Fall 2021 GRASP Seminar: GRASP Research Overview – Day 2
Wu and Chen Auditorium (Room 101), Levine Hall 3330 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA, United StatesGRASP Lab faculty confirmed presentations (where appropriate their presenters)… Dr. Ani Hsieh – Welcome & Introduction Dr. Michelle Johnson (presented by Frances Sowande) Dr. Dan Koditschek (presented by Wei-Hsi Chen) Dr. […]
Sustainability and the Building Environment: Building Materials and Cooling Strategies that Combat a Warming Planet
https://upenn.zoom.us/j/96715197752Air conditioning today accounts for nearly 20% of the total electricity used in buildings around the world and over 10% of the total primary energy use in the US. Already […]
Penn Electric Racing and the Future of EV Engineering
Wu and Chen Auditorium (Room 101), Levine Hall 3330 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA, United StatesPenn Electric Racing is Penn's award winning Formula SAE electric racing team. Every year, we design and manufacture an electric racecar and compete against schools from across the country. This […]
PICS Colloquium: “How reproducible is your research?”
Zoom - email kathom@seas.upenn.eduAbstract: Each year vast international resources are wasted on irreproducible research. The scientific community has been slow to adopt standard software engineering practices, despite the increases in high-dimensional data, complexities of […]
MEAM Seminar: “Kirigami: Programming Cutting and Folding from Microscale to Meter Scale”
Zoom - Email MEAM for Link peterlit@seas.upenn.eduProgrammable shape-shifting materials can take different physical forms to achieve multifunctionality in a dynamic and controllable manner. By introducing holes and cuts in 2D sheets, we demonstrate dramatic color and […]
CBE Seminar: “Shake It Off: Dynamics of Bacterial Adhesions at Interfaces”
Wu and Chen Auditorium (Room 101), Levine Hall 3330 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA, United StatesAbstract Control over adhesion of bacteria on solid and liquid interfaces underlies a spectrum of practical applications, ranging from preventing the formation of destructive biofilms on medical devices and on […]
ODEI Spotlight: Promoting LGBTQ+ Inclusivity
Are you looking for a way to expand your understanding of what it means to be a member of LGBTQ+ communities? Do you feel uneducated in conversations surrounding LGBTQ+ language […]
MEAM PhD Thesis Defense: “A Differential Homogenization Framework for Precipitation-Strengthened Metals”
Zoom - Email MEAM for Link peterlit@seas.upenn.eduComposite materials, such as metal- and polymer-matrix composites, exhibit both elastic and dissipative effects when subjected to macroscopic loadings. Even when the phases of the composite are characterized by a […]
Fall 2021 GRASP Seminar: Rahul Mangharam, University of Pennsylvania, “What can we learn from Autonomous Racing?”
Wu and Chen Auditorium (Room 101), Levine Hall 3330 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States*This will be a HYBRID Event with in-person attendance in Wu & Chen Auditorium and Virtual attendance via Zoom here. Balancing performance and safety are crucial to deploying autonomous vehicles […]