Powering AI from space, at scale Powering AI from space, at scale A new design for solar-powered data centers reduces weight, power consumption, and overall complexity, making large-scale deployment more feasible. 2 min. read
Prithvi Parthasarathy: Using AI to improve health care delivery in rural India Fourth-year neuroscience major Prithvi Parthasarathy is dedicated to innovating health care delivery.nocred Prithvi Parthasarathy: Using AI to improve health care delivery in rural India Prithvi Parthasarathy, a fourth-year neuroscience major, designed an AI triage tool to improve hospital efficiency and patient care. 3 min. read
Penn Engineering launches new master’s program in software systems and cybersecurity Penn Engineering launches new master’s program in software systems and cybersecurity Penn’s new Master of Science in Engineering in Software Systems and Cybersecurity (MSE-SSC) integrates advanced training in software systems and cybersecurity into a single degree, offered in both online and residential formats.
Chris Callison-Burch: 25 years of AI innovation Image: Courtesy of Penn Engineering Chris Callison-Burch: 25 years of AI innovation Penn Engineering faculty Chris Callison-Burch, a leading researcher in the artificial intelligence field, reflects on decades of technological innovations that have informed the present and future of AI. 2 min. read
An AI tool to help better understand medical visits Kevin Johnson, left, demonstrating the recording process with Karen O’Connor, right.(Image: Sylvia Zhang) An AI tool to help better understand medical visits Penn Engineering’s multimodal medical dataset, Observer, links video, audio, and transcripts to clinical data and electronic health records. 2 min. read
The world’s smallest programmable, autonomous robots A microrobot on a U.S. penny for scale.(Image: Michael Simari, University of Michigan) The world’s smallest programmable, autonomous robots Engineers at Penn Engineering have created robots barely visible to the naked eye that operate without tethers, magnetic fields or joystick-like controls. 2 min. read
Surbhi Goel named 2025 Schmidt Sciences AI2050 Early Career Fellow Surbhi Goel named 2025 Schmidt Sciences AI2050 Early Career Fellow The Magerman Term Assistant Professor in Computer and Information Science at Penn Engineering has been named a 2025 Schmidt Sciences AI2050 Early Career Fellow. The funding awarded will apply to research that explores AI’s potential to create a healthier, more resilient and more secure world.
Tumor-on-a-chip offers insight into cancer-fighting cells in immunotherapy Penn engineers and collaborators have developed a transparent, micro-engineered device that houses a living, vascularized model of human lung cancer—a “tumor on a chip”—and show that the diabetes drug vildagliptin helps more CAR T cells break through the tumor’s defenses and attack it effectively.(Image: Courtesy of Hiajiao Liu) Tumor-on-a-chip offers insight into cancer-fighting cells in immunotherapy Penn engineers and collaborators have built a living tumor on a chip to expose how cancers block immune attacks, and how one existing drug could make immunotherapy like CAR T more effective against solid tumors. 3 min. read
Two Penn faculty elected American Physical Society Fellows Ritesh Agarwal (left), Srinivasa Ramanujan Distinguished Scholar in Materials Science and Engineering, and Douglas Jerolmack, Edmund J. and Louise W. Kahn Endowed Term Professor of Earth and Environmental Science and professor of mechanical engineering and applied mechanics.nocred Two Penn faculty elected American Physical Society Fellows Ritesh Agarwal of the School of Engineering and Applied Science and Douglas Jerolmack of the School of Arts & Sciences and Penn Engineering have been elected by their peers in recognition of their contributions to the field. 2 min. read
Eva Dyer is listening to the brain’s code with a little help from AI Eva Dyer is the Rachleff Associate Professor in Bioengineering and in computer and information science at the School of Engineering and Applied Science.(Image: Courtesy of Penn Engineering) Eva Dyer is listening to the brain’s code with a little help from AI Penn professor Eva Dyer merges her background in music and audio engineering with artificial intelligence to help uncover brain signals and explore how the brain processes information. 2 min. read