VIEST faculty member Robert Carpick, John Henry Towne Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics, joined host Ira Flatow on Science Friday to talk about the tribology of ice and curling. 

VIEST faculty member Dohyung Kim, Assistant Professor in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, has been named a 2025 Packard Fellow for Science and Engineering by the David and Lucile Packard Foundation. The Fellowship, one of the nation’s most prestigious awards for early-career researchers, provides $875,000 over five years to support pioneering work in science and engineering. 

The Vagelos Laboratory for Energy Science and Technology has achieved the U.S. Green Building Council’s highest standard, a rare distinction and just the second Penn building to do so.