VIPER | Vagelos Integrated Program in Energy Research

  • Senior Spotlight

  • Julia Fordham (VIPER '16) at work in the Murray lab.

    Learning in the Lab

    Julia (VIPER Class of 2016) at work in the Murray lab.

     

    Kevin Monko/Kelsh Wilson Design

  • Conergy-Exelon Solar Energy Facility

    Solar Energy Facility

    Penn students visited this Conergy-Exelon Solar Energy Facility in Fairless Hills, PA.

  • David Lim (VIPER '16) worked in the lab of Prof. Andrew Rappe.

    Faculty Research Mentors

    David (Class of 2016) worked in the lab of Prof. Andrew Rappe of Chemistry, one of VIPER's faculty co-directors and founding co-director of Pennergy. All VIPER students conduct energy research under the mentorship of renowned science and engineering faculty at Penn.

     

    Kevin Monko/Kelsh Wilson Design

  • Zachery Iton

    Zachery Iton (VIPER '17)

    Zachery's research in Prof. Christopher Murray's group focuses on smart materials, investigating the achievement of a phase change from VOx, which he synthesized, to thermochromic VO2.

Welcome

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.

Learn More!

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.