Vagelos Institute News
Roy and Diana Vagelos strengthen science research and education with transformative gift to the University of Pennsylvania
Alumnus Roy Vagelos and his wife, Diana, strengthen science research and education with their transformative gift to the University of Pennsylvania.
Penn Among Education Partners for U.S. Department of Energy Mid-Atlantic Clean Hydrogen Hub to Advance Clean Energy
The University of Pennsylvania will serve as an education partner in support of workforce development efforts with the Mid-Atlantic Clean Hydrogen Hub (MACH2), a partnership that will receive up to $750 million in U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) funding through the historic Regional Clean Hydrogen Hubs program. The program, announced by the DOE on October 13, 2023, will award up to $7 billion in grants.
$5 Million US Department of Energy Grant for Energy Earthshot Research
Thomas Mallouk, the Vagelos Professor in Energy Research and chair of the department of chemistry in the School of Arts and Sciences, and colleagues have been awarded $5 million over three years from the U.S. Department of Energy as part of its Energy Earthshots program. Dr. Mallouk’s team—which includes Karen I. Winey and Aleksandra Vojvodic from Penn’s School of Engineering and Applied Science, as well as collaborators from three other academic institutions and one national lab—makes up one of the program’s 18 funded academic research centers.
Gift from Hari Kumar and Sonia Nayaham supports VLEST Laboratories
Hari Kumar, ENG’95, W’95, and Sonia Nayaham have made a gift to the School of Arts and Sciences that funds the construction of laboratory spaces in the Vagelos Laboratory for Energy Science and Technology (VLEST), supports research and scholarship at the Center for the Advanced Study of India (CASI), and endows a scholarship fund that furthers the school’s goal of expanding need-blind undergraduate financial aid to international students.
Penn hosts Energy Week to generate awareness about scholarship, equity in energy
Penn’s Kleinman Center for Energy Policy and the Vagelos Institute for Energy Science and Technology hosted their third annual Energy Week from March 20-24, consisting of 24 events across seven of Penn’s 12 schools. Read more at The Daily Pennsylvanian.
At Penn Energy Week, a time to reflect on energy science, technology, and policy
Hosted by the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy and the Vagelos Institute for Energy Science and Technology, the third annual Energy Week, which runs March 20-24, offers events on decarbonization, careers in the energy sector, global energy security, and more. Read more at Penn Today.
Topping off Penn’s new energy science building
The Vagelos Laboratory for Energy Science and Technology marks a significant milestone in its construction with a special topping off ceremony on February 3, 2023. Read more at Penn Today.
Nanoscale Studies Pave Way for ‘Next-generation’ Li-ion Batteries
Work in the lab of Prof. Eric Detsi by 2018 VIEST Graduate Fellow John Corsi is gaining new insights into why silicon anodes in lithium-ion batteries rapidly degrade and fail. Learn more at Penn Engineering Today.