Ottman Tertuliano Named 2026 CIFAR Global Scholar News / May 28, 2026 The 2026 CIFAR Global Scholars program is an international initiative that supports early-career researchers pursuing interdisciplinary, high-impact research. Read More
When Bone Behaves Like a Sponge: A New Platform for Observing How Cells Feel Force News / March 2, 2026 Penn engineers developed a nanoengineered, 3D-printed scaffold that recreates the complex forces experienced inside bone, giving researchers a new way to observe how living cells respond to mechanical stress. Read More
Ottman Tertuliano Receives 2024 CAREER Award News / May 28, 2024 Scientists have been studying bones and how they break for over a century, but they’ve primarily been doing so on the large scale, examining entire femur fractures through x-rays. To accurately model the dynamic, living system of bone and cells, scientists must examine and understand these structures on the fundamental... Read More
Doctoral Students Earn Recognition at Society of Engineering Science (SES) Conference News / October 24, 2023 Two doctoral students from the Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics department earned recognition in the area of mechanics at the Society of Engineering Science (SES) conference. Sage Fulco (right), a doctoral student in the Turner Research Group, earned first place with his poster “Enhancing Toughness via Geometry and Architected Plasticity.” His... Read More
The Tertuliano Lab Has a Bone To Pick — And the Tools To Explain How It Breaks News / September 27, 2023 Illustration: Melissa Pappas Lightweight, tough and strong, our bones are forces of nature. Ottman Tertuliano joined the faculty of Penn Engineering last year to study bone as both a resilient living tissue and sophisticated organic material. AMA Family Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics, Tertuliano creates new tools... Read More
