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MEAM Ph.D. Thesis Defense: “Manually-Operated, Slider Cassette for Multiplexed Molecular Detection at the Point of Care”
Zoom - Email MEAM for Link peterlit@seas.upenn.eduPersonalized medicine requires the identification of disease-causing agents prior to prescribing therapy. Currently, molecular detection requires shipping bio samples to centralized laboratories. The time delay between sample collection and test […]
MEAM Ph.D. Thesis Defense: “High Performance Electroadhesives for Materials and Robots with Electroprogrammable Stiffness”
Room 2C8, David Rittenhouse Laboratory Building 209 South 33rd Street, Philadelphia, PA, United StatesMaterials with electroprogrammable stiffness and adhesion can enhance the performance of robotic systems, including prosthetics, medical devices, wearables, exoskeletons, and grippers. However, achieving large changes in stiffness and adhesive forces […]
MSE PhD Defense: Effects of Size and Composition on the Performance of Dealloyed Nanoporous Metal Catalysts for CO2 Reduction, O2 Evolution, and H2 Generation
LRSM Reading Room 3231 Walnut St., Philadelphia, PA, United StatesBE Doctoral Dissertation Defense: “Detecting and Localizing Progressive Changes In Longitudinal MRI of the Hippocampal Region in Alzheimer’s Disease” (Mengjin Dong)
BRB 0252The Department of Bioengineering at the University of Pennsylvania and Dr. Paul Yushkevich are pleased to announce the Doctoral Dissertation Defense of Mengjin Dong. Title: Detecting and Localizing Progressive Changes […]
MEAM Ph.D. Thesis Defense: “Photophoretic Light-flyers for Mesospheric Applications”
Lynch Lecture Hall, Cret Wing, CHEM 231 S. 34th Street, Philadelphia, PA, United StatesThe Earth’s mesosphere plays a crucial role in weather forecasting, environmental conservation, and planetary exploration. However, traditional unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) such as balloons or spacecraft face significant challenges when […]
CBE PhD Thesis Defense: “Electrochemical and Heterogeneous Catalysis for Selected Industrial Commodities”
Towne 225Novel high-surface-area catalysts were synthesized for selected industrial chemical reactions, conducted in heterogeneous reactors and electrochemical reactors. Atomic layer deposition (ALD) was used to synthesize highly dispersed metal catalysts […]
MEAM Ph.D. Thesis Defense: “Design, Characterization, and Fabrication of Low-Cost, Passive, and Biodegradable Sensors For Precision Agriculture”
Room 337, Towne Building 220 South 33rd Street, Philadelphia, PA, United StatesWith the global population projected to reach 9.1 billion people by 2050 there is a need to develop highly efficient agricultural systems that maximize crop yield. Precision Agriculture (PA) systems […]
MEAM Ph.D. Thesis Defense: “Addressing Stiffness-induced Challenges In Modeling and Identification of Rigid Body Systems with Frictional Impact”
Moore 216 200 S. 33rd Street, Philadelphia, PA, United StatesImperfect but useful dynamical models have enabled significant progress in planning and controlling robotic locomotion and manipulation. Traditionally, these models have been physics-based, with accuracy relying upon manual calibration only […]
MSE PhD Defense: Autonomous Stimuli-Responsive Metamaterials Based on Liquid Crystal Elastomers
Towne 227 (MEAM Conference Room) 220 S. 33rd Street, Philadelphia, PA, United StatesNumerous responsive materials have been developed in recent decades and applied toward engineering challenges ranging from medicine to robotics. For example, polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS), hydrogels, shape memory polymers (SMPs), liquid crystal […]