For Lei Qiao, PhD ’01, a career in materials science has been shaped by curiosity, innovation and a commitment to turning research into real-world impact. Now Vice President of Technology […]
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Penn Engineering and Dental Medicine Researchers Honored with 2026 CiPD IDEA Prize
Hardik Makkar, an NIH/NIDCR R90 Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine, and co-principal investigator Christopher M. Madl, Assistant Professor in Penn Engineering’s Department of Materials […]
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For Julia Chiang, Materials Science Became a Place to Explore Energy, Research, and Community
by John Russell When Julia Chiang arrived at Penn, she was not trying to narrow her interests too quickly. She was drawn to engineering, but also to science. She cared […]
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Jiaxin Liu Recognized with Outstanding Teaching Award for Mentorship and Teaching Excellence
“I enjoy the process of training and mentoring students,” Liu said. “It is rewarding to see
them become better at experiments and to see them grow.”
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Congratulations to Professor Emerita Dawn Bonnell
Congratulations to University of Pennsylvania Senior Vice Provost and Penn Materials Science and Engineering Professor Dawn Bonnell on attaining the distinguished title of Professor Emerita. Among her many accomplishments, Dr. […]
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Getting into the nitty gritty of sand
From scorching feet to the perfect sandcastle to the silicon in phones, materials scientist Shu Yang explains the surprising physics hiding in a single handful of beach sand. Read the […]
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Buildings that cool like African elephants
Inspired by the cracked, water-trapping skin of elephants, Penn researchers have developed a low-cost cement tile that cools buildings by capturing and slowly evaporating water—turning a structural flaw into a […]
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How Sea Stars Build Materials That Can See
Researchers led by Ling Li and collaborators across Penn Engineering, Virginia Tech, MIT, Bowdoin College, the University of South Carolina and the Zuse Institute Berlin have uncovered how sea star […]