Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics, Penn

From freezing droplets to cloud formation, surfaces shape complex physical phenomena. Last week, we welcomed Saurabh Nath of Penn for a seminar exploring how ice, drops and bubbles reveal the physics of interfaces and their role in the natural world.

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From an idea to a Grand Prize-winning prototype: MEAM students Huaiyu Zuo and Wenyi Huang, along with Alex Yang (EE'29), earned the top honor in the Lab-in-Fab PMUT Application Student Competition for their acoustic technology.

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There’s no single path to landing an internship.

At the 2026 MEAM Internship Showcase, students shared lessons from internships at Mars, Azalea Robotics, SpaceX and TSMC: refine your approach, be ready to learn and stay open to unexpected opportunities.

Preventing ice adhesion starts with smarter surface design. This week, Kevin Golovin of the University of Toronto joined us for a seminar on soft materials, buckling metallic surfaces and new strategies for creating durable, ice-repellent surfaces.

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Congratulations to Dr. Samuele Ferracin on defending his dissertation on bistable mechanical metamaterials!

His research advances reprogrammable mechanical metamaterials that can change stiffness, store information and respond to fluid flows.

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