Paris Perdikaris (@MEAM_PENN, Penn Engineering) and Microsoft Research have developed Aurora, a foundation AI model that forecasts extreme weather and environmental events—faster and cheaper than traditional systems. The team's findings are published in nature. bit.ly/4dyota6

Mitchell Fogelson, Mitchell Fogelson, (ENG’17, GEN’18) tests deployable space structures in microgravity on a NASA-funded Zero-G flight. His hands-on innovation began at Penn Engineering, and he now leads Beyond Reach Labs, creating tech for remote environments. blog.me.upenn.edu/mitchell-fogel…

It was great to end ICRA with some fantastic workshops, and the news that Penn has approved my tenure! I owe much to my fantastic mentors, especially Russ Tedrake, but all the credit really goes to the creative and brilliant students who've shared this journey.

The Penn Engineering Class of 2025 steps into the future with the power to drive change. Watch highlights from the undergraduate and master's ceremonies now. #PennEngineeringProud #PennGrad

Celebrating our Class of 2025, congratulations to Paulo E. Arratia on being named a Society of Rheology Fellow, discover Aurora — a new machine learning model for Earth systems forecasting, plus an alumni Q&A and more. Read the June newsletter: mailchi.mp/seas/meam-depa…

The MEAM Summer Seminar Series starts this week with Yasaman Moharrer, a MEAM PhD Candidate working with Joel Boerckel. "The Role of YAP and TAZ in Regulating Mechanical Load-induced Bone Adaptation and Osteocytes Mechanosensing" June 3 at 10:15 AM events.seas.upenn.edu/event/meam-sem…

Congratulations to Julia Dase (MSE’25), Ainsley Rexford (MEAM’25), Jonathan Wu (ESE’25) & Lizzie He (M&T’25) on graduating from the Benjamin Franklin Scholar program.

Discover Loraine Terrell’s new comic, illustrated by Dan Lee, in @pennsas OMNIA magazine—where Doug Jerolmack’s application of physics reveals how river sediment transforms a baseball’s grip. ⚾ Read the full issue here: omnia.sas.upenn.edu/issue/spring-s…

Inspired by nature, Penn Engineers are teaching robotic swarms to build like bees, without a central plan. Jordan Raney (Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics, Penn) & Mark Yim (@GRASPLab) developed rules for robots to react to their environment, a step towards a new manufacturing paradigm. See the comments for

blog.seas.upenn.edu/no-plan-no-pro…

Congratulations Julia Radzio, MEAM doctoral student, for receiving the Best Poster Award from the Gordon Research Conferences on the Physics and Chemistry of Micro-fluidics. Radzio presented a summary of her work on a stiffness-based droplet sorting platform for biodegradable enzyme screening.

Congratulations Gregory Campbell for defending his dissertation, “Elastomeric Strain Limitation for Design of Soft Pneumatic Actuators." Campbell will be starting a new chapter at Lafayette College as a Visiting Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering. blog.me.upenn.edu/campbell-defen…

Discover the story of Ralph Teetor, a blind Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics, Penn alumnus who invented cruise control. His life of innovation is now featured in the documentary film "Blind Logic," brought to life by Jeff Daniels. Teetor's ingenuity, despite losing sight as a child, led to over 40 patents.

New Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics, Penn research from Robert Carpick's lab, with Cangyu Qu & Lu Fang, developed a model predicting how mechanical stress drives chemical reactions. This advances greener manufacturing & better lubricants.

Samantha McBride and Nathan Wei have been named Environmental Innovations Initiative Faculty Fellows, a two-year collaboration with a focus on lithium recovery from waste brines and investigating extreme heat's impact on urban communities. 🌎 blog.me.upenn.edu/mcbride-and-we…

Congratulations Yan Luo, who defended her dissertation, "Mechanical Robust Biocompatible Polymeric Networks for Repetitive Loading." Luo's work fuses shape-memory collagen cryogels with ionic alginate to create tunable hydrogels that endure and recover under cyclic loading.

A new discovery at Penn challenges decades of research on blood clots. A team of researchers found that red blood cells, not just platelets, actively contribute to clot contraction. Professor Prashant Purohit from Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics, Penn says, "The proteins in the surrounding fluid create an

Recently, Professor Douglas Jerolmack (@meam_penn) spoke to @telemundochi about the "magic" mud applied to baseballs in major league games. Jerolmack explains that the mud, which spreads like a cream and grips like sandpaper, is essential to the performance of the game.

Congratulations Jake Welde who defended his dissertation, “Geometric Methods for Efficient and Explainable Control of Underactuated Robotic Systems." His research uses geometric structure to design faster, more general, and more robust robot controllers—both analytic and learned.

Dean @Vijay_r_Kumar recently spoke with Ben Kaplan of Deep Venture Partners about the future of robotics. The two explore how AI is reshaping the future of robots, why aerial drones still struggle, what swarm intelligence can teach us and the real-world impact of robots in