10 events found.
MEAM Seminar: “Dynamic Bipedal Walking on Unstructured Terrain through Real-Time Perception and Control”
Room 337, Towne Building 220 South 33rd Street, Philadelphia, PA, United StatesBipedal robots have seen significant interest from academia and industry for their potential to efficiently traverse unstructured environments, such as disaster zones, industrial infrastructure, and cluttered homes. Autonomous bipedal walking […]
Summer 2024 ROBO Master’s Thesis Presentation – Gabriel Bennett, “Midair Refueling of Electronic Drones: A First Step Towards Solving the Energy Limitations of the Modern Drone”
ZoomThis is a virtual event which will take place via Zoom. 1:30pm Gabriel Bennett "Midair Refueling of Electronic Drones: A First Step Towards Solving the Energy Limitations of the Modern […]
MEAM Seminar: “Soft Pneumatic Force Application through Membrane Design and Stiffness Control”
Towne 337Modern robotic platforms are designed for precision, but their cost and rigidity make them impractical for many at-home physical human-robot interaction (pHRI) applications. Soft pneumatic actuators (SPA) have potential as […]
MEAM Seminar: “Towards Understanding Tactile Sensing Across the Robot Manipulation Stack”
Towne 337Humans are exceptionally skilled at manipulating a diverse range of objects, apparent from the order of magnitude difference in sizes, weight distributions, stiffnesses, and geometries of items we use on […]
MEAM Seminar: “Exploring Self-assembly of 2D Materials: Insights from Graphene Auto-kirigami”
Towne 319 220 S. 33rd Street, Philadelphia, United StatesTwo dimensional (2D) materials with atomic-scale thickness like graphene exhibit substantial in-plane stiffness and strength while maintaining significant out-of-plane flexibility. This enables the assembly of graphene into complex multilayer and […]
BE Doctoral Dissertation Defense: “Addressing the genome structure-function relationship in neural activation and neurological disorders” (Harshini Chandrashekar)
CRB Auditorium 415 Curie Boulevard, Philadelphia, PA, United StatesThe Department of Bioengineering at the University of Pennsylvania and Dr. Jennifer Cremins are pleased to announce the Doctoral Dissertation Defense of Harshini Chandrashekar. Title: Addressing the genome structure-function relationship in […]
MEAM Seminar: “Impulse-Induced Dynamic Transitions in Flexible Mechanical Metamaterials: Harnessing Nonlinear Wave Dynamics for Advanced Engineering Applications”
Room 337, Towne Building 220 South 33rd Street, Philadelphia, PA, United StatesMechanical metamaterials are artificially designed structures that offer unique properties like negative Poisson’s ratio, tunable stiffness, and advanced thermal characteristics. While the static properties of mechanical metamaterials have been widely […]
MEAM Seminar: “Programmable Strain-responsive Biopolymer Networks Adapt to High Magnitudes of Mechanical Loading”
Towne 337Biopolymer hydrogel materials typically exhibit relatively low range of programmable modulus less than 100 kPa, which limits their biomedical applications, such as in articular cartilage and synthetic joints, where tissues […]
BE Doctoral Dissertation Defense: “Engineering Magnetic Devices and Nanoparticle Platforms to Improve Drug Accumulation and Penetration in Tumors for Enhanced Cancer Treatment” (Bian Jang)
Towne 337The Department of Bioengineering at the University of Pennsylvania and Dr. Andrew Tsourkas proudly announce the Doctoral Dissertation Defense of Bian Jang. Title: Engineering Magnetic Devices and Nanoparticle Platforms to […]