Innovation & Impact

Penn Engineering’s Innovation & Impact podcast features Benjamin Lee , Professor of Electrical and Systems Engineering and Computer and Information Science at Penn Engineering and a visiting researcher at Google. Lee’s research explores computer architecture, microprocessors, memory systems and data centers, with a focus on energy efficiency and environmental sustainability. In this episode, h...

Penn Engineering’s Innovation & Impact podcast features Byron Cook , Vice President and Distinguished Scientist of the Automated Reasoning Group at Amazon Web Services and Professor at University College London. Cook is a computer scientist and pioneer in automated reasoning whose work sits at the intersection of theory, software and artificial intelligence. In this episode, host Vijay Kumar ,...

Episode 12 of the Innovation & Impact podcast features Benedetto Vigna , CEO of Ferrari, whose career spans from engaging in cutting-edge semiconductor research to leading one of the world’s most iconic brands. In this episode, host Vijay Kumar , Nemirovsky Family Dean of Penn Engineering and Professor in Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics (MEAM), sits down with Vigna, who reflects o...

Hosted by Vijay Kumar , Nemirovsky Family Dean of Penn Engineering and Professor in Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics, episode 11 of Penn Engineering’s Innovation & Impact podcast features Jason Cong , Distinguished Professor in Computer Science and Electrical and Computer Engineering at UCLA’s Samueli’s School of Engineering. A pioneer in customizable computing whose work has helpe...

In this episode of Penn Engineering’s Innovation & Impact p odcast , host Vanessa Chan , Vice Dean of Innovation and Entrepreneurship and Jonathan and Linda Brassington Practice Professor in Materials Science and Engineering, sits down with three faculty members who were recently named Fellows of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI), one of the highest distinctions for academic inventors wh...

In the latest episode of Penn Engineering’s Innovation & Impact podcast, Vijay Kumar , Nemirovsky Family Dean of Penn Engineering and Professor in Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics, sits down with Tsu-Jae Liu , President of the National Academy of Engineering and a pioneering force in semiconductor technology. From co-developing the FinFET transistor that powers today’s most advance...

In the eighth episode of Penn Engineering’s Innovation & Impact podcast, host Vijay Kumar , Nemirovsky Family Dean of Penn Engineering and Professor in Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics (MEAM), sits down with one of the most influential figures in modern engineering, Kurt Petersen, widely recognized as the father of MEMS (microelectromechanical systems). From pioneering research at...

AI is at the forefront of technological advances and is also reshaping creativity, ownership and societal interactions. In episode 7 of Penn Engineering’s Innovation & Impact podcast, host Vijay Kumar , Nemirovsky Family Dean of Penn Engineering and Professor in Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics, speaks with Meta’s Chief AI Scientist and Turing Award winner, Yann LeCun , about the j...

Episode 6 of the Penn Engineering Innovation & Impact podcast explores how chemical engineering, AI, and biochemistry converge at Penn to power the NSF Artificial Intelligence-driven RNA Foundry (NSF AIRFoundry). Hosted by Vijay Kumar , Nemirovsky Family Dean of Penn Engineering and Professor in Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics. Guests include: Daeyeon Lee , Russel Pierce and Eliza...

Today’s world of technology is more complicated than ever before. The ability to rapidly innovate paired with the unpredictability of society can make it difficult for researchers to anticipate all the implications that come with their new innovations. In this current climate, how should those researchers approach innovation with social responsibility at the forefront? In the latest episode o...

This episode of Innovation & Impact celebrates AI Month at Penn. Susan Davidson, Weiss Professor, Computer and Information Science (CIS) returns as host to discuss how AI is accelerating discovery in fields such as Bioengineering and Computing while also bringing unexpected new challenges in areas such as security. Guests this month are Cesar De La Fuente, Presidential Assistant Professor, Bio...

In the most recent episode of Innovation & Impact , Penn Professors Cherie Kagan, Ben Lee, Lei Gu, and Chris Murray discuss how AI, tech, population growth, and other factors will impact the future of energy and sustainability, while also exploring how educational institutions like Penn can lead the way. Follow Penn Engineering: https://www.youtube.com/@pennengineering https://www.instagram.co...

In the most recent episode of Innovation & Impact , titled “RNA: Past, Present and Future,” David F. Meaney, Solomon R. Pollack Professor in Bioengineering, is joined by Mike Mitchell, Associate Professor in Bioengineering, and Noor Momin, who will be joining Penn Engineering as an Assistant Professor in Bioengineering early next year, to discuss the impact that RNA has had on health care and...

On the the premiere episode of "Innovation & Impact," Michael Kearns, National Center Professor of Management & Technology in Computer and Information Science (CIS), Chris Callison-Burch, Associate Professor in CIS, and Robert Ghrist, Andrea Mitchell University Professor in Electrical and Systems Engineering discuss the growth and impact of generative AI. Susan Davidson, Weiss Professor in...