Sarah Gray: Voices of Penn Engineering Master’s Alumni

This is part of our series of articles, written by Penn Engineering alumni, about their experiences at Penn and how it shaped their lives. Our next article is written by Sarah Gray, who graduated with a bachelor’s degree in English…

The Snow Graphics in ‘Frozen’ Can Predict the Mechanics of Real Avalanches

When a slab of snow cracks and slides down a slope, the exact size and shape of the resulting avalanche is hard to predict. The sliding slab is denser than the snow underneath it, giving the system a…

New GRASP Project Aims to Leverage ‘Embodied Intelligence’ via a Robotic Squirrel

Guinness Recognizes Piccolissimo as World’s Smallest Self-Powered Flying Robot

Undergraduate Summer Research Projects Honored at Annual Symposium

Robert Ghrist Named Inaugural Faculty Co-Director of the Office of Penn First Plus Students

How Behavior Spreads: The Science of Complex Contagions

Dental Plaque is No Match for Catalytic Nanoparticles

Mapping the Ocean With Marine Robots

M. Ani Hsieh’s robotics lab investigates how to use ocean currents as a natural energy source for marine robots, which would enable widespread exploration.