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MSE Seminar: “Local to Meso-scale Order in Electronic Ceramics Characterized by Aberration -Corrected Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopy”

Auditorium, LRSM Building 3231 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States

The ability to design the composition and microstructure of electronic ceramics for emerging technological applications requires sophisticated characterization techniques that can provide quantitative information about local structure and chemistry. Such structure quantification is particularly important to the fundamental understanding of properties in many important non-linear dielectrics, where chemical heterogeneities associated with dopants or intrinsic lattice […]

Snack Break with ODEI and EngiQueers

Lobby and Mezzanine, Levine Hall 3330 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States

Levine Lobby 11/11 from 1pm-3pm ODEI and EngiQueers are collaborating to host a grab and go snack break, that showcases prominent LGBTQ+ individuals in STEM throughout history. Come grab a snack, and get a fact about a queer individual who played an integral role in the advancement of the STEM field and industry. While learning […]

GRASP on Robotics: “Approaches to Grounded Language Acquisition from Human Interaction”

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 for Dr. Matuszek’s in-person talk in Wu & Chen Auditorium and Virtual attendance via Zoom Webinar here.  As robots move from labs and factories into human-centric spaces, it becomes progressively harder to predetermine the environments and interactions they will need to be able to handle. Letting […]

PICS Colloquium: “Molecular organization in biology: What can computer simulations teach us?”

PICS Conference Room 534 - A Wing , 5th Floor 3401 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States

Abstract: The formation of membraneless organelles (MLOs) via phase separation of proteins and nucleic acids has emerged as an essential process with which cells can maintain spatiotemporal control. Despite enormous progress in understanding the role of MLOs in biological function in the last ten years or so, the molecular details of the underlying phenomena are […]

MEAM Ph.D. Thesis Defense: “Flying Modular Robots: From Self-Assembling Structures in Midair to Embedding Grasping Capabilities”

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

Flying modular robots offer a suitable autonomous platform for multiple applications such as: search and rescue, cargo lifting, and object transportation. In addition, modular robots in a swarm can use their own bodies as building units to assemble large structures. This thesis introduces ModQuad, the self-assembly structure that can cooperatively fly based on autonomous modules. […]

ESE 2021 Jack Keil Wolf Lecture – “MEMS: the Transition from “Four-Letter-Word” to “Trendy””

Glandt Forum, Singh Center for Nanotechnology 3205 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States

Thirty years ago, semiconductor manufacturers (wafer fabs) rolled their eyes and muttered under their breath when they heard the word MEMS.  Micro-Electromechanical Mechanical Systems are minute mechanical devices built on silicon integrated circuit wafers.  They are the microphones, gravity sensors, oscillators, motion sensors, electronic filters in your cell-phone – and more.  MEMS processes were “weird”.   […]

CEMB Future Leaders Seminar: “A microviscosimetry toolbox for plant cells + tissue based on molecular rotors”

https://upenn.zoom.us/j/96715197752

Launched in May 2021, the Future Leaders in Mechanobiology is a monthly seminar series featuring up-and-coming leaders in mechanobiology–PhD students and postdocs from a wide range of fields, backgrounds, and institutions. By providing an international stage to share one’s work and opportunities to interact with researchers at all career stages, we aim to create an inclusive and […]

ODEI and SHPE Celebrate Hispanic and Native American Heritage

Quain Courtyard

On Wednesday November 17 at 4pm, Penn Engineering will celebrate the Hispanic/Native American Heritage. This celebration of our students, faculty and staff of Hispanic/Latinx, and Native American background is in support of our commitment to diversity and inclusion in the School.  Dean Vijay Kumar will give welcome and opening remarks, followed by student and faculty […]