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DIY origami face masks for COVID-19
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DIY origami face masks for COVID-19

The professor of materials science and engineering and chemical and biomolecular engineering is leading an effort to design an effective face mask that can be made at home.

From Penn Engineering Today

Researchers, schools answer the call for personal protective equipment and critical supplies
researchers in the singh nano labs

Postdoctoral researcher Sam Nicaise, center, working on newly-made nanocardboard plates. Bargatin and his team have spent years creating this and other ultralight materials, using the state-of-the-art nanofabrication and characterization equipment inside the Singh Center.

Researchers, schools answer the call for personal protective equipment and critical supplies

To help in the ongoing fight against the novel coronavirus, groups across campus are donating what they can, from masks and gloves to ventilators.

Erica K. Brockmeier

Four Penn juniors named 2020 Goldwater Scholars
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Four Penn juniors were named 2020 Goldwater Scholars. Clockwise from top left: Regina Fairbanks, Samuel Goldstein, Adam Konkol, and Shreya Parchure. 

Four Penn juniors named 2020 Goldwater Scholars

Four juniors have been selected as 2020 Goldwater Scholars by the Barry Goldwater Scholarship & Excellence in Education Foundation, to pursue research careers in the natural sciences, mathematics, or engineering.
Engineers ensure quantum experiments get off to the right start
Tzu-Yung Huang, Lee Bassett and David Hopper in the Quantum Engineering Laboratory.

Tzu-Yung Huang, Lee Bassett and David Hopper in the Quantum Engineering Laboratory. (Image: Penn Engineering)

Engineers ensure quantum experiments get off to the right start

Research from the group of Lee Bassett in the School of Engineering and Applied Science describes a new approach for resetting and validating quantum states to reduce uncertainty in quantum computing experiments.

Penn Today Staff

Scrap metal-powered lights win Y-Prize 2020
Yumin Gao, Leo Li, Minhal Dhanjy, Darsham Bhosale, Kateryna Kharenko and Ryan Goethals (clockwise from top left) pose with their prototypes and trophies.

Yumin Gao, Leo Li, Minhal Dhanjy, Darsham Bhosale, Kateryna Kharenko and Ryan Goethals (clockwise from top left) pose with their prototypes and trophies. Their proposal, Metal Light, would use Penn Engineering technology to provide illumination for houses not connected to electrical grids.

Scrap metal-powered lights win Y-Prize 2020

The winning team of this year’s Y-Prize, an invention competition in which entrants are challenged to pitch an innovative business plan for a technology developed at Penn Engineering, Metal Light, proposes technology to provide illumination for houses not connected to electrical grids.

Penn Today Staff

Penn announces seven 2020 Thouron Award winners
Seven student faces and the symbol of the Thouron Award with the British and American flags

Penn announced seven Thouron Scholars for 2020. From left, top row: senior Daniel Brennan, 2018 grad Braden Cordivari, 2019 grad Gregory Forkin, and senior Natasha Menon. Bottom row: senior Robert Subtirelu, senior Zachary Whitlock, and 2018 grad Maia Yoshida.

Penn announces seven 2020 Thouron Award winners

Four seniors and three recent alumni have won a Thouron Award to pursue graduate studies in the United Kingdom. Each scholarship winner receives tuition for as long as two years, as well as travel and living stipends, to earn a graduate degree.
Three Penn faculty named 2020 Sloan Research Fellows
liang feng, erica korb, and weijie su headshots

Three Penn faculty named 2020 Sloan Research Fellows

Engineer Liang Feng, neuroscientist Erica Korb, and statistician Weijie Su each received the competitive and prestigious award honoring early-career researchers.

Erica K. Brockmeier