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Read MoreVIPER Class of 2028 Transfer Application is Open!
VIPER is now accepting applications from first-year Penn students interested in transferring into the program.
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The Vagelos Integrated Program in Energy Research (VIPER) is a dual-degree undergraduate program at Penn that prepares highly talented students to advance sustainable energy science and technology.
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Emma Glasser (VIPER '22)
Emma Glasser is from Princeton, New Jersey, and graduated from Princeton High School. She plans on studying Materials Science and Engineering and Earth and Environmental Science. …
Read BioBhaskar Abhiraman (VIPER '21)
Bhaskar Abhiraman is from New Canaan, Connecticut, where he graduated from New Canaan High School. He developed a love for scientific research when he studied select genes in the parasite…
Read BioLuka Yancopoulos (VIPER '20)
Luka Yancopoulos is from Yorktown Heights, New York. He entered VIPER with the intent to major in Bioengineering and Earth and Environmental Science. Luka always has been interested in the…
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On April 7, 2016, seniors in the Vagelos Integrated Program in Energy Research (VIPER) presented their capstone research and design projects. The Class of 2016 is the program's first graduating class.