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‘A Swiss cheese-like material’ that can solve equations
Nader Engheta, center, and two researchers who worked on the metamaterial project

‘A Swiss cheese-like material’ that can solve equations

Engineering professor Nader Engheta and his team have demonstrated a metamaterial device that can function as an analog computer, validating an earlier theory.

Evan Lerner , Gwyneth K. Shaw

Fostering a ‘culture of innovation’
Gutmann speaking about innovation at Penn Museum

Fostering a ‘culture of innovation’

Penn President Amy Gutmann opened McKinsey’s first-ever “Innovation Night,” held at the Penn Museum on Thursday, March 14. It’s a testament to the University’s critical, visionary role in Philadelphia.

Lauren Hertzler

Engineers can detect ultra rare proteins using a cellphone camera
cell phone camera capturing an image at the Issadore Lab

The researchers’ detection system uses a standard cellphone camera. (Photo courtesy: Penn Engineering)

Engineers can detect ultra rare proteins using a cellphone camera

An innovative strobing system allows individual markers to be differentiated from their neighbors, allowing an accurate count, even in the ultra-low concentrations associated with hard-to-diagnose conditions.

Penn Today Staff

Penn announces eight 2019 Thouron Award winners
 Composite photo showing each of the award winners

The Penn 2019 Thouron Scholars include seven undergraduates and one 2018 graduate. Top row, from left: Sona Dadhania, Nicholas Escobar, Nick Joyner, Carson Kahoe. Bottom row, from left: Ryan Leone, Krishna Patel, Libby Rockaway, Hannah Sweeney.

Penn announces eight 2019 Thouron Award winners

Seven University of Pennsylvania seniors and a 2018 graduate have each won a Thouron Award to pursue graduate studies in the United Kingdom.
On ENIAC’s anniversary, a nod to its female ‘computers’
Two female programmers work on the ENIAC computer.

Women were ENIAC’s first programmers, but their role was obscured for decades. (Photo: University of Pennsylvania Archives)

On ENIAC’s anniversary, a nod to its female ‘computers’

Six women were the original operators of Penn’s pathbreaking ENIAC, the world’s first computer. On ENIAC Day, you can see a documentary featuring some of their stories that were originally obscured from history.

Gwyneth K. Shaw

Wired up at FemmeHacks
Amy Gutmann sitting on the steps at the Pennovation center with attendees of FemmeHacks

President Amy Gutmann (front row, center) with School of Engineering and Applied Science Dean Vijay Kumar (front row, third from right) and attendees of FemmeHacks 2019 at Pennovation Works on Feb. 9. 

Wired up at FemmeHacks

Penn President Amy Gutmann and Vijay Kumar, dean of the School of Engineering and Applied Science, visited the all-women collegiate hackathon this weekend.

Penn Today Staff

Infection-resistant catheter plan wins Y-Prize
The four Y-Prize winners with their trophies.

The winners, from left: Ishir Seth, Tanvi Kapur, Beatriz Go, WenTao Zhang. (Photo: Michelle Eckert)

Infection-resistant catheter plan wins Y-Prize

The team of four undergraduates propose reinventing the catheter to prevent urinary tract infections at the source, using a wrinkle printing technology developed at Penn.

Gwyneth K. Shaw

‘Metallic wood’ has the strength of titanium and the density of water
microscopic sample of metallic wood

A microscopic sample of “metallic wood.” Its porous structure is responsible for its high strength-to-weight ratio, and makes it more akin to natural materials, like wood. (Photo: Penn Engineering)

‘Metallic wood’ has the strength of titanium and the density of water

In a study published in Nature Scientific Reports, researchers at the School of Engineering and Applied Science, the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, and the University of Cambridge have built a sheet of nickel with nanoscale pores that make it as strong as titanium, but four to five times lighter.

Penn Today Staff

Engineers 3D print smart objects with ‘embodied logic’
venus fly trap

Engineers 3D print smart objects with ‘embodied logic’

Researchers at the School of Engineering and Applied Science have taken inspiration from the sorts of systems embodied in Venus fly traps, utilizing stimuli-responsive materials and geometric principles to design structures that have “embodied logic.”

Penn Today Staff