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Fall 2023 GRASP on Robotics: Marc Miskin, University of Pennsylvania, “Tiny Robots”

Wu and Chen Auditorium (Room 101), Levine Hall 3330 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States

This is a hybrid event with in-person attendance in Wu and Chen and virtual attendance on Zoom. ABSTRACT Nature routinely makes smart, complex, yet microscopically tiny machines. But how can humans do it? And can we do it in a way that is easy to design and understand? This talk is about building microscopic robots, those […]

CBE Doctoral Dissertation: “From Nanoplates to Bottlebrushes: Engineering Thermodynamics in Polymer Nanocomposites” (Christian Tabedzki)

DRL A2

Abstract: Polymer nanocomposites (PNCs) represent a diverse class of materials where manipulating design parameters is crucial for tailoring material properties. Of utmost importance for nanocomposites is nanoparticle dispersion, which is affected by the nanoparticle itself as well as the overall polymer melt, providing two design routes. This dissertation explores PNCs through two distinctive systems: (1) […]

Fall 2023 GRASP Seminar: Yufei Ye, Carnegie Mellon University, “Predicting and Reconstructing Everyday Human Interactions”

Levine 512

*This seminar will be held in-person in Levine 512 with virtual attendance via Zoom. The seminar will NOT be recorded. ABSTRACT In this talk, I will discuss about building computer vision system that understands everyday human interactions with rich spatial information, in particular hand-object interactions (HOI). Such systems can benefit VR/AR to perceive reality and […]

ESE Fall Seminar – “Magnetic technologies for battery-free bioelectronics and neuromodulation”

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

Miniature implanted and injected technologies capable of manipulating and recording biological signals promise to improve the way we study biology and the way we diagnose and treat disease; however, to create an effective bioelectronic network we must overcome myriad engineering challenges. In this talk, I will describe how we can leverage unique material properties to […]

Herman P. Schwan Distinguished Lecture: “Seeing the Unseen: How AI Redefines Bioengineering” (Dorin Comaniciu, Siemens Healthineers)

Wu and Chen Auditorium (Room 101), Levine Hall 3330 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States

Abstract coming soon. The lecture and Q&A will be followed by a light reception in Levine Lobby. The Herman P. Schwan Distinguished Lecture is in honor of one of the founding members of the Department of Bioengineering, who emigrated from Germany after World War II and helped create the field of bioengineering in the US. […]

BE Doctoral Dissertation: “Development of Hyperpolarized Xenon-129 Imaging Approaches for Assessing Lung Transplantation” (Faraz Amzajerdian)

Donner-Grice Auditorium

The Department of Bioengineering at the University of Pennsylvania and Dr. Rahim Rizi are pleased to announce the Doctoral Dissertation Defense of Faraz Amzajerdian. Title: "Development of Hyperpolarized Xenon-129 Imaging Approaches for Assessing Lung Transplantation". Date: Monday, December 18, 2023 Time: 11:00 AM Location: Donner-Grice Auditorium (HUP Dulles Building 2nd floor) The public is welcome to attend.

MEAM Seminar: “Innovations in Rocket Propulsion Systems”

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

Rocket propulsion systems push the limits of our understanding and applications of science, engineering, and manufacturing. With every new mission requirement there is need for innovations in the design, modeling and fabrication of components and systems that come together to propel flight vehicles through the earth’s atmosphere as well as the vacuum of space. In […]

Fall 2023 GRASP Seminar: Hadar Elor, Tel Aviv University, “Marrying Vision and Language: A Mutually Beneficial Relationship?”

Zoom

This is a virtual event with virtual attendance on Zoom.  ABSTRACT Foundation models that connect vision and language have recently shown great promise for a wide array of tasks such as text-to-image generation. Significant attention has been devoted towards utilizing the visual representations learned from these powerful vision and language models. In this talk, I […]

BE Doctoral Dissertation Defense: “MRI Quantification of Cortical Bone Microstructure and Material Composition with Ultrashort Echo Time” (Brandon Jones)

Donner-Grice Auditorium

The Department of Bioengineering at the University of Pennsylvania along with Drs. Chamith Rajapakse and Felix Wehrli are pleased to announce the Doctoral Dissertation Defense of Brandon Jones. Title: "MRI Quantification of Cortical Bone Microstructure and Material Composition with Ultrashort Echo Time" Date: Wednesday, January 17th, 2024 Time: 11:00 AM Location: Donner-Grice Auditorium (HUP Dulles Building 2nd floor) Zoom […]

ASSET Seminar: “Scaling Your Large Language Models on a Budget” (Atlas Wang, University of Texas at Austin)

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

ABSTRACT: As the sizes of Large Language Models (LLMs) continue to grow exponentially, it becomes imperative to explore novel computing paradigms that can address the dual challenge of scaling these models while adhering to constraints posed by compute and data resources. This presentation will delve into several strategies aimed at alleviating this dilemma: (1) refraining […]