10 events found.
Doctoral
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 […]
PSOC@Penn Seminar: Mai Wang
Towne 337BE Doctoral Dissertation Defense: “Decellularized Cartilage for Airway Repair” (Paul Gehret)
Wu and Chen Auditorium (Room 101), Levine Hall 3330 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA, United StatesThe Department of Bioengineering at the University of Pennsylvania and Dr. Riccardo Gottardi are pleased to announce the Doctoral Dissertation Defense of Paul Gehret. Title: “Decellularized Cartilage for Airway Repair”. […]
MEAM Ph.D. Thesis Defense: “Design and Self-Reconfiguration Planning for Variable Topology Truss Robots”
Room 337, Towne Building 220 South 33rd Street, Philadelphia, PA, United StatesA modular self-reconfigurable robot (MSRR) is a set of robotic building blocks that can be connected together in different ways. By rearranging these connections, the robot can adapt its shape […]
BE Doctoral Dissertation Defense: “Novel Applications of In Vivo Assays, Microdialysis and Photoacoustic Ultrasound, Throughout Rat Achilles Tendon Injury and Healing” (Joseph Newton)
CRB Auditorium 415 Curie Boulevard, Philadelphia, PA, United StatesThe Department of Bioengineering at the University of Pennsylvania and Dr. Louis Soslowsky are pleased to announce the Doctoral Dissertation Defense of Joseph Newton. Title: Novel Applications of In Vivo […]
MEAM Ph.D. Thesis Defense: “Adding Actuation to Found Material: A Design Methodology”
Levine 307 3330 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA, United StatesEngineers in modern society are taught to design and build structures and robots from pre-processed materials, giving them the ability to describe the operating capacity of their structure with a […]
BE Doctoral Dissertation Defense: “In Situ and In Vivo Roles of Focal Adhesion Kinase in Tendon Development and Mechanotransduction” (Thomas Leahy)
CRB Auditorium 415 Curie Boulevard, Philadelphia, PA, United StatesThe Department of Bioengineering at the University of Pennsylvania and Dr. Louis Soslowsky are pleased to announce the Doctoral Dissertation Defense of Thomas Leahy. Title: "In Situ and In Vivo Roles of Focal Adhesion […]
MEAM Ph.D. Thesis Defense: “Data-Driven Model Discovery for Non-Equilibrium Phenomena: Unraveling Continuum Behavior from Stochastic Dynamics”
Towne 307 220 S. 33rd Street, Philadelphia, PA, United StatesNon-equilibrium phenomena are ubiquitous across material systems and of great technological relevance. Examples of such phenomena include diffusion processes in liquid and gases, viscoelasticity and plasticity in solids, and rheological […]
BE Doctoral Dissertation Defense: “The roles of YAP and TAZ in fetal bone development” (Joseph Collins)
CRB Auditorium 415 Curie Boulevard, Philadelphia, PA, United StatesThe Department of Bioengineering at the University of Pennsylvania and Dr. Joel Boerckel are pleased to announce the Doctoral Dissertation Defense of Joseph Collins. Title: The roles of YAP […]