VIPER | Vagelos Integrated Program in Energy Research

  • Julia Fordham (VIPER '16) at work in the laboratory of Professor Christopher Murray.

    Learning in the Lab

    Julia Fordham (VIPER '16) from the inaugural VIPER graduating class conducted research in the laboratory of Professor Christopher Murray.

     

    Photo credit: Kevin Monko/Kelsh Wilson Design

  • VIPER students Andy Eskenazi (VIPER '22) and Lorenzo Yao-Bate (VIPER '24) work together in Professor Igor Bargatin's Lab in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics. Their research focuses on solar-powered levitation. 

    Teamwork & Collaboration

    VIPER students Andy Eskenazi (VIPER '22) and Lorenzo Yao-Bate (VIPER '24) work together to study solar-powered levitation in Professor Igor Bargatin's Lab in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics.

     

    Photo credit: Gloria Lee (VIPER '23)

  • Communicating science effectively to help audiences understand your work is important, in all scientific fields and especially when it comes our work in energy. Students gain practice talking about their research to audiences from all different backgrounds and receive feedback and guidance to help them grow as scientists and engineers! 

    Practice Communicating Science

    Communicating science effectively to help audiences understand your work is important, in all scientific fields and especially when it comes our work in energy. Students gain practice talking about their research to audiences from all different backgrounds and receive feedback and guidance to help them grow as scientists and engineers! 

  • Mohammed Suleiman (VIPER '24) conducts research in the laboratory of Professor Thomas Mallouk in the Department of Chemistry. Mohammed spent the summer synthesizing and characterizing materials that can potentially be used for fuel cells.

    Hands-On Research Experiences

    Mohammed Suleiman (VIPER '24) conducts research in the laboratory of Professor Thomas Mallouk in the Department of Chemistry. Mohammed spent the summer synthesizing and characterizing materials for possible use in fuel cells, devices that produce electricity from chemical reactions.

     

    Photo credit: Gloria Lee (VIPER '23)

  • All VIPER graduating seniors receive a custom VIPER graduation stole upon completing the program. Each VIPER senior class gets to design and choose the colors for their class stole.

    A Parting Graduation Gift

    All VIPER graduating seniors receive a custom VIPER graduation stole upon completing the program. Each VIPER senior class gets to design and choose the colors for their class stole.

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.

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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.