Student Features
Meet Abhinav (Abhi) Ramkumar (VIPER '21)
Fun Fact: I love singing Carnatic (Indian Classical) music and playing instruments!
Meet Ben Hammel (VIPER ’21)
Fun Fact: When I used to work as a cook at a baseball park, my coworkers called me “Ben Frank” since my first and middle name are Ben Franklin.
Meet Bhaskar Abhiraman (VIPER '21)
I specialize in optoelectronic and nanophotonic research and development, with an eye towards sustainable tech.
Meet Luka Yancopoulos (VIPER '20)
Luka entered VIPER with the intent to major in Bioengineering and Earth and Environmental Science.
Penn Arts & Sciences Pathways: Andy Eskenazi, C'22, ENG'22
Andy Eskenazi's journey through the VIPER program has included humanities classes that have given him a better understanding of his work as an engineer and the world at large.
Using Novel Materials for Adaptable Acoustics
VIPER students Abhinav Ramkumar (VIPER '21) and William Deo (VIPER '21) are awarded a Student Arts Innovation Grant from the Sachs Program for Arts Innovation
The LRSM Building Recreated in ‘Minecraft
Ben Hammel (VIPER '21) and Randy Chen built the Laboratory for Research on the Structure of Matter (LRSM) in the virtual Penn campus on Minecraft.