Melissa Pappas – August 14, 2024 As the Senior Vice Provost for Research at Penn, Dawn Bonnell, Henry Robinson Towne Professor in Materials Science and Engineering, forges paths that allow Penn Engineers to […]
Shu Yang Team “Vytrina” wins Penn Health-Tech Demo Award
The Shu Yang team, Vytrina, took home the first-place price in the 2024 Penn Health-Tech Demo Award Competition. Teams in the competition pitched their ventures to a panel of industry […]
2024 Belton Award Winners
The 2024 Geoffrey Belton Graduate Fellowship has been awarded to two third-year PhD students, Antonio Martinez and Katie Sun, from the Department of Materials Science and Engineering. This award recognizes […]
Six From Penn Elected 2024 AAAS Fellows
Researchers from the School of Arts & Sciences, School of Engineering and Applied Science, Perelman School of Medicine, Wharton School, School of Nursing, and Annenberg School for Communication join a […]
Dr. Kyle Vining Earns Hartwell Foundation Award to Study Childhood Leukemia
April 14, 2024 Philadelphia — Every year, thousands of American children are diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), the most common form of childhood cancer. The disease begins in bone marrow, when […]
Undergraduate Research Mentoring Award
Shu Yang, Joseph Bordogna Professor and Chair of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, has been awarded the Undergraduate Research Mentoring Award. Presented in conjunction with the Engineering Alumni […]
Hatfield Award for Excellence in Teaching for Faculty in the Lecturer/Practice Professor Track
Mark Licurse, Lecturer in Materials Science and Engineering, has been awarded the Hatfield Award for Excellence in Teaching in the Lecturer and Practice Professor Track. Presented to a lecturer, senior […]
Weiwei Kong Recipient of the 2024 Intel Fellowship Graduate Award
The Intel Graduate Fellowship award recognizes students for superior and significant contributions to their field of PhD study. Weiwei’s research has resulted into fabricating a new type of polymer nanocomposite […]
Eric Stach to Serve as Materials Research Society (MRS) Vice President
The Materials Research Society (MRS) is pleased to announce the Vice President/President Elect and new Board Members for 2024, elected by the Society’s global membership of over 13,000. Eric A. Stach, […]