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MEAM Seminar: “Mechanistic Insights into Crystalline Interfaces via Thermal Fluctuations”

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

Interfaces such as grain boundaries are ubiquitous in crystalline materials and have provided a fertile area of research over decades. Their importance stems from the numerous critical phenomena associated with them, such as grain boundary sliding, migration, and interaction with other defects that govern the mechanical properties of materials. Although these crystalline interfaces exhibit small […]

Spring 2022 GRASP SFI: Anthony Bisulco, University of Pennsylvania, “A Tutorial on Neuromorphic Vision for High-Speed Perception”

Levine 307 3330 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States

This seminar will be held in person in Levine 307 as well as via Zoom. Mobile robot systems operate in dynamic environments, such as forests, caves, or roadways, where they must perceive and react to incoming stimuli. Each of these environments presents unique challenges such as perception in low-light conditions, high-speed understanding of objects, and […]

CBE Seminar: “From Trash to Treasure: Advancing the Heterogeneous Catalytic Deconstruction and Upcycling of Waste Polyolefins”

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

Abstract The rapid global consumption of single-use plastics has caused an unsustainable accumulation of plastic waste in landfills and the environment. Unfortunately, current mechanical recycling methods are expensive and produce lower-quality products. New strategies in targeted chemical upcycling of waste plastics offer unique opportunities for selective depolymerization of polyolefins to higher value chemicals under milder […]

MSE Seminar: “Thermodynamic contributions to glass fragility”

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

Liquid fragility characterizes the rate of drop off in viscosity of a glass-forming liquid as its temperature increases above the glass transition. This property is fundamental to glass physics and of critical importance for engineering applications, yet its origin is unclear. Competing theories suggest that vibrational properties may play a role in fragility by contributing […]

BE Seminar: “From Bench to Pet-Side: Intratumoral Immunotherapy Principles and Practice” (Noor Momin)

216 Moore Building

Immunotherapies harness the body’s immune system to fight disease. Such therapies can help unleash an immune attack against diseased tissues but can inadvertently instigate an attack on healthy tissues. As a result, many promising immunotherapies face major toxicities, limiting their clinical use. By employing an iterative process that entails measuring, making, and modeling to manipulate […]

CIS Seminar: “Sublinear Algorithms for Massive Datasets”

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

This talk will be on zoom as well: https://upenn.zoom.us/j/92928358554?pwd=MWdDU0lJRmE3U0hDWUdmU284UmNGZz09
Meeting ID: 929 2835 8554
Passcode: 488035

BE Seminar: “Intratumoral Immunotherapy Principles and Practice” (Noor Momin)

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

This seminar will be held live and broadcast on zoom – check email for zoom link or contact ksas@seas.upenn.edu. Immunotherapies harness the body’s immune system to fight disease. Such therapies can help unleash an immune attack against diseased tissues but can inadvertently instigate an attack on healthy tissues. As a result, many promising immunotherapies face […]

GRASP on Robotics: Stefanos Nikolaidis, University of Southern California, “Towards Robust Human-Robot Interaction: A Quality Diversity Approach”

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

The growth of scale and complexity of interactions between humans and robots highlights the need for new computational methods to automatically evaluate novel algorithms and applications. Exploring the diverse scenarios of interaction between humans and robots in simulation can improve understanding of complex human-robot interaction systems and avoid potentially costly failures in real-world settings. In […]