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At Weiss Tech House, a race from idea to prototype in one semester
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Laura Ceccacci of AutoTrach considering design questions with Weiss Tech House mentor Varun Sanghvi. Teams used off the shelf equipment to work on their prototypes. (Photo: Gwyneth K. Shaw)

At Weiss Tech House, a race from idea to prototype in one semester

The student-run incubator hosted its first hardware accelerator this spring, offering cash, mentoring, and access to specialized equipment to four teams.

Gwyneth K. Shaw

Applying machine learning to materials science
Rendering of 2D graphene molecules

Applying machine learning to materials science

Machine learning and artificial intelligence are applied to an increasing number of tasks, But using machine learning in materials science, which attempts to design and make materials for use in future technologies, has proven to be more difficult.

Penn Today Staff

Not ‘a snowball’s chance in you-know-where’: The $1.2 billion King of Prussia rail line is a longshot

Not ‘a snowball’s chance in you-know-where’: The $1.2 billion King of Prussia rail line is a longshot

Vukan Vuchic of the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences said the probability of advancing a King of Prussia train line proposal “strongly depends on who controls the U.S. House and Senate. I think elections next year will be drastically important.”

‘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