Fall 2022 MEAM 5100: Grand Theft Autonomous Challenge – Day 1

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 via Zoom. Please join us live on YouTube, on Zoom, or in Wu and Chen […]

Fall 2022 MEAM 5100: Grand Theft Autonomous Challenge – Day 2

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 via Zoom. Please join us live on YouTube, on Zoom, or in Wu and Chen […]

ESE PhD Thesis Defense: “Compositional Methods for Agile Quadrupedal Behaviors”

PERCH 303, Pennovation 3rd Floor 3401 Grays Ferry Avenue, Bldg 6176, Philadelphia, PA, United States

The last decade has witnessed a proliferation of legged machines with high power and force densities, as well as a commensurate development of locomotion controllers which achieve impressive empirical demonstrations. […]

MEAM Seminar: “Role of Water in the Mechanics of Cells and Tissues”

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

A large fraction of cell and tissue mass is made of water. The flow of water across the cell surface follows osmotic and hydraulic pressure gradients, and is actively controlled […]

MSE Seminar: “Building With Fluids: A Lazy Approach to Fabrication”

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

In nature, organized arrays of elements arise spontaneously from the interactions between their component parts, e.g. reaction-diffusion problems, clustering colloidal particles and granular media, wrinkling surfaces, propagating cracks and flowing […]

P.E.S.T.L.E. – MLK, Jr. Day of Service Information Session

Heilmeier Hall (Room 100), Towne Building 220 South 33rd Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States

Join us on Monday, January 16 at 4:00 pm in Towne Heilmeier Hall (Room 100) to discuss the impact community engagement has on the Philadelphia community and its long-lasting effect […]

MEAM Seminar: “Multifunctional Soft Materials for Electronics, Robots, and Adhesives”

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

Multifunctional soft materials and interfaces create intriguing new opportunities to enhance performance through programmable and adaptable properties. I will discuss: 1) Novel material architectures of solid-liquid soft composites for electronics, […]