Mostafa Afr Q&A

Mostafa Afr (M&T’25) is currently a junior at Penn studying electrical engineering and entrepreneurship. This past summer, he was one of four M&T students who received the Entrepreneurship Award, which was a $5,000 grant that allowed him to pursue an original project in lieu of a traditional internship under theRead More

Professor Jeffrey Babin: Transitioning from student entrepreneur to full-fledged entrepreneur

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by Rohit Majumdar M&T’21 Professor Jeffrey Babin is Practice Professor and Associate Director of the Engineering Entrepreneurship Program. On campus, Profesor Babin is an advisor for the Wharton Venture Initiative Program (VIP) and an entrepreneurial fellow for the Weiss Tech House. He has significant entrepreneurial experience as a founder andRead More

Sam Burns, M&T ’18

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Sam Burns, M&T ’18 Hometown: Naples, FL Engineering Major: Materials Science and Engineering Wharton Concentration: Operations and Information Management Minor: Mathematics WHY M&T At the end of high school, I became extremely interested in entrepreneurship and technology transfer. While many institutions offer remarkable engineering and technical programs, they often lackedRead More

Connor Sendel, M&T ’19

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Connor Sendel, M&T ’19 Hometown: Denver, CO Engineering Major: Mechanical Engineering Wharton Concentration: Some combination of operations, entrepreneurship, and management. Considering a custom concentration. WHY M&T? I always knew I wanted to study engineering, but in the end, I choose M&T because of my interest in entrepreneurship. I felt thatRead More