In his annual message welcoming the Penn Engineering community back to campus for the 2025-26 academic year, Vijay Kumar, Nemirovsky Family Dean, highlights the palpable excitement for the coming year and the vibrant new facilities driving education and innovation in AI, energy and sustainability, and human health.
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Designing Cleaner, Greener Concrete That Absorbs Carbon Dioxide | Concrete production accounts for roughly 10% of global carbon emissions. Now, in collaboration with the Weitzman School of Design, Shu Yang, Joseph Bordogna Professor and Chair of Materials Science and Engineering, has developed a new form of concrete that absorbs carbon dioxide.
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David Meaney Named Vice Provost for Research at Penn |
David Meaney, Solomon R. Pollack Professor in Bioengineering, has been named Vice Provost for Research at Penn. Meaney succeeds Dawn Bonnell, Henry Robinson Towne Professor in Materials Science and Engineering and the former Senior Vice Provost for Research, in shaping policy and advancing administrative initiatives for the University’s $2 billion research enterprise.
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Apple’s AI Ambitions Leave Big Questions Over Its Climate Goals
Wired
Ben Lee, Professor in Computer and Information Science and in Electrical and Systems Engineering, says Apple is prioritizing AI capability at the expense of efficiency, a strategy that risks undermining the firm’s climate goals.
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Family says scammers used AI to impersonate South Philly woman's granddaughter
NBC 10
Eric Wong, Assistant Professor in Computer and Information Science, explains how AI can make scams far more convincing by mimicking the voices of family members. Read More
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Inspired by the anti-inflammatory properties of olive oil, Penn Engineers have used a century-old reaction to redesign lipid nanoparticles (LNPs) for mRNA delivery. The new LNPs could lead to safer, more effective mRNA therapies.
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Which Penn Engineering alum is credited with inventing cruise control for automobiles?
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A. Ralph Teetor
B. J. Presper Eckert
C. George Heilmeier
D. Doris Kuhlmann-Wilsdorf
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🗣️ Last month’s trivia question was answered correctly by Kenneth Chen (GEN’96), who answered that the size of Penn Engineering's typical undergraduate class is about 400 students.
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