Motivation Monday
Meet Ben Sailors, MSE Class of 2025, who is joining us on campus this semester from Bellefontaine, Ohio. This week we caught up with Ben to hear his MSE story and how he preps for the week on Sundays. Ben chose MSE because of the great versatility of the major and its broad applicability across […]
Materials Science and Engineering 2021 Student Award Winners
Undergraduate Student Awards The Management and Technology Scholarship Award: awarded by the SEAS faculty to a member of the senior class in the Management and Technology Program who has created an innovative system and attained high scholastic achievement. Yi (Ivory) Su The Engineering Alumni Society E. Stuart Eichert, Jr. Student Award: given annually by the […]
MSE Spring 2021 Seminars
We are excited to announce our full virtual seminar schedule for the fall semester. All seminars will take place at 10:45am EST via Zoom. Links will be provided in the MSE Weekly Events email sent every Sunday. A reminder that seminar attendance is mandatory for all Master’s and PhD students. Seminars in February are being […]
Materials Science and Engineering Welcomes Connor Bilchak, Lecturer
The Department of Materials Science and Engineering is pleased to welcome Dr. Connor Bilchak as a full-time lecturer starting in January 2021. Connor earned his B.S. in engineering from Manhattan College, a diverse liberals college, and received his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from Columbia University in 2019. Connor is currently a postdoctoral researcher with Prof. […]
ENGR 101: Creating Hands-On Learning at Home
The inherent nature of engineers is to solve problems. Naturally, when the COVID-19 pandemic started earlier this year, MSE students and faculty were quick to evaluate, strategize and adapt. The sudden transition to online learning changed the lives of everyone at Penn. For students, what used to be an invigorating walk from dorm and apartment […]
MSE Fall 2020 Virtual Seminars
We are excited to announce our full virtual seminar schedule for the fall semester. All seminars will take place at 10:45am EST via Zoom. Links will be provided in the MSE Weekly Events email sent every Sunday. A reminder that seminar attendance is mandatory for all Master’s and PhD students. September 3 Lab Safety Seminar […]
Irene Clements Celebrates a Half Century at Penn MSE
A woman who has truly grown with the Department, Irene Clements, celebrated 50 years of service at the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Penn on June 29, 2020. Irene came to the Department in the role of Assistant to the Chair. Hired by Dr. Robert Maddin, the first chair of the MSE Department, […]
Liang Feng Promoted to Associate Professor
The Department of Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Pennsylvania is thrilled to announce that Liang Feng has been promoted to Associate Professor with tenure. We look forward to many years ahead of Liang being a groundbreaking researcher, an inspired teacher, and a valued colleague. Liang’s research expertise is in the area of large-scale […]
Materials Science and Engineering 2020 Student Award Winners
Undergraduate Student Awards Hugo Otto Wolf Memorial Prize: Jacob G. Faber-Rico and Lauren J. Hoang The Hugo Otto Wolf Memorial Prize, founded by Otto C. Wolf in memory of his son, is awarded to that member of the senior class in each department of the School of Engineering and Applied Science who, during the senior […]
Annual Letter from the Chair
Dear Friends and Visitors, What a year it has been for Penn’s Department of Materials Science and Engineering! As we close the book on another academic year, this letter captures our most noteworthy personal and collective achievements. Over the past year MSE at Penn had many accomplishments and numerous reasons to celebrate. Faculty recognitions include […]