MEAM Seminar: “Atmospheric Boundary Layer Simulations for Wind Energy”
The growth in wind energy is driving a need to understand how wind turbines perform under a range of atmospheric conditions. Under stably stratified conditions, for example, wind turbine wakes […]
MEAM Seminar: “Sticky Situations: Cohesion in Granular Flows”
From silo discharge and granular avalanches to the erosion of granular beds, granular materials play a central role in many industrial and environmental processes. While significant advances have been made […]
MEAM Seminar: “Three-Dimensional Biointerfaces: Soft Bioelectronics for Complex Biological Geometries”
Cutting-edge biological and medical research demands innovative methods for sensing and modulating complex tissues, organs, and organ systems. Recent progress in bioelectronics enables multimodal interfacing for broad fundamental and therapeutic […]
MEAM Seminar: “Exploring Structure, Mechanics, and Function in Soft Biological Systems Across Scales”
Soft biological systems exhibit intricate hierarchical organization, with structures spanning multiple length scales, from tissues to cells and molecules. This structural complexity gives rise to rich mechanical behaviors that profoundly […]
Celebration of Community
The Cora Ingrum Center for Community and Outreach is planning its annual Celebration of Community gala to showcase Penn Engineering students, staff, and faculty in their multi-talented richness. The event […]
MEAM Seminar: “Learning Memory and Material Dependent Constitutive Laws”
The theory of homogenization provides a systematic approach to the derivation of macroscale constitutive laws, obviating the need to repeatedly resolve complex microstructure. However, the unit cell problem which defines […]
MEAM Seminar: “Neural Operator for Scientific Computing”
Accurate simulations of physical phenomena governed by partial differential equations (PDEs) are foundational to scientific computing. While traditional numerical methods have proven effective, they remain computationally intensive, particularly for complex, […]
MEAM Seminar: “Engineering Soft Medical Robots and Devices to Solve Hard Health Problems in Extreme Body Environments”
Advances in engineering have enabled a new generation of soft medical robots and devices with unique theranostic capabilities for interfacing with delicate organs. However, challenges remain in achieving spatial and […]
MEAM Ph.D. Thesis Defense: “Leveraging Impedance-Related Properties for Free Self-Sensing in Actuators for Compact Robots”
Robotic systems, particularly at small scales, require efficient actuation and sensing solutions that maintain compactness. We are interested in systems where sensing and actuation are seamlessly integrated, specifically using impedance-related […]
MEAM Seminar: “Miniaturized Robots and Probes for Precision Health”
Designing miniaturized robots and bioelectronic devices will enable access throughout the entire human body, leading to novel procedures at the cellular level and offering localized diagnosis and treatment with unprecedented […]