MEAM Ph.D. Thesis Defense: “Controlling Contact Transitions for Dynamic Robots”

Towne 311 220 S. 33rd Street, Philadelphia, United States

Legged robots, robotic manipulators, and their combined embodiment as humanoid robots have received considerable attention across both academia and industry. However, with few notable exceptions, state-of-the-art demonstrations are significantly less […]

BE Doctoral Dissertation Defense: “Developing Translational Multimodal Neurotechnology Across Multiple Scales Using Novel Materials And Approaches” (Sneha Shankar)

Glandt Forum, Singh Center for Nanotechnology 3205 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States

The Department of BIoengineering and Dr. Flavia Vitale proudly announce the Doctoral Dissertation Defense of Sneha Shankar.  Details are as follows: Title: "Developing Translational Multimodal Neurotechnology Across Multiple Scales Using Novel […]

BE Doctoral Dissertation Defense: “Quantitative Intracranial EEG Methods for Targeted Therapy in Drug-resistant Epilepsy” (Akash Pattnaik)

Glandt Forum, Singh Center for Nanotechnology 3205 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States

The Department of Bioengineering at the University of Pennsylvania and Dr. Brian Litt proudly announce the Doctoral Dissertation Defense of Akash Pattnaik.   Title: Quantitative Intracranial EEG Methods for Targeted […]

BE Doctoral Dissertation Defense: “Quantitative Informatics Approaches to Characterize and Predict Childhood Genetic Epilepsies” (Peter Galer)

Glandt Forum, Singh Center for Nanotechnology 3205 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States

The Department of Bioengineering at the University of Pennsylvania along with Drs. Brian Litt and Ingo Helbig proudly announce the Doctoral Dissertation Defense of Peter Galer. Title: Quantitative Informatics Approaches to […]

MEAM Ph.D. Thesis Defense: “Contacts with Dynamically Tunable Adhesion and Friction via Active Materials with Thermally Modulated Stiffness”

Room 337, Towne Building 220 South 33rd Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States

Contact interactions, including adhesion and friction, are critical to the design of many engineered systems. Currently, most systems rely on materials with static mechanical properties, requiring careful selection of materials […]