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Four Penn undergrads are 2024 Goldwater Scholars
Four students pictured in a grid

Penn’s 2024 Goldwater Scholars (clockwise from top left) are third-year students Hayle Kim, Kaitlin Mrksich, Eric Tao and Eric Myzelev. Kim, Myzelev and Tao are in the College of Arts and Sciences, and Mrksich in the School of Engineering and Applied Science. 

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Four Penn undergrads are 2024 Goldwater Scholars

Four Penn third-year students have received 2024 Goldwater Scholarships, awarded to undergraduates planning research careers in mathematics, the natural sciences, or engineering.
The hidden geometry of learning: Neural networks think alike
Artificial intelligence of modern technology represented by a brain in laptop.

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The hidden geometry of learning: Neural networks think alike

New research by Penn engineers illuminates the inner workings of neural networks, opening the possibility of developing hyper-efficient algorithms that could classify images in a fraction of the time.

From Penn Engineering Today

2023 PIP/PEP winners: Where are they now?
Sonura team

Recipients of the 2023 President’s Innovation Prize, team Sonura, five bioengineering graduates from the School of Engineering and Applied Science, have created a device that filters out disruptive environmental noises for infants in neonatal intensive care units. Their beanie offers protection and fosters parental connection to newborns while also supporting their development.

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2023 PIP/PEP winners: Where are they now?

Nearly a year after the winners of the President’s Innovation Prize (PIP) and President’s Engagement Prize (PEP) began their projects, the winners—now alumni—discuss their progress. 
Interfacial phenomena: Samantha McBride’s untapped resource for water sustainability
Crystalline coffee ring deposited on superhydrophobic post surface.

Crystalline coffee ring deposited on superhydrophobic post surface.

(Image: Courtesy of the McBride Lab)

Interfacial phenomena: Samantha McBride’s untapped resource for water sustainability

At her lab, McBride is developing technology that can change the face of water security using a multidisciplinary range of scientific disciplines, including physics, chemistry, and materials science.

From Penn Engineering Today

Wrestling with academics
Wrestling Adam Thomson stands in the wrestling room at Penn, hands on hips, with a sign reading Quakers behind him.

Second-year wrestler Adam Thomson manages to balance schoolwork, research and international championships that take him all over the globe. 

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Wrestling with academics

As a student in the School of Engineering and Applied Science, second-year wrestler Adam Thomson, an international champion, balances athletics with his research on hyperinflation in Brazil.

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New molecules, inspired by space shuttles, advance lipid nanoparticle delivery for weight control
Microscopic view of lipid nanoparticles.

Like space shuttles using booster rockets to breach the atmosphere, lipid nanoparticles equipped with the new molecule more successfully deliver medicinal payloads.

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New molecules, inspired by space shuttles, advance lipid nanoparticle delivery for weight control

Penn Engineering researchers have invented a new way to synthesize the key chemical components of lipid nanoparticles that help protect and deliver medicinal payloads.

From Penn Engineering Today

New chip opens door to AI computing at light speed
Lit-up lights on a computer chip.

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New chip opens door to AI computing at light speed

A new silicon-photonic (SiPh) chip design from the lab of Nader Engheta, alongside Firooz Aflatouni, uses light waves, the fastest possible means of communication, rather than electricity, to perform mathematical computations.

From Penn Engineering Today

‘Switchable’ bispecific antibodies pave way for safer cancer treatment
Artist's depiction of tumor microenvironment

Bispecific T cell engagers are emerging as a powerful class of immunotherapy to treat cancer but are sometimes hindered by unwanted outcomes, such as on-target, off-tumor toxicity; cytokine release syndrome; and neurotoxicity. Now, researchers Penn researchers have developed a novel “switchable” bispecific T cell engager that mitigates these negative effects by co-opting a drug already approved by the FDA.

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‘Switchable’ bispecific antibodies pave way for safer cancer treatment

Immunotherapy utilizing an FDA-approved drug has enabled Penn researchers to develop a novel switchable bispecific T cell engager that mitigates negative outcomes of immunotherapy.