Trainees
The application process is currently closed. You can view information about the last round of applications here.
Courses
Depending on when trainees start in their graduate programs, they would take some or all of the five Soft AE courses. Unless noted, courses run every year and will be offered for the same semester as listed (Spring or Fall) each year.
Course descriptions are here.
Spring 2023
CBE 5700 Experimental Methods For Polymer Science And Soft Matter – Theory And Practice
EAS 5110/ENMG 5100 Societal Grand Challenges at the Interface of Technology and Policy
Fall 2023
ENM 5310 Data-driven Modeling and Probabilistic Scientific Computing
ENMG 5020 Introduction to Energy Policy
Thermodynamics – multiple departments offer courses that would be appropriate, including the below courses.
BE 6620 / CBE 6180 / MEAM 6620 Advanced Molecular Thermodynamics
MSE 5300 Thermodynamics and Phase Equilibria
PHYS 5581 Thermodynamics
Professional Development
Soft AE trainees meet monthly around topics meant to support their professional development and range of academic and career interests. Skill-building workshops that focus on scientific writing and other important tools for success will be offered. Soft AE Fellows also are offered support to enable Immersive Experiences in environments outside of Penn that will facilitate their research or professional advancement.
If you are a Penn graduate student and would like to be notified when Soft AE programming is open to the general graduate student or postdoctoral population, please send your contact information to softae@seas.upenn.edu.