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We're hiring! We are looking for applicants for a tenure-track or tenured faculty position at the Assistant, Associate or Full Professor level.
Help shape what's next in mechanical engineering
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Garrett Reisman (ENG’91, W’91) returned to Penn as the 2026 Tedori-Callinan Distinguished Lecturer, sharing lessons from his journey from MEAM to NASA, the ISS and SpaceX. Among them: ambitious goals require more than inspiration.
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Congratulations to Marquise Bell, Provost’s Postdoctoral Research Fellow, and Luc Capaldi, a MEAM doctoral student, on being selected for the 2026 Rising Stars in Mechanical Engineering workshop at Stanford University! 🌟
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How and when do cracks form in soft materials? Krishnaswamy Ravi-Chandar of @UTAerospace joined us for a seminar exploring crack nucleation and growth in elastomers using high-resolution imaging, 3D reconstruction and numerical simulations.
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MEAM master’s student Cédric Hollande (left) put lessons from Penn Engineering’s RoboRacer course to the test, competing in an international autonomous racing competition this June at the 2026 IEEE Conference on Robotics and Automation.
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Congratulations to Weilun Qiu on defending his Ph.D. dissertation!
His research combines statistical physics and machine learning to model complex material behavior across scales.
“I came in as a student, and I leave as a researcher.”
Read more: me.upenn.edu/weilun-qiu-defe…
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If robots are going to be useful for everyday tasks, they need to combine skills, adapt to changes and complete complex, multi-step tasks.
Researchers in the Figueroa Robotics Lab developed SymSkill, which helps robots learn and recombine skills to complete longer tasks. With just five minutes of video demonstrations, a real robot completed sequences of up to 12 steps and could adapt to interruptions and failures.
“What makes this exciting is that the robot doesn’t have to experience every possible version of a task before it can perform it,” says doctoral student Yifei Simon Shao.
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Congratulations to Gregory Parisi, a postdoctoral fellow in MEAM and member of the McBride Lab, on receiving two honors recognizing his commitment to mentorship!
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GRASP's Kumar Lab developed an indoor exploration framework that uses learning to predict unseen area environments to plan Safe Efficient Exploration for Aerial Robots (SEER).
Video: youtube.com/watch?v=5ZBkJmCK…
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Complex fluid flows can be difficult to understand when key properties can’t be measured directly. Arezoo Ardekani of Purdue joined us for a seminar on using Lagrangian stretching to reveal the dynamics of viscoelastic flows.
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We recently welcomed J. William Boley of Boston University for a seminar on additive manufacturing of multifunctional materials, from electronic skins and wearable devices to 4D-printed structures that can actuate, sense and withstand damage.
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Two Penn Engineering faculty members are among the 18 finalists for the 2026 @BlavatnikAwards National Awards for Young Scientists.
@Deep29Jariwala is recognized for advances in electronic materials and devices, while @ParisPerdikaris is recognized for developing physics-aware AI, including the Aurora weather forecasting model.
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Congratulations to Shyam Sankaran on defending his Ph.D. dissertation on neural operator design.
His research develops efficient, scalable machine-learning tools for modeling physical systems and digital twins.
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Congratulations to Samantha McBride, recipient of the 2026 ACS Emerging Investigator Award, which recognizes early-career researchers for their exceptional contributions to colloid and surface science.
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We kicked off our Fall Seminar Series this week with Anya Jones of @UCLAMechAeroEng, who shared research on how wings respond to strong gusts and how flow measurements and wing-pitch control can help mitigate sudden changes in aerodynamic forces.
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Today, Penn Engineering alumnus John Ternus (ENG’97) officially steps into his role as Chief Executive Officer at @Apple.
Watch his 2024 Penn Engineering commencement address to hear the advice he shared with the graduates at the time: youtu.be/dC6X_LVH2JY
This week, we kick off the Fall Seminar Series with Anya R. Magaña Jones of UCLA and her talk, "Wind-guest Encounters: Flow Measurement and Modeling for Gust Response Mitigation."
Speaker & seminar abstract: events.engineering.upenn.edu…
It's our favorite time of year! New Student Orientation kicked off today with our newly admitted Master's students. We're so happy you're here! ❤️💙
On Monday, we will welcome one of the largest incoming first-year undergraduate classes in recent MEAM history.
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Another successful summer for the Engineering Summer Academy at Penn (ESAP).
High school students from around the world spent three weeks exploring AI, robotics, biotech, computer science and more while experiencing life as Penn Engineers.
"How to work well in a team, iterate through designs and use past failures to drive the next version of your build" was one of the most valuable lessons Jack Leiman, an ESAP Robotics student, took away from the program.
Congratulations to the 2026 ESAP cohort!
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Congratulations to Francis Sowande on defending his Ph.D. dissertation on physics- and data-informed modeling of infant postural control!
Francis was advised by Michelle Johnson, Professor in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.
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