Engineering the Future

From biotechnology and robotics to computer animation and nanotechnology, Penn Engineering is at the forefront of scientific and technological research.

Penn engineers are working across disciplines to tackle some of today’s toughest challenges. From engineering cells to fight tumors to identifying vulnerabilities in critical spacecraft networks, we’re advancing research with world-changing impact.

Our signature research initiatives focus on three topics of global importance: Engineering Health, Data Science, and Energy + Sustainability. In each of these critical areas, Penn engineers are developing practical solutions to pressing global problems.

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Our Signature Initiatives

Engineering Health

With the support of our Center for Precision Engineering for Health (CPE4H), Penn engineers are developing technologies that will fight future pandemics, cure incurable diseases and extend healthy life spans around the world.

Data Science

We’re expanding faculty hiring and research in data-driven scientific discovery and experimentation; the design and engineering of safe, explainable and trustable autonomous systems; and data science for neuro engineering and bio-inspired computing.

Energy + Sustainability

From new battery chemistries to carbon capture plans and pollution-neutralizing nanoparticles, our researchers are tackling the global sustainability crisis head-on.

Engineering the Future

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Our Signature Initiatives

Engineering Health

Data Science

Energy + Sustainability

Identifying a vulnerability in critical spacecraft networks