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Frontiers of Energy Research Poster Session on Monday, October 23!
Join us for the 3rd Annual Frontiers of Energy Research Poster Session, co-hosted by the Vagelos Institute for Energy Science and Technology and the Vagelos Integrated Program in Energy Research (VIPER). Come learn about amazing energy research from undergraduate students, graduate students, and postdoctoral researchers from across Penn’s campus.
Read MoreVIPER and VIEST are now hiring an Administrative Coordinator!
The Vagelos Integrated Program in Energy Research and the Vagelos Institute for Energy Science and Technology are seeking a full-time Administrative Coordinator. Click here to learn more.
Read MoreVIPER alumni return to visit the program for first ever VIPER Day!
This year, VIPER piloted the inaugural VIPER Day, the first coordinated effort to bring VIPER alumni back to campus. VIPER Day was held at the end of Energy Week, and 18 VIPER alumni from across the nation attended. Read more in our guest alumnus article by Ben Hammel (VIPER '21)
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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.
Featured Students
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.