Penn Engineering Class of 2020 Undergraduate and Master’s Graduate Recognition

Dean Vijay Kumar will address the Penn Engineering Class of 2020 undergraduate and master’s graduates and their loved ones. Join us to hear Dean Kumar’s address, view student photos, and watch congratulatory video messages submitted by students’ families and by Penn Engineering faculty and staff. Please visit this webpage to access the link to our […]

CBE Seminar: “Engineering Pathways Across Biological Barriers”

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Abstract Engineering pathways across biological barriers is entering a new era with the rapid advancement of computational resources. My research group focuses on developing multi-scale simulation methods to elucidate the interfacial phenomena associated with biological barriers that play a role in life-threatening diseases, such as Alzheimer’s, cancer, and chronic infections. Our goal is to influence […]

May 2021 Robotics Master’s Thesis Presentations

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9:30am – Welcome from Ani Hsieh 9:35am – Weiyu Du “Learning Human Affordance in the Wild” Advised by: Jianbo Shi 9:55am – Jie Min “Instance-aware imagesuper-resolution” Advised by: Jianbo Shi 10:15am – Shenghao Zhou “Image Synthesis with Latent Space Embedding” Advised by: Jianbo Shi 10:35am – Jun Wang “Model Based Robust SemanticSegmentation” Advised by: George […]

MEAM MSE Thesis Defense: “Design and Characterization of an Origami-Inspired Robot that Swims via Jet Propulsion”

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Underwater swimmers present unique opportunities for using bodily reconfiguration for self-propulsion. Origami-inspired designs are low-cost, fast to fabricate, robust, and can be used to create compliant mechanisms useful in energy-efficient underwater locomotion. This thesis demonstrates an origami-inspired robot that can change its body shape to ingest and expel water, creating a jet that propels it […]