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Penn in the News
A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
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Nader Engheta: The Pinnacle of Interdisciplinary Research
Nader Engheta of the School of Engineering and Applied Science is interviewed about his field of research.
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Wristband Communicates with a Nudge
Katherine Kuchenbecker of the School of Engineering and Applied Science comments on the wrist being a good location for delivering touch cues.
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SEPTA: It’s a Long, Long Ride
Vukan Vuchic of the School of Engineering and Applied Science comments on SEPTA’s regional rail system.
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Not Your Momma’s Microbe Lab: A New Genetic Engineering Machine Takes Microbial Design to the Masses
Orkan Telhan of the School of Design, Karen Hogan of the School of Nursing and alum Mike Hogan of the School of Engineering and Applied Science are featured for developing a countertop genetic engineering machine and for the Microbial Design Studio.
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Placenta-on-a-chip Models What Is ‘Arguably the Least Understood Organ in the Human Body’
Dan Huh of the School of Engineering and Applied Science is quoted about studying placenta-on-a-chip.
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Opening Up the Brain With Network Science
Danielle Bassett of the School of Engineering and Applied Science is profiled for her work on dynamic network neuroscience.
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Student Startup XEED Tackling Parkinson’s Disease
Alums and 2016 President’s Innovation Prize winners Alfredo Muniz and Sade Oba of the School of Engineering and Applied Science are highlighted for developing a wearable device that tracks and monitors tremors of those diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease.
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Penn Engineers Create Groundbreaking $2 Portable Zika Test
Changchun Liu, Haim Bau, Jinzhao Song and Michael Mauk of the School of Engineering and Applied Science and Sara Cherry and Brent Hackett of the Perelman School of Medicine are featured for developing a $2 portable Zika virus test.
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Video: The End of Traffic: How the Smartest People in the World Are Fixing Your Commute
Amanda Prorok of the School of Engineering and Applied Science talks about her collaborative research on how swarm intelligence could help self-driving cars.
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Apple Wants to Know Users Better Without Knowing Them
Aaron Roth of the School of Engineering and Applied Science is cited for researching “differential privacy” to gather data without compromising privacy.