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Penn Electric Racing Team Shines in Summer Competition
August 11, 2017
This summer, the Penn Electric Racing Team, to include VIPER students, won First Place EV at FSAE Electric 2017. Team members, such as VIPER's Trevor Pennypacker, recently were featured by CBS Philly. See more here!
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PENN 10: VIPER's Gautam Nagaraj featured in 34th Street Magazine
April 19, 2017
Senior Gautam Nagaraj, VIPER Class of '17, discusses his aerospace ambitions in the April edition of 34th Street Magazine. Read more here.
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Justin Qian, VIPER Class of '19, Receives NACE-Philadelphia Section Award
March 17, 2017
VIPER sophomore Justin Qian recently received the National Association of Corrosion Engineers (NACE) Philadelphia Section award. For more information about Justin and his research at Penn, see this description. For details about NACE/Philadelphia, click here.
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Eric Schelter
Prof. Eric Schelter has presented his work in the VIPER seminar and hosted two VIPER students in his lab. His work focuses on small molecule activation, quantum effects in chemistry, and superconductivity. He discusses the state of rare earth metal chemistry in this video. (Image borrowed from Schelter website.)