capsules that selectively deliver drugs to tumors and electronic circuits a fraction of their current size.
Materials in the Annenberg School for Communication Library Archives include thousands of TV scripts, the first issue of TV Guide, and interviews about the early days of HBO—which help to chronicle TV’s 100-year story.
Centering joy in AI development and implementation
PIK Professor Desmond Upton Patton—of Annenberg and SP2—and collaborators introduce a joy-informed framework designed to initiate conversations among engineers, designers, and researchers.
Winter Storm Fern brought icy and snowy conditions to the Northeast and other parts of the country over the weekend. Penn Today asks physicist Robert Carpick about the unique properties of ice, the science of curling, and how close we are to ‘nonslip’ ice.
Organizations like Penn’s Netter Center for Community Partnerships foster collaborations between Penn and public schools in the West Philadelphia community.
Penn receives national distinction for community engagement
The recognition by the American Council on Education and Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching acknowledges Penn’s long-standing commitment to community-engaged scholarship and partnerships in West Philadelphia and beyond.
