MSE Announces the Fall 2024 Seminar Series
The Department of Materials Science and Engineering is excited to announce the 2024 Fall Seminar Series at the University of Pennsylvania. The series serves as a platform to provide the latest breakthroughs and research findings from leading scientists and educators across their fields to our Penn community. Our exciting list of speakers include: […]
2024 Department of Materials Science and Engineering Facutly Awards and Grants
The Department of Materials Science and Engineering is proud to acknowledge the achievements and recognitions that have been bestowed upon our faculty members for their innovative research and contributions to the field. Pictured Top row, left to right: Eric Detsi, Ritesh Agarwal, Liang Feng. Bottom row, left to right; , Mark Licurse, Karen […]
2024 Department of Materials Science and Engineering Student/Postdoc Awards
The Department of Materials Science and Engineering is proud to announce the recipients of this year’s awards which recognize the student’s outstanding achievements in academics, research, and service. Top row left to right: Linda Lin Recipient of the Penn Engineering Exceptional Service which is given by the faculty of the School of Engineering […]
SEAS Celebrates the 2024 Department of Materials Science and Engineering Award Recipients
On Wednesday, March Congratulations to Penn Materials Science and Engineering Shu Yang on receiving the Undergraduate Research Mentoring Award, presented by the Undergraduate Student Body and the Engineering Alumni Society in recognition of outstanding research mentorship of undergraduate students at the Penn Engineering School of Engineering and Applied Science 2024 Annual Awards Recognition Ceremony. […]
Hands of Stone
In the 1976 Academy Award-winning film, “Rocky,” the title character, Philadelphian Rocky Balboa, rises before the light of dawn, cracks half a dozen raw eggs into a glass, and guzzles the heavy, viscous, liquid, yoke dripping down the side of his chin in preparation for an epic battle with the world heavyweight Champion, Apollo Creed. […]
Multiscale Materials Modeling Fall Conference Set To Honor Emeritus Professor Vaclav Vitek
The Multiscale Materials Modeling conference is set to honor Department of Materials Science and Engineering Emeritus Professor Vaclav Vitek during their fall ceremony in Prague. In addition to honoring Vitek’s election as a Fellow of the Royal Society, the conference aims to celebrate the lifelong pioneering contributions of Vitek, whose work has profoundly influenced the […]
Eric Stach Named Scientific Director of the Singh Center for Nanotechnology
Dean of the School of Engineering and Applied Science, Vijay Kumar, announced the appointment of Eric Stach as the new Scientific Director of the Singh Center for Nanotechnology. Currently the Robert D. Bent Professor of Engineering in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering and Director of the Laboratory for Research on the Structure of Matter […]
Safety Quiz Event Yields Knowledge, Competition and Collaboration Between Engineering Departments
In a bid to promote safety awareness and foster a sense of collaboration among students and faculty, a safety quiz was recently held at the Glandt Forum, in the Singh Center for Nanotechnology, that drew attendees from the Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (CBE) and Materials Science and Engineering (MSE) departments. This event, managed by […]
Fall Welcome
As the leaves begin to change colors and a briskness starts to fill the air, it is with great pleasure that we extend a warm welcome for the fall term. This term, we continue the honored traditions of academic excellence with the promise of impactful journeys that will lead to a unique Penn experience. At […]
The Department of Materials Science and Engineering Welcomes Senior Lecturer Eric Huang
The Department of Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Pennsylvania welcomes Eric Huang as a Senior Lecturer. Huang earned a Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota in Chemical Engineering and a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley. At the University of Minnesota, he studied with Prof. Victor H. Barocas […]