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MEAM Seminar: “A Symbiotic Philosophy for Bio-inspired Robotics”

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

Humans have frequently looked to natural phenomena to inspire the design of art, structures, and mechanisms. However, there are as many different ways to learn from nature as there are words for this approach: bioinspiration, biomimicry, and biodesign to name a few. In this talk, I propose a taxonomy for categorizing distinct biodesign approaches and […]

MEAM Seminar: “Granular and Photoelastic Avalanches”

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

Flowing granular materials arise everywhere around us, in industry from pharmaceutical processes to bulk good transport lines, and in nature from snow avalanches to captivating dune fields. In landslides, we have an interesting interplay between microscale (grain-grain contacts) and macroscale processes (continuum behavior). In order to understand critical macroscale processes such as stability of a […]

MEAM Seminar: “Hardware / Controls Co-design to Overcome Challenges for Aerial Robots”

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

Aerial robotics have become ubiquitous, but (like most robots) they still struggle to operate at high speed in unstructured, cramped environments. By considering a vehicle's mechanical design simultaneously with the design of controls and automation algorithms, we have more degrees of freedoms to find creative solutions to problems. In this talk I will present some […]

MEAM Seminar: “Advancing the Versatility of Legged Robots and Assistive Devices”

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

Recent years have witnessed tremendous growth in the capabilities of legged robots, with quadrupeds and humanoids demonstrating athletic behaviors that even five years ago were out of reach. Likewise, actively powered lower-limb assistive devices have made great strides in their maturity, with hardware such as the Open-Source Leg broadening access for future breakthroughs. Despite this […]

BE Doctoral Dissertation Defense: “Physiologically Induced High Gaussian Curvature Drives Nuclear Lamina Rupture and Cytoskeletal Displacement—Contributing to Downstream Dysfunction” (Michael Tobin)

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

The Department of Bioengineering at the University of Pennsylvania and Dr. Dennis Discher are pleased to announce the Doctoral Dissertation Defense of Michael Tobin. Title: Physiologically Induced High Gaussian Curvature Drives Nuclear Lamina Rupture and Cytoskeletal Displacement—Contributing to Downstream Dysfunction   Date: Tuesday, November 7, 2023 Time: 10AM Location: Glandt Forum at the Singh Center. There […]

MEAM Seminar: “Magnetic Fluid Hyperthermia with Magnetic Iron Oxide Nanoparticles: A Case Study in Multi-disciplinary Translational Biomedical Research”

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

Magnetic nanoparticles that are responsive to clinically safe magnetic fields offer multi-modal nanomedicine capabilities. To succeed, complexities of physics and engineering must be addressed to match physical and magnetic properties of magnetic nanoparticles with devices used to activate them. This requires thoughtful design and fabrication of both nanoparticles and devices, with appropriate testing in relevant […]

MEAM Seminar: “Rheological Evaluation of Complex Fluids for Fluid Mechanics Studies”

Towne 315 220 S. 33rd Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States

Recent development of computational fluid mechanics allows to simulate wide range of fluid mechanics problems, but it requires appropriate constitutive equations and rheological properties to represent behavior of complex fluid flows. Standard torque-type rheometer, which is conventional rheometer with assuming ideal constant shear profiles in a thin test fluid layer, however, essential problems on the […]

MEAM Ph.D. Thesis Defense: “No Watts Wasted: Spines and Tails for Agile Legged Locomotion”

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

Despite considerable advancements in recent years, legged robots still fall short in terms of agility when compared to their animal counterparts. This thesis takes a two pronged approach to creating more agile behaviors by pursuing the intuition that agile legged machines should use much of their available power during agile behaviors. The first approach leverages […]

MEAM Ph.D. Thesis Defense: “Mechanics-Informed Optimization for Enhanced Adhesion and Toughness”

DRLB 3W2 209 S. 33rd Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Structural design optimization has long played a crucial role in engineering, often with the goal of creating stiff and lightweight structures for aerospace and other applications. However, optimizing structures against failure is also crucial and has been less explored. Failure at interfaces is particularly challenging in design optimization as they involve high local stress concentrations […]

MEAM Seminar: “Advancing Bioadhesive Technologies with Mechanical Principles”

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

Bioadhesive technologies are important in a wide range of applications, spanning from wound management to wearable technologies. Forming and controlling tough adhesion on biological tissues has been a long-lasting challenge, necessitating transdisciplinary approaches. In my talk, I will share our recent progress in the design, mechanics, and applications of tough bioadhesives. I will first discuss […]