Dissertation or Thesis Defense

Name: BE Doctoral Dissertation Defense: “Leveraging Modeling and Remodeling based Bone Formation in Cyclic Administration of Anabolic Agents for Osteoporosis Treatment” (Tala Azar)
Start: 2023-10-04T13:00:00-04:00
End: 2023-10-04T15:00:00-04:00
Location: JMB Reunion Auditorium

September 2023
September 6, 2023 at 2:30 PM - 4:30 PM

BE Doctoral Dissertation Defense: ““Development of magnetic nanopore-based extracellular vesicle subpopulation sorting for the multimodal diagnosis and prognosis of neurological disease and cancer” (Andrew Lin)

Raisler Lounge (Room 225), Towne Building 220 South 33rd Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States

The Department of Bioengineering at the University of Pennsylvania and Dr. David Issadore are pleased to announce the Doctoral Dissertation Defense of Andrew Lin. Title: “Development of magnetic nanopore-based extracellular vesicle […]
September 15, 2023 at 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

BE Doctoral Dissertation: “Batch effect detection and harmonization methods for quantitative features extracted from medical images” (Hannah Horng)

Class of 62 Auditorium, John Morgan Building 3620 Hamilton Walk, Philadelphia, PA

The Department of Bioengineering at the University of Pennsylvania along with Drs. Despina Kontos and Taki Shinohara proudly announce the Doctoral Dissertation Defense of Hannah Horng. Title: Batch effect detection and […]
September 20, 2023 at 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM

MEAM Ph.D. Thesis Defense: “Multi-Scale Probing of Colloidal Sedimentation Dynamics in Active Suspensions”

Raisler Lounge (Room 225), Towne Building 220 South 33rd Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States

Microorganisms, although challenging to observe, are ubiquitous in both natural ecosystems and industries. They inhabit diverse environments: natural ones ranging from small river tributaries and lakes to oceans, as well […]
September 20, 2023 at 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM

CBE Doctoral Dissertation Defense: “Molecular Mechanisms of Spatiotemporal Gene Control in Early Embryonic Development”

Towne 225

Development of a newly fertilized embryo is a dynamic, complex, and highly coordinated process that requires precise genetic regulation and control. As the embryo develops, DNA regulatory elements known as […]
September 21, 2023 at 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM

ESE PhD Thesis Defense: “Toward High-performance Simple Models of Legged Locomotion”

Raisler Lounge (Room 225), Towne Building 220 South 33rd Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States

This thesis addresses the challenges of model-based planning and control in legged locomotion, particularly the trade-off between computational speed and robot performance presented by different levels of model complexities. Full-order […]
September 21, 2023 at 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM

BE Doctoral Dissertation Defense: “Pooled tagging of endogenous proteins for exploration of the human proteome driven by prime editing”

Colket Translational Research Building (Room 4040)

The Department of Bioengineering at the University of Pennsylvania and Dr. Ophir Shalem are pleased to announce the Doctoral Dissertation Defense of Henry Sanchez. Title: Pooled tagging of endogenous proteins for […]
September 26, 2023 at 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

ESE PhD Thesis Defense: “Control of Multi-Contact Systems via Local Hybrid Models”

Room 35, Singh Center for Nanotechnology 3205 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States

For many important tasks such as manipulation and locomotion, robots need to make and break contact with their environment. Although such multi-contact systems are common, they pose a significant challenge […]
September 29, 2023 at 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

MEAM Ph.D. Thesis Defense: “A Study of Hydrogel Mechanics with Application on the Fracture of Human Blood Clots”

DRLB A6 209 S. 33rd Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States

Loading of biological and synthetic hydrogels involves large deformations, and there exists a large literature devoted to their experimental characterization. Analytical investigations have recognized the importance of contributions originating from […]
October 2023
October 2, 2023 at 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

BE Doctoral Dissertation Defense: “Reproducible, generalizable, and scalable analytic software for large neuroimaging datasets” (Chenying Zhao)

Class of 62 Auditorium, John Morgan Building 3620 Hamilton Walk, Philadelphia, PA

The Department of Bioengineering at the University of Pennsylvania and Dr. Theodore D. Satterthwaite are pleased to announce the Doctoral Dissertation Defense of Chenying Zhao. Title: Reproducible, generalizable, and scalable analytic […]
October 4, 2023 at 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

BE Doctoral Dissertation Defense: “Leveraging Modeling and Remodeling based Bone Formation in Cyclic Administration of Anabolic Agents for Osteoporosis Treatment” (Tala Azar)

JMB Reunion Auditorium 3620 Hamilton Walk, Philadelphia, PA, United States

The Department of Bioengineering at the University of Pennsylvania and Dr. X. Sherry Liu are pleased to announce the Doctoral Dissertation Defense of Tala Azar. Title: Leveraging Modeling and Remodeling based […]