From the Towne Building to Earth Orbit: Garrett Reisman Returns to Penn for the Tedori-Callinan Distinguished Lecture News / October 13, 2026 When Garrett Reisman (ENG’91, W’91) was an undergraduate at the University of Pennsylvania, becoming an astronaut wasn’t part of his plan. That changed during his senior year, when Reisman came across a magazine featuring biographies of NASA astronauts and discovered that they weren’t all military test pilots. Some were engineers... Read More
Alumni Q&A: Mitchell Fogelson (ENG’17, GEN’18) News / May 23, 2025 Mitchell Fogelson (ENG’17, GEN’18) is the founder of Beyond Reach Labs, Inc, a startup dedicated to creating robust, deployable solutions that address critical needs in remote and demanding locations. In a recent Q&A, he reflects on where his passion for hands-on interdisciplinary innovation started, here at Penn Engineering, including SolidWorks... Read More
