Space Invaders: What Cybersecurity Looks Like in Space In the News, Research and Innovation / October 12, 2026 In recognition of Cybersecurity Awareness Month in October, Phan explains why spacecraft are so hard to defend, why a few milliseconds can matter, and how AI might change the cybersecurity... Read More
Penn Engineering Evolves Digital Media Design into Visual and Interactive Computing Academics, Students / September 24, 2026 The next chapter of Penn Engineering’s pioneering interdisciplinary program expands opportunities in AI, immersive technologies and human-computer interaction while building on more than 25 years of innovation. Read More
Teaching Algorithm Auditing to Help Students Detect Bias in AI Outputs AI, Faculty, Research and Innovation / September 23, 2026 As students integrate AI into their learning at an increasingly rapid pace, they need the tools to critically assess the outputs it provides—and how much they can trust them. That’s... Read More
Penn Welcomes General Timothy D. Haugh Faculty / September 9, 2026 Penn Engineering is pleased to announce the appointment of retired Air Force General Timothy D. Haugh as Senior Fellow in the Schlein Center for Cybersecurity and Adjunct Professor in the... Read More
Penn Partners in New National Science Foundation AI Institute for Human-AI Cooperation Grants, In the News, Research and Innovation / July 30, 2026 From the teenage soccer player recovering from knee surgery to the grandparent relearning how to walk after a stroke, physical therapy plays a vital role in restoring mobility and helping... Read More
AI Platform Could Speed Peptide Drug Discovery AI, Research and Innovation / July 21, 2026 PeptiVerse combines diverse datasets and machine learning models to predict key properties that help determine whether peptides are worth pursuing as drugs. Read More
Penn Engineering Launches New Online Master’s Degree in Technology and Innovation Academics, Faculty, Students / July 13, 2026 The new MSE-TI program prepares engineers to expand beyond technical execution into product leadership, applied innovation and cross-functional technology development. Read More
Penn Engineers Develop AI Tool to Design Peptides That Turn Signals On or Off AI, Research and Innovation / July 9, 2026 A new Penn-led AI framework could help accelerate peptide drug discovery by generating candidates predicted to have specified effects, such as activating or blocking receptors involved in metabolism, addiction and... Read More
Opening AI’s Black Box AI, Faculty, Research and Innovation / July 7, 2026 Danaé Metaxa’s new book explains how tech companies, journalists and policymakers can prevent AI decision making from going wrong. Read More
Transforming Healthcare Logistics With Low-Cost AI AI, Research and Innovation / June 25, 2026 By forecasting demand and correcting for missing data, researchers from Wharton and Penn Engineering developed a low-cost AI tool that helps get life-saving medicines to the communities in Sierra Leone... Read More
Alumni Q&A: Kaikai Wang Alumni / June 17, 2026 Kaikai Wang (ENG’11), a graduate of Penn Engineering’s Digital Media Design (DMD) program, reflects on how his time at Penn shaped his path in computer graphics and how it brought... Read More
FireANTs Brings AI Speed and Geometric Precision to Medical Imaging AI, Research and Innovation / June 9, 2026 Open-source algorithm combines AI optimization and geometry to speed medical image matching from days to minutes. Read More
