Herman P. Schwan Distinguished Lecture: “Engineering human tissues for medical impact”
The classical paradigm of tissue engineering involves the integrated use of human stem cells, biomaterial scaffolds (providing a structural and logistic template for tissue formation) and bioreactors (providing environmental control, […]
MEAM Seminar: “Architecture in Biological Materials: A Template for Toughness Enhancement, or a Siren Song?”
Structural biological materials, such as animal bones and shells, display remarkable mechanical properties despite being composed of quite simple and ordinary constituent materials. For example, the toughness of nacre, a […]
MEAM Seminar: “Origami Micro, Bio, and Nanosystems “
Due to the inherent planarity of conventional micro and nanofabrication, it is challenging to pattern and assemble micro, bio, and nano-materials and devices in all three dimensions. Origami inspired mechanical […]
BE Seminar: “Developing neuroengineering solutions of biomedical relevance using crayfish as a model system”
In my talk, I will first describe one of the main projects in my lab that investigates the underlying cellular-molecular mechanisms for changes in alcohol sensitivity of crayfish with different […]
MEAM Seminar: “Mechanical Models for DNA”
We will discuss two complementary mechanical models for DNA that deal with, respectively two problems: one, phase transitions in a DNA molecule, and two, allosteric interactions between two ligands bound […]
BE Doctoral Dissertation Defense: “Informing Neuromodulation Therapies with a Control-Theory Approach to Brain Network Plasticity”
The Department of Bioengineering at the University of Pennsylvania and Dr. Dani Bassett are pleased to announce the Doctoral Dissertation Defense of Andrew Murphy. The public is welcome to attend.
BE Doctoral Dissertation Defense: “Multi-scale Brain Responses in the Development of Persistent Osteoarthritic Temporomandibular Pain”
The Department of Bioengineering at the University of Pennsylvania and Drs. Eric Granquist and Beth Winkelstein are pleased to announce the Doctoral Dissertation Defense of Megan Sperry. The public is […]
MEAM Seminar: “Microscale Robotic Wetware for Synthetic Biology”
Small-scale robotic systems have emerged as promising tools to perform a wide-range of tasks in microbiology and medicine such as targeted delivery, cell manipulation, environmental monitoring, and microassembly. In order […]
BE Seminar: Next Generation Orthobiologics: Advanced Growth Factor and Biomaterials Engineering
The standard of care for augmenting surgical bone repair or regeneration remains bone graft harvested from the patient despite a lack of sufficient quantity or quality of graft in many […]
Doctoral Dissertation Defense: “Method of MRI-Based Assessment of Cortical Bone Matrix and Mineral Properties in a Clinical Setting”
The Department of Bioengineering at the University of Pennsylvania and Drs. Hee Kwon Song & Felix Wehrli are pleased to announce the Doctoral Dissertation Defense of Xia Zhao. This event […]