The community of innovators at Pennovation Works is bound together by a common goal: serving society through the advancement of knowledge. Pennovation Works is the place where researchers and students, entrepreneurs, and the private sector thrive together with the benefit of diverse, flexible, and affordable spaces. This creates a dynamic interdisciplinary environment with best-in-class innovation in life sciences, bioengineering, agritech, robotics, and more.
Academic
Clean Energy Conversions Lab
At the Clean Energy Conversions Lab, researchers are studying the fundamentals of storing captured carbon in rock waste, and conducting experiments to minimize the world’s dependence on fossil fuels through carbon management at the Pennovation Lab.
MindCORE
MindCORE (Mind Center for Outreach, Research, and Education) was established as one of the School of Arts and Sciences’ key endeavors under the “Mapping the Mind” initiative identified in the School’s strategic plan, Foundations and Frontiers. Designed to unite researchers, programs, and initiatives...
Penn Dental Research Greenhouse
Driven by a desire to provide inexpensive medicine to people in remote areas, Dr. Henry Daniell at the Penn Dental Research Greenhouse wants to use plants in a new medicinal capacity.
One of the biggest barriers in providing low-cost medical supplies to the developing world is the lack of...
Penn Design Studio
Graduate architecture students use this studio space to design and construct through hands-on work, focused on acquiring knowledge through making. They have built direct collaborations with experts outside of the university as well, including industry, to develop their skills further.
Partnerships...
Penn Engineering Research and Collaboration Hub
At the Penn Engineering Research and Collaboration Hub (PERCH) on the third floor of the Pennovation Center, faculty, staff and students will pursue fundamental research on robotics, embedded systems, the “Internet of Things” and other emerging domains of interdisciplinary science and engineering...
Penn Smart Aviary
The Penn smart aviary, lead by Biology professor Marc Schmidt, brings together a collaboration of biologists, engineers, and physicists to study the reproductive behavior of birds. The 8’ by 8’ by 20’ wire cage enclosure is outfitted with 10 computer-vision cameras, an array of 24 high-precision...
Penn Vet Working Dog Center
The Penn Vet Working Dog Center, founded and directed by veterinarian Cynthia Otto, trains dogs to search and rescue, sniff out indicators of disease, and detect bioterrorism threats. Constant innovation in the dog’s selection and training is important to their success, and that requires a diverse...
Polyhedral Structures Lab (PSL)
Polyhedral Structures Lab (PSL) is a research unit concentrating on advancing structural geometry and construction technologies within the Advanced Research & Innovation Lab (ARI) at the School of Design, University of Pennsylvania PSL is an interdisciplinary research lab connecting architecture...
SAFELab
Affiliated with the School of Social Policy and Practice and the Annenberg School for Communication, SAFELab is a research initiative focused on examining the ways in which youth of color navigate violence on and offline.
Clean Energy Conversions Lab
At the Clean Energy Conversions Lab, researchers are studying the fundamentals of storing captured carbon in rock waste, and conducting experiments to minimize the world’s dependence on fossil fuels through carbon management at the Pennovation Lab.
MindCORE
MindCORE (Mind Center for Outreach, Research, and Education) was established as one of the School of Arts and Sciences’ key endeavors under the “Mapping the Mind” initiative identified in the School’s strategic plan, Foundations and Frontiers. Designed to unite researchers, programs, and initiatives...
Penn Dental Research Greenhouse
Driven by a desire to provide inexpensive medicine to people in remote areas, Dr. Henry Daniell at the Penn Dental Research Greenhouse wants to use plants in a new medicinal capacity.
One of the biggest barriers in providing low-cost medical supplies to the developing world is the lack of...
Penn Design Studio
Graduate architecture students use this studio space to design and construct through hands-on work, focused on acquiring knowledge through making. They have built direct collaborations with experts outside of the university as well, including industry, to develop their skills further.
Partnerships...
Penn Engineering Research and Collaboration Hub
At the Penn Engineering Research and Collaboration Hub (PERCH) on the third floor of the Pennovation Center, faculty, staff and students will pursue fundamental research on robotics, embedded systems, the “Internet of Things” and other emerging domains of interdisciplinary science and engineering...
Penn Smart Aviary
The Penn smart aviary, lead by Biology professor Marc Schmidt, brings together a collaboration of biologists, engineers, and physicists to study the reproductive behavior of birds. The 8’ by 8’ by 20’ wire cage enclosure is outfitted with 10 computer-vision cameras, an array of 24 high-precision...
Penn Vet Working Dog Center
The Penn Vet Working Dog Center, founded and directed by veterinarian Cynthia Otto, trains dogs to search and rescue, sniff out indicators of disease, and detect bioterrorism threats. Constant innovation in the dog’s selection and training is important to their success, and that requires a diverse...
Polyhedral Structures Lab (PSL)
Polyhedral Structures Lab (PSL) is a research unit concentrating on advancing structural geometry and construction technologies within the Advanced Research & Innovation Lab (ARI) at the School of Design, University of Pennsylvania PSL is an interdisciplinary research lab connecting architecture...
SAFELab
Affiliated with the School of Social Policy and Practice and the Annenberg School for Communication, SAFELab is a research initiative focused on examining the ways in which youth of color navigate violence on and offline.
