BE Doctoral Dissertation Defense of Christopher Olm: “In vivo MRI perfusion and structural correlates of pathology in frontotemporal lobar degeneration”

The Department of Bioengineering at the University of Pennsylvania and Drs. Murray Grossman and Jim Gee are pleased to announce the Doctoral Dissertation Defense of Christopher Olm. Title: In vivo MRI perfusion and structural correlates of pathology in frontotemporal lobar degeneration Date: December 16, 2022 Time: 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM Location: TBD Zoom: https://upenn.zoom.us/j/7372154022 The public is […]

Fall 2022 Robotics Master’s Thesis Presentation

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

This is a hybrid event with in-person attendance in Levine 307 and virtual attendance via Zoom.   Welcome Remarks Dr. Ani Hsieh – ROBO Program Graduate Chair Arjun Nanda Advised by Dr. Pratik Chaudhari "Vision based object aware radiance field priors for single shot 3D reconstruction" Shaoming Zheng Advised by Dr. Jianbo Shi "2D-Supervised Single-View […]

BE Doctoral Dissertation Defense of Margaret Billingsley: “Ionizable Lipid Nanoparticles for mRNA CAR T Cell Engineering”

Towne 337

The Department of Bioengineering at the University of Pennsylvania and Dr. Mike Mitchell are pleased to announce the Doctoral Dissertation Defense of Margaret Billingsley. Title: Ionizable Lipid Nanoparticles for mRNA CAR T Cell Engineering  Date: December 16, 2022 Time: 2:00 PM Location: Towne 337 Zoom option: https://upenn.zoom.us/j/95255561059?pwd=cnNhYVBCUnBNQWF6bTU5ZTF3eUMxdz09 Meeting ID: 952 5556 1059 Passcode: mmbilli22 The public […]

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 to see the MEAM 5100: Mechatronics class compete in the Grand Theft Autonomous Challenge. Teams are tasked with building a robot which: senses, navigates to, […]

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 to see the MEAM 5100: Mechatronics class compete in the Grand Theft Autonomous Challenge. Teams are tasked with building a robot which: senses, navigates to, […]

ESE PhD Thesis Defense: “Integrated photonic-assisted electronics for phased array beamforming and delay control”

Towne 337

In recent years, electronic-photonic co-design and co-integration has emerged as a disruptive technology to augment the power of integrated circuits and deliver enhanced chip scale solutions for a variety of applications ranging from communication and sensing to imaging and computation. Coupled with the versatility of electronics, integrated photonic techniques may be employed to assist in […]

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. Yet, despite showing promise as a means of navigating rough terrain, these machines – and the locomotion controllers which animate them – are still restricted […]

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 by the cell. This physical fact suggests that the mechanical behavior of cells is intimately connected with cell ionic homeostasis and osmotic control. In this […]

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 liquids. In the wake of biomimicry, I will discuss several strategies aiming to harness mechanical instabilities in flowing liquids, e.g. coiling, droplet formation, digitation, drainage, […]

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 in our daily lives! Panelists include: Chanda Jefferson- Director of Community Engagement & Outreach in the Office of Diversity Equity and Inclusion Emylee Fleshman- Program […]