Spring 2023 GRASP on Robotics: Pauline Pounds, The University of Queensland, “Drones, Bipeds and Sensors – 10 Years of the UQ Robotics Design Lab”
Wu and Chen Auditorium (Room 101), Levine Hall 3330 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA, United StatesThis is a hybrid event with in-person attendance in Wu and Chen and virtual attendance via Zoom. This week's presenter will be in-person as well. ABSTRACT The Robotics Design […]
MEAM Ph.D. Thesis Defense: “Manually-Operated, Slider Cassette for Multiplexed Molecular Detection at the Point of Care”
Zoom - Email MEAM for Link peterlit@seas.upenn.eduPersonalized medicine requires the identification of disease-causing agents prior to prescribing therapy. Currently, molecular detection requires shipping bio samples to centralized laboratories. The time delay between sample collection and test […]
MEAM Ph.D. Thesis Defense: “High Performance Electroadhesives for Materials and Robots with Electroprogrammable Stiffness”
Room 2C8, David Rittenhouse Laboratory Building 209 South 33rd Street, Philadelphia, PA, United StatesMaterials with electroprogrammable stiffness and adhesion can enhance the performance of robotic systems, including prosthetics, medical devices, wearables, exoskeletons, and grippers. However, achieving large changes in stiffness and adhesive forces […]
5th Annual Learning for Dynamics & Control Conference
University of PennsylvaniaOver the next decade, the biggest generator of data is expected to be devices that sense and control the physical world. The explosion of real-time data that is emerging from […]
MSE PhD Defense: Effects of Size and Composition on the Performance of Dealloyed Nanoporous Metal Catalysts for CO2 Reduction, O2 Evolution, and H2 Generation
LRSM Reading Room 3231 Walnut St., Philadelphia, PA, United StatesDepartment of Bioengineering Juneteenth Address: “A White Neighbor, a Black Surgeon, and a Mormon Computer Scientist Walk into a Bar…” (Kevin B. Johnson)
Berger Auditorium (Room 13), Skirkanich Hall 210 South 33rd Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States“A White Neighbor, a Black Surgeon, and a Mormon Computer Scientist Walk into a Bar…” As we recognize Juneteenth, a holiday that brings awareness to what journalist Corey Mitchell calls […]
BE Doctoral Dissertation Defense: “Detecting and Localizing Progressive Changes In Longitudinal MRI of the Hippocampal Region in Alzheimer’s Disease” (Mengjin Dong)
BRB 0252The Department of Bioengineering at the University of Pennsylvania and Dr. Paul Yushkevich are pleased to announce the Doctoral Dissertation Defense of Mengjin Dong. Title: Detecting and Localizing Progressive Changes […]
MEAM Ph.D. Thesis Defense: “Photophoretic Light-flyers for Mesospheric Applications”
Lynch Lecture Hall, Cret Wing, CHEM 231 S. 34th Street, Philadelphia, PA, United StatesThe Earth’s mesosphere plays a crucial role in weather forecasting, environmental conservation, and planetary exploration. However, traditional unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) such as balloons or spacecraft face significant challenges when […]
CBE PhD Thesis Defense: “Electrochemical and Heterogeneous Catalysis for Selected Industrial Commodities”
Towne 225Novel high-surface-area catalysts were synthesized for selected industrial chemical reactions, conducted in heterogeneous reactors and electrochemical reactors. Atomic layer deposition (ALD) was used to synthesize highly dispersed metal catalysts […]