School of Engineering & Applied Science

The next generation of tiny batteries

Assistant professor James Pikul speaks to the growth of interconnected devices and the robotics industry—leading to emerging designs and novel research unlocking the potential for smaller, more powerful batteries

Nathi Magubane



In the News


Technical.ly Philly

Peek into an afternoon at Penn’s collaborative bioengineering lab and makerspace

A profile examines collaborative Penn projects at the George H. Stephenson Foundation Educational Laboratory and Bio-MakerSpace, with commentary by Sevile Mannickarottu of the School of Engineering and Applied Science.

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Philadelphia Inquirer

What does ChatGPT mean for grammar, cyberbullying, and the future of language?

Chris Callison-Burch of the School of Engineering and Applied Science explains the processes by which AI chatbots learn and make mistakes.

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Technical.ly Philly

How can humans detect AI writing? These Penn researchers have some tips

Chris Callison-Burch of the School of Engineering and Applied Science and colleagues share the results of a study which examined how humans can detect AI writing.

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Bloomberg

Havana Syndrome is a mystery, but not of physics

Ken Foster of the School of Engineering and Applied Science says that microwaves can stimulate the cochlea and cause people to hear a clicking sound known as the Frey effect.

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The Washington Post

How this company plans to use Earth’s heat to cool the planet

Hélène Pilorgé of the School of Engineering and Applied Science outlines one of the main ways to pull CO2 out of the air, the “solid sorbent” method.

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