PSOC Webinar: Robert T. Tranquillo

Physical Sciences in Oncology Center PSOC@Penn Spring 2021 Webinar Series Mondays at 12:00 noon (EST) For webinar links, please contact manu@seas.upenn.edu.

MEAM Seminar: “Exploring the Structure of Sediment-Laden Turbidity Currents”

Zoom - Email MEAM for Link peterlit@seas.upenn.edu

Turbidity currents are sediment-laden turbulent shear flows that run over a sloping bed, submerged beneath a deep layer of quiescent ambient fluid, driven by the excess hydrostatic pressure. As the current travels downslope, the flow interacts with the ambient fluid layer above through entrainment at the interface. In this process, the ambient fluid is continuously […]

ODEI Spotlight: Sustaining Women’s Progress in STEM

Following Dean Kumar’s presentation, participants will break off into small groups to reflect on this topic and share their experiences as part of the overall discourse. The symposium finale will include a virtual tour of the Penn Innovation Center spotlighting female entrepreneurs at Penn.

CIS Seminar: “Prioritizing Computation and Analyst Resources in Large-scale Data Analytics”

Zoom - Email CIS for link cherylh@cis.upenn.edu

Data volumes are growing exponentially, fueled by an increased number of automated processes such as sensors and devices. Meanwhile, the computational power available for processing this data – as well as analysts’ ability to interpret it – remain limited. As a result, database systems must evolve to address these new bottlenecks in analytics. In my […]

CBE Seminar: “Life in a Tight Spot: How Bacteria Move in Heterogeneous Media”

Zoom - Email CBE for link

Abstract Bacterial motility is central to processes in agriculture, the environment, and medicine. While motility is typically studied in homogeneous environments, many bacterial habitats—e.g., soils, sediments, and biological gels/tissues—are heterogeneous porous media. Here, we use studies of E. coli in transparent 3D porous media to demonstrate how confinement in a heterogenous medium fundamentally alters motility. In particular, […]