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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200917T104500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200917T114500
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SUMMARY:MSE Seminar: "III-V photovoltaic substrate reuse using fracture"
DESCRIPTION:Controlled spalling of single-crystal semiconductors is an emerging technique which results in the rapid exfoliation of a thin\, single-crystal layer by propagating fracture parallel to the wafer surface. Spalling fracture has been engineered to controllably and intentionally exfoliate thin film electronic devices from single-crystal semiconductors for the purposes of creating flexible devices or enabling substrate reuse to mitigate costs. The process uses an adhered stressor layer combined with an externally applied mechanical force to initiate and propagate a lateral fracture parallel to the substrate surface. Proof-of-principle device demonstrations have been achieved at wafer scale and in multiple configurations\, showing no loss of performance compared to conventionally processed devices while preserving the wafer for reuse\, reclaim\, or recycling for cost and material savings. In this talk\, examples will be drawn mainly from spalling (100)-oriented Ge and GaAs to illustrate the impact of cleavage system alignment on the resulting fracture morphology and spalling conditions and will include single junction photovoltaic device data.
URL:https://seasevents.nmsdev7.com/event/mse-seminar-iii-v-photovoltaic-substrate-reuse-using-fracture/
LOCATION:PA
ORGANIZER;CN="Materials Science and Engineering":MAILTO:johnruss@seas.upenn.edu
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200916T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200916T170000
DTSTAMP:20260407T172647
CREATED:20200305T203528Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200305T203528Z
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SUMMARY:BE/MINS Seminar: "Mapping emotions: discovering structure in mesoscale electrical brain recordings" (Kafui Dzirasa\, Duke University)
DESCRIPTION:This seminar is co-hosted by the Department of Bioengineering and the Mahoney Institute for Neurosciences. Hosts Danielle Bassett and Josh Gold. \nThis event will be held virtually via Bluejeans: https://bluejeans.com/9789833127. Contact Jacqueline Fowlkes with questions at jfowlkes@pennmedicine.upenn.edu.
URL:https://seasevents.nmsdev7.com/event/be-mins-seminar/
LOCATION:PA
CATEGORIES:Seminar
ORGANIZER;CN="Bioengineering":MAILTO:be@seas.upenn.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200915T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200915T160000
DTSTAMP:20260407T172647
CREATED:20200911T144535Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200911T144535Z
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SUMMARY:CIS Seminar: "Recovering\, manipulating and enhancing recorded speech (1905-2020)"
DESCRIPTION:This talk will survey several recent projects dealing with recorded speech. The first explores \nan optical process for recovering sound recorded onto postcards using a forgotten technology \nfrom more than a century ago. This involves scanning the postcard at multiple orientations using \na flatbed scanner\, and then reconstructing the fine scale surface texture of the card (where the \naudio is encoded) using photometric stereo\, a technique from computer vision. We will then \ndiscuss more modern applications as well\, including a text-based interface for editing recorded \naudio narration that is capable of synthesizing new words matching the voice of the narrator. \nFinally\, given that real-world audio recordings are often degraded by factors such as noise\, \nreverberation\, and equalization distortion\, we will also introduce a deep learning method to \ntransform recorded speech to sound as though it had been recorded in a studio.
URL:https://seasevents.nmsdev7.com/event/cis-seminar-recovering-manipulating-and-enhancing-recorded-speech-1905-2020/
LOCATION:Zoom – Email CIS for link\, cherylh@cis.upenn.edu
CATEGORIES:Distinguished Lecture
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200915T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200915T120000
DTSTAMP:20260407T172647
CREATED:20200909T153525Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200909T153525Z
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SUMMARY:ESE Seminar: "Electrical Digestive Engineering"
DESCRIPTION:Gastrointestinal (GI) problems are the second leading cause for missing work or school after the common cold\, giving rise to 10 percent of the reasons a patient visits their physician and costing $142 billion annually.  Although obstructions and infections are easy to diagnose\, more than half of GI disorders involve abnormal functioning of the GI tract\, where diagnosis entails subjective symptom-based questionnaires or objective but invasive\, intermittent procedures in specialized centers.   In this talk\, we will describe electrical waves of pacemaker activity that underlie contractions for digestion\, their interconnection with the nervous and immune systems\, and how their propagation patterns can go awry in GI disorders. We will describe our development of high-resolution multi-electrode abdominal recording systems as well as dynamic spatial signal processing methods that in concert enable extraction of propagation patterns that are typically acquired invasively in specialized centers. Development of a miniaturized recording system to perform 24-hour ambulatory recordings\, with an example of how this aided in solving a complex patient case\, will also be discussed. We will conclude with a vision for how modernizing gastroenterology with applied mathematics and engineering has transformational potential to remove bottlenecks\, improve health outcomes\, and reduce healthcare costs by improving timely diagnoses\, optimizing interventions\, and predicting treatment responses.
URL:https://seasevents.nmsdev7.com/event/ese-seminar-electrical-digestive-engineering/
LOCATION:Zoom – Email ESE for Link jbatter@seas.upenn.edu
CATEGORIES:Seminar,Faculty,Colloquium,Graduate,Postdoctoral,Undergraduate
ORGANIZER;CN="Electrical and Systems Engineering":MAILTO:eseevents@seas.upenn.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200915T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200915T120000
DTSTAMP:20260407T172647
CREATED:20200827T211658Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200827T211658Z
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SUMMARY:MEAM Seminar: "Tackling Energy Sector Challenges with Interdisciplinary Research and Education Initiatives"
DESCRIPTION:Tackling the energy sector’s pressing technological and workforce needs requires a multi-pronged approach. This talk will include a discussion of both technical research and educational approaches to address these needs. The educational initiatives include implementation of the Energy Fellows Program\, a training and professional development program\, as well as research on the varying perceptions of students\, faculty\, and practicing engineers about what skills and knowledge are required for careers in the energy sector. The technical research focuses on conversion of waste heat into electricity since the majority of energy resources are wasted as heat. Thermoelectric power generators can convert waste heat into useful electrical energy\, but traditional thermoelectric device manufacturing uses bulk material processing with machining\, assembly\, and integration steps which lead to material waste and performance limitations. The traditional manufacturing approach offers virtually no flexibility in designing the geometry of thermoelectric modules. Additive manufacturing can overcome these challenges. This presentation will describe our progress in laser-based additive manufacturing of thermoelectric materials such as tellurides and silicides. Laser powder bed fusion (also known as selective laser melting) is an additive manufacturing process which locally melts successive layers of material powder to construct three-dimensional objects. When applied to thermoelectric materials\, this technique could enable new geometries and architectures\, material-to-device integration\, and large-area processing. The presentation will show the first demonstrations of laser additive manufacturing applied to thermoelectric materials and discuss the link between materials\, manufacturing\, and system-level considerations for thermoelectric power generators.
URL:https://seasevents.nmsdev7.com/event/meam-seminar-tackling-energy-sector-challenges-with-interdisciplinary-research-and-education-initiatives-2/
LOCATION:Zoom – Email MEAM for Link\, peterlit@seas.upenn.edu
CATEGORIES:Seminar
ORGANIZER;CN="Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics":MAILTO:meam@seas.upenn.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200910T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200910T160000
DTSTAMP:20260407T172647
CREATED:20200709T141214Z
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SUMMARY:BE Seminar: "Stem Cell Fate is a Touchy Subject" (Quinton Smith)
DESCRIPTION:This event will be held on zoom – check email for link and passcode. Contact ksas@seas.upenn.edu with any questions. \nThe success of regenerative cell therapy relies on the integration of a functional vascular system within the redeveloping tissue\, to mediate the exchange of oxygen\, nutrients and waste.  Although the advent of human induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs) has accelerated progress towards this goal\, owing to their potential to generate clinically relevant scales of patient-specific cells\, techniques to drive their specification mainly rely on chemical cues.   In this seminar\, I will discuss engineering strategies to control the complex stem cell extracellular milieu\, emphasizing the importance of mechanical cues during hiPSC development\, specification and downstream functionality as it relates to vascular differentiation. \n 
URL:https://seasevents.nmsdev7.com/event/be-seminar/
LOCATION:PA
CATEGORIES:Seminar
ORGANIZER;CN="Bioengineering":MAILTO:be@seas.upenn.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200910T104500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200910T114500
DTSTAMP:20260407T172647
CREATED:20200828T144515Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200828T144515Z
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SUMMARY:MSE Seminar: "Approaching the Intrinsic Limit in Transition Metal Dichalcogenide van der Waals Heterostructures"
DESCRIPTION:Studying the intrinsic behavior 2D materials requires attention to both external and internal sources of disorder. This talk will first review the techniques used to create clean heterostructures with hBN to reduce environmental disorder. In graphene\, ten years of progress has led to device performance now rivaling he highest-quality GaAs-based heterostructures. On the other hand\, semiconducting transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) are also limited by atomic defects within the crystalline layers\, which requires efforts in synthesis and characterization of high purity crystals. This talk will present recent progress in synthesis of TMD crystals with dramatically lower defect density using a self-flux technique. Combining higher crystal quality and clean encapsulation allows observation of greatly enhanced optical properties\, including near-unity photoluminescence quantum yield\, and long excited-state lifetime in TMD heterostructures. In addition\, electronic transport measurements show improved carrier mobility and reveal many new details in magnetotransport measurements\, including observation of fractional quantum Hall states in monolayer TMDs. These high-quality crystals also allow studies of twisted bilayer TMDs\, which show the emergence of many-body correlated states. \nPlease register in advance for this seminar here.
URL:https://seasevents.nmsdev7.com/event/mse-seminar-approaching-the-intrinsic-limit-in-transition-metal-dichalcogenide-van-der-waals-heterostructures/
LOCATION:PA
ORGANIZER;CN="Materials Science and Engineering":MAILTO:johnruss@seas.upenn.edu
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200908T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200908T160000
DTSTAMP:20260407T172647
CREATED:20200911T141740Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200911T141740Z
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SUMMARY:CIS Seminar: "Embodied perception in-the-wild"
DESCRIPTION:Computer vision is undergoing a period of rapid progress\, rekindling the relationship between perception\, action\, and cognition. Such connections may be best practically explored in the context of autonomous robots. In this talk\, I will discuss perceptual understanding tasks motivated by embodied robots “in-the-wild”\, focusing on the illustrative case of autonomous vehicles. I will argue that many challenges that surface are not well-explored in contemporary computer vision. These include streaming computation with bounded resources\, generalization via spatiotemporal grouping\, online behavioral forecasting\, and self-aware processing that can recognize anomalous out-of-sample data. I will conclude with a description of open challenges for embodied perception in-the-wild.
URL:https://seasevents.nmsdev7.com/event/cis-seminar-malissaduanesloancpa-com/
LOCATION:Zoom – Email CIS for link\, cherylh@cis.upenn.edu
CATEGORIES:Colloquium
ORGANIZER;CN="Computer and Information Science":MAILTO:cherylh@cis.upenn.edu
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200908T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200908T120000
DTSTAMP:20260407T172647
CREATED:20200828T204405Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200828T204405Z
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SUMMARY:ESE Seminar: "Skin Interfaced Wearable Sweat Biosensors"
DESCRIPTION:Abstract: The rising research interest in personalized medicine promises to revolutionize traditional medical practices. This presents a tremendous opportunity for developing wearable devices toward predictive analytics and treatment. In this talk\, I will introduce our recent advances in developing fully-integrated skin-interfaced flexible biosensors for non-invasive molecular analysis. Such wearable biosensors can continuously\, selectively\, and accurately measure a wide spectrum of sweat analytes including metabolites\, electrolytes\, hormones\, drugs\, and other small molecules. These devices also allow us to gain real-time insight into the sweat secretion and gland physiology. The clinical value of our wearable sensing platforms is evaluated through multiple human studies involving both healthy and patient populations toward physiological monitoring\, disease diagnosis\, and drug monitoring. This talk will also feature our very recent works on laser-engraved lab on the skin and biofuel powered battery-free electronic skin toward metabolic/nutritional management as well as dynamic stress monitoring. These wearable and flexible devices could open the door to a wide range of personalized monitoring\, diagnostic\, and therapeutic applications.
URL:https://seasevents.nmsdev7.com/event/ese-seminar-skin-interfaced-wearable-sweat-biosensors/
LOCATION:Zoom – Email ESE for Link jbatter@seas.upenn.edu
CATEGORIES:Seminar,Faculty,Colloquium,Doctoral,Graduate,Undergraduate
ORGANIZER;CN="Electrical and Systems Engineering":MAILTO:eseevents@seas.upenn.edu
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200908T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200908T120000
DTSTAMP:20260407T172647
CREATED:20200827T211018Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200827T211018Z
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SUMMARY:MEAM Seminar: "U.S. Army Additive Manufacturing Materials and Technologies"
DESCRIPTION:With the constantly changing threat environment\, the Army needs to be able to quickly adapt their tactics and equipment. But burdensome and lengthy acquisition cycles make this challenging. Additive manufacturing can potentially be utilized to overcome many of the challenges and enables on-demand manufacturing of repair parts\, as well as rapid prototyping. \nThrough topology optimization\, parts can be designed lighter and/or stronger and more cost-effective. In addition to new technologies being explored such as hybrid manufacturing in which entire metal and plastic devices can be fabricated within the same piece of equipment\, a host of novel feedstocks are being developed such as multi-material thermoplastics and filled resins that further increase the range of properties and applications of the 3D printed parts. In addition to the research performed in Army laboratories\, one of the thrusts of Army additive manufacturing research is the ability to manufacture at the point of need in remote environments. Research at the US Army Research Laboratory Combat Capabilities Development Command (CCDC-ARL) has shown that agile\, expeditionary manufacturing could be accomplished through the use of materials at or near to the location of our operating bases. These materials could include not only commercial feedstocks\, but also the organic and inorganic materials naturally occurring in the area and recycled materials from the operating bases such as polymers\, metals\, and paper materials. Recently\, most of the ARL AM focus is in materials for energetics including high solids filled composites\, custom alloys and hybrid materials. This seminar will present a brief overview of the organization\, goals and AM programs\, and then discuss in more detail the polymer-related AM efforts.
URL:https://seasevents.nmsdev7.com/event/meam-seminar-u-s-army-additive-manufacturing-materials-and-technologies-2/
LOCATION:Zoom – Email MEAM for Link\, peterlit@seas.upenn.edu
CATEGORIES:Seminar
ORGANIZER;CN="Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics":MAILTO:meam@seas.upenn.edu
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200903T104500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200903T114500
DTSTAMP:20260407T172647
CREATED:20200828T142409Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200828T142409Z
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SUMMARY:MSE Lab Safety Seminar
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a seminar lead by Kimi Brown\, Sr. Lab Safety Specialist and Chemical Hygiene Officer for Penn Environmental Health and Radiation Safety\, on laboratory safety and best COVID-19 practices. This seminar is mandatory for all MSE Master’s and PhD students. \nPlease register in advance here to obtain the Zoom link for this seminar.
URL:https://seasevents.nmsdev7.com/event/mse-lab-safety-seminar-2/
LOCATION:PA
ORGANIZER;CN="Materials Science and Engineering":MAILTO:johnruss@seas.upenn.edu
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200902T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200902T130000
DTSTAMP:20260407T172647
CREATED:20200826T134533Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200826T134533Z
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SUMMARY:Doctoral Dissertation Defense of Sohaib Hashmi
DESCRIPTION:The Department of Bioengineering at the University of Pennsylvania and Dr. Robert O. Heuckeroth are pleased to announce the Doctoral Dissertation Defense of Sohaib Hashmi.  The Defense will take place via Zoom. Details are below…\n\nTitle: Role of ACTG2 Mutations in Visceral Myopathy \nDate: September 2nd\, 2020\nTime: 12:00pm\n\nSohaib Hashmi is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. \nTopic: Sohaib Hashmi Thesis Defense\nDate and Time: Sep 2\, 2020 12:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) \nJoin Zoom Meeting\nhttps://upenn.zoom.us/j/92088207098?pwd=S0I0VThyUGxxekNiWVJEbEhQM0lGUT09 \nMeeting ID: 920 8820 7098\nPasscode: 037927\nOne tap mobile\n+13126266799\,\,92088207098# US (Chicago)\n+16465588656\,\,92088207098# US (New York) \nDial by your location\n+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)\n+1 646 558 8656 US (New York)\n+1 301 715 8592 US (Germantown)\n+1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)\n+1 669 900 9128 US (San Jose)\n+1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma)\nMeeting ID: 920 8820 7098\nFind your local number: https://upenn.zoom.us/u/abEnZwvygg
URL:https://seasevents.nmsdev7.com/event/doctoral-dissertation-defense-of-sohaib-hashmi/
LOCATION:PA
CATEGORIES:Student,Dissertation or Thesis Defense
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200715T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200715T130000
DTSTAMP:20260407T172647
CREATED:20200624T103946Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200624T103946Z
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SUMMARY:PICS Student Seminar: Anna Neuman and Chris Price
DESCRIPTION:On  Wednesday\, July 15 at 12:00 PICS will host a virtual student seminar. This is the first seminar in a series giving students the opportunity to talk to each other about their research and research methods. These virtual seminars will be about an hour long with two students giving a short presentation followed by a discussion. \nEmail Katie Thompson (kathom at seas.upenn.edu) for the zoom details.
URL:https://seasevents.nmsdev7.com/event/pics-student-seminar-anna-neuman-and-chris-price/
LOCATION:PA
CATEGORIES:Seminar
ORGANIZER;CN="Penn Institute for Computational Science (PICS)":MAILTO:dkparks@seas.upenn.edu
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200706T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200706T153000
DTSTAMP:20260407T172647
CREATED:20200624T103417Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200624T103417Z
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SUMMARY:PICS Alumni Spotlight: Kurt Fredrickson
DESCRIPTION:PICS will be hosting a virtual seminar featuring an alumni of the Vojvodic lab. Kurt Frederickson\, PhD\, will speak about his education and working in both academia and the private sector. After his talk Kurt will be available to answer any questions students may have. \nEmail Katie Thompson (kathom at seas.upenn.edu) for the zoom details.
URL:https://seasevents.nmsdev7.com/event/pics-alumni-spotlight-kurt-fredrickson/
LOCATION:PA
CATEGORIES:Seminar
ORGANIZER;CN="Penn Institute for Computational Science (PICS)":MAILTO:dkparks@seas.upenn.edu
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200610T143000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200610T153000
DTSTAMP:20260407T172647
CREATED:20200609T214812Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200609T214812Z
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SUMMARY:Reflections on the Experiences of Black People and Other Minorities at Penn Engineering
DESCRIPTION:Opening Remarks: \nDr. Vijay Kumar\, Professor and Nemirovsky Family Dean of Penn Engineering\nDr. Wendell Pritchett\, Provost and Presidential Professor of Law \n\n\n\nModerator:\nDr. CJ Taylor\, Raymond S. Markowitz President’s Distinguished Professor of Computer and Information Science \nPanelists:\nDayo Adewole (BE’15 )\, current doctoral candidate in Bioengineering\nDr. Christine Allen-Blanchette (CIS’20)\, Presidential Postdoctoral Fellow\, Princeton University\nDr. Paulo Arratia\, Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics\nDr. Danielle Bassett\, J. Peter Skirkanich Professor of Bioengineering\nDr. Brian Peterson (ENG’93\, GED’97\, GR’13)\, Director of Makuu: the Black Cultural Center\nDr. Laura Stubbs (ME’79\, GME’80)\, Director of the Office of Diversity and Inclusion
URL:https://seasevents.nmsdev7.com/event/reflections-on-the-experiences-of-blacks-and-other-minorities-at-penn-engineering/
LOCATION:PA
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200515T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200515T110000
DTSTAMP:20260407T172647
CREATED:20200511T151453Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200511T151453Z
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SUMMARY:Penn Engineering Class of 2020 Undergraduate and Master's Graduate Recognition
DESCRIPTION:Dean Vijay Kumar will address the Penn Engineering Class of 2020 undergraduate and master’s graduates and their loved ones. Join us to hear Dean Kumar’s address\, view student photos\, and watch congratulatory video messages submitted by students’ families and by Penn Engineering faculty and staff. Please visit this webpage to access the link to our Class of 2020 Undergraduate and Master’s Celebration. (While the link will go live on Friday\, May 15\, at 10:00 a.m. ET\, no elements will be broadcast live; please join us at your convenience. The total runtime will be less than one hour.)
URL:https://seasevents.nmsdev7.com/event/penn-engineering-class-of-2020-undergraduate-and-masters-graduate-recognition/
LOCATION:PA
CATEGORIES:Faculty,Graduate,Student,Master's,Commencement,Undergraduate
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200514T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200514T110000
DTSTAMP:20260407T172647
CREATED:20200511T151457Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200511T151457Z
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SUMMARY:Penn Engineering Class of 2020 Doctoral Graduate Recognition
DESCRIPTION:Join us to hear a message from the Dean of Penn Engineering\, Dr. Vijay Kumar\, and view a virtual roll call of the Class of 2020 doctoral graduates\, complete with video messages from our graduates and members of the Penn Engineering faculty. The total run time of this virtual celebration is less than one hour. No elements will be broadcast live\, and the video will be available to view at your convenience once it has been made public. The link to view the virtual celebration for the doctoral graduates will be posted here on Thursday\, May 14\, at 10:00 a.m. ET.
URL:https://seasevents.nmsdev7.com/event/penn-engineering-class-of-2020-doctoral-graduate-recognition/
LOCATION:PA
CATEGORIES:Faculty,Doctoral,Graduate,Student,Commencement
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200505T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200505T140000
DTSTAMP:20260407T172647
CREATED:20200501T124317Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200501T124317Z
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SUMMARY:BE Thesis Defense: “Design\, Synthesis\, Structural Studies\, & Applications of Synthetic Collagen Peptides”
DESCRIPTION:The Department of Bioengineering at the University of Pennsylvania and Dr. David Chenoweth are pleased to announce the Doctoral Dissertation Defense of Alexander John Kasznel. \nTo request the Zoom link\, please contact Sarah Gormley at gormley@seas.upenn.edu.
URL:https://seasevents.nmsdev7.com/event/be-thesis-defense-design-synthesis-structural-studies-applications-of-synthetic-collagen-peptides/
LOCATION:PA
CATEGORIES:Doctoral,Student,Dissertation or Thesis Defense
ORGANIZER;CN="Bioengineering":MAILTO:be@seas.upenn.edu
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200504T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200504T153000
DTSTAMP:20260407T172647
CREATED:20200429T184222Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200429T184222Z
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SUMMARY:Virtual Joint Seminar: Open Source Multicellular Systems Modeling for Cancer (and COVID-19)
DESCRIPTION:Virtual Joint Seminar of Penn PSOC\, Bioengineering\, PICS \nFor Zoom details\, email gormley@seas.upenn.edu \nCancer and other critical human health problems are inherently multiscale: molecular-scale processes such as receptor trafficking and metabolism drive cell-scale processes such as cycling and motility. Biophysical processes like diffusion and tissue mechanics both constrain and drive single-cell behavior. Moreover\, cells communicate and coordinate through chemical and mechanical processes. All these processes are dynamically linked to drive emergent multicellular systems behaviors in healthy and diseased tissues. \nComputational models can act as “virtual laboratories” for multicellular systems biology. The ideal such laboratory should include cell and tissue biomechanics\, biotransport of multiple chemical substrates including signaling factors\, and many interacting cells. This talk presents PhysiCell (http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1005991)\, an open source agent-based platform for 3-D multicellular systems biology. With PhysiCell\, desktop workstations can routinely simulate systems of ten or more cell-secreted chemical signals and tissue substrates\, along with 10^5 to 10^6 individual cells that grow\, divide\, die\, secrete chemical signals\, move\, exchange mechanical forces\, and remodel their tissue microenvironment. High-performance computing (HPC) resources can run tens of thousands of copies of these models to perform vast 3-D computational experiments\, and artificial intelligence (AI) techniques can help us to accelerate these investigations and analyze the simulation results. \nWe will explore PhysiCell models of two cancer problems: (1) We will investigate how tumor-parenchyma biomechanical cross-talk can lead to tumor dormancy in liver micrometastases\, and how changes in tissue mechanics (e.g.\, after an illness\, injury\, or aging) can lead to tumor “reawakening”. (2) We will explore the critical role of stochastic tumor-immune interactions in cancer immunosurveillance. We will show joint work with Argonne National Lab to explore large hypothesis and design spaces on supercomputers\, as well as very recent advances in using machine learning to accelerate these explorations while also improving model interpretation. \nWe will also present work by a growing coalition of mathematicians\, virologists\, immunologists\, pharmacologists\, and others to rapidly prototype and iteratively improve a comprehensive multiscale SARS-CoV-2 tissue simulator. The first prototype model was built and shared internationally as open source code and interactive\, cloud-hosted models in under 12 hours\, and the work was disseminated as a community-written preprint within a week. The second prototype was updated to include ACE2 receptor-driven virus endocytosis and a more modular design; the third prototype is well underway. This coalition-based approach is developing submodel components in parallel and coordination\, allowing us to rapidly advance towards a feature complete framework to drive many independent investigations that help us attack COVID-19. This project shows the potential for similar community-driven advances in cancer. Moreover\, the novel mix of cancer biologists\, immunologists\, microbiologists\, and others is fueling creative advances and new technical capabilities in multiscale tissue modeling. We anticipate that this progress will drive advances in cancer immunology\, inflammation\, and virus-driven carcinogenesis for years to come. \nPhysiCell Animation \nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJ2urSm4ilU&authuser=0
URL:https://seasevents.nmsdev7.com/event/virtual-joint-seminar-open-source-multicellular-systems-modeling-for-cancer-and-covid-19/
LOCATION:PA
CATEGORIES:Seminar
ORGANIZER;CN="Bioengineering":MAILTO:be@seas.upenn.edu
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200504T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200504T130000
DTSTAMP:20260407T172647
CREATED:20200109T174742Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200109T174742Z
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SUMMARY:PSOC Seminar Cancelled : “A physics-driven open source software ecosystem for multicellular systems biology”
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://seasevents.nmsdev7.com/event/psoc-seminar-a-physics-driven-open-source-software-ecosystem-for-multicellular-systems-biology/
LOCATION:Room 337\, Towne Building\, 220 South 33rd Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
ORGANIZER;CN="PSOC":MAILTO:manu@seas.upenn.edu
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200424T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200424T120000
DTSTAMP:20260407T172647
CREATED:20200414T154312Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200414T154312Z
UID:10006430-1587722400-1587729600@seasevents.nmsdev7.com
SUMMARY:CBE Dissertation Defense: "Strategies for Overcoming Resistance to Targeted Therapy in Glioblastoma"
DESCRIPTION:Co-Advisors: Matthew J. Lazzara\, PhD and Dennis E. Discher\, PhD; Committee Members: Scott L. Diamond\, PhD\, M. Celeste Simon\, PhD and Benjamin Purow
URL:https://seasevents.nmsdev7.com/event/cbe-dissertation-defense-strategies-for-overcoming-resistance-to-targeted-therapy-in-glioblastoma/
LOCATION:Zoom – Email CIS for link\, cherylh@cis.upenn.edu
ORGANIZER;CN="Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering":MAILTO:cbemail@seas.upenn.edu
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200423T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200423T160000
DTSTAMP:20260407T172647
CREATED:20200303T175720Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200303T175720Z
UID:10006424-1587654000-1587657600@seasevents.nmsdev7.com
SUMMARY:Closing the Gap between Theory and Practice: Rethinking Engineering Education in Real Time
DESCRIPTION:Despite 20 years of focus on organizational change and effective educational best practices in STEM higher education\, significant research findings have had minimal influences on practice.  In 2016\, the U-M BME Department sought to disrupt engineering education. Informed by organizational change theory\, we asked: 1) Is there potential for change; 2) what strategies facilitate change; and 3) how can these strategies be implemented? As a result\, we developed an Instructional Design Sequence\, a new approach to instruction in which students\, post docs\, and faculty create short Modules that use evidence-based teaching practices to expose BME students to BME professional practice.  This talk describes how the Sequence was conceived of and demonstrates how organizational theory\, entrepreneurship\, and design can be used to inform education practice. The resultant Sequence has the potential to be a transferrable model for transforming engineering education\, offering a new mechanism for integrating career relevant curriculum into undergraduate curriculum in real-time\, while training future educators in instructional evidence based practices. \n  \nThis lecture is offered as part of the Lecturers’ Seminar on Teaching and Learning.
URL:https://seasevents.nmsdev7.com/event/closing-the-gap-between-theory-and-practice-rethinking-engineering-education-in-real-time/
LOCATION:Wu and Chen Auditorium (Room 101)\, Levine Hall\, 3330 Walnut Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200422T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200422T160000
DTSTAMP:20260407T172647
CREATED:20191219T211511Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191219T211511Z
UID:10006357-1587567600-1587571200@seasevents.nmsdev7.com
SUMMARY:Cancelled: CBE Seminar - Biomaterials-Mediated Inflammation Control"
DESCRIPTION:Abstract: \nMany chronic disabling diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis\, psoriasis\, multiple sclerosis and systemic lupus erythematosus are increasingly linked to inappropriate and chronic activation of inflammatory cells. A central event in the pathogenesis of these diseases appears to be an aberrant activation of innate immune sensors\, most prominently the Pattern Recognition Receptors (PRRs)\, by nucleic acids that are released from dead and dying cells. Moreover\, such extracellular nucleic acids have also been implicated in inflammatory diseases such as heart attack\, traumatic injury\, and stroke in activating the contact pathway of coagulation. In this presentation\, I will discuss the application of nucleic acid-binding polymers in the configuration of either soluble or immobilized polycation to scavenge these pathogenic nucleic acids as a molecular strategy to combat inflammation.
URL:https://seasevents.nmsdev7.com/event/cbe-seminar-biomaterials-mediated-inflammation-control/
LOCATION:Wu and Chen Auditorium (Room 101)\, Levine Hall\, 3330 Walnut Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Seminar
ORGANIZER;CN="Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering":MAILTO:cbemail@seas.upenn.edu
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200420T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200420T170000
DTSTAMP:20260407T172647
CREATED:20200407T210029Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200407T210029Z
UID:10006428-1587394800-1587402000@seasevents.nmsdev7.com
SUMMARY:CBE Dissertation Defense: "Role of Soluble Fibrin and Fibrin Degradation Products on Platelet Signaling During Trauma
DESCRIPTION:Advisor: Scott Diamond\, PhD; Committee Members: Talid Sinno\, PhD; Ravi Radhakrishnan\, PhD; Lawrence Brass\, PhD
URL:https://seasevents.nmsdev7.com/event/cbe-dissertation-defense-role-of-soluble-fibrin-and-fibrin-degradation-products-on-platelet-signaling-during-trauma/
LOCATION:Zoom – Email CIS for link\, cherylh@cis.upenn.edu
CATEGORIES:Dissertation or Thesis Defense
ORGANIZER;CN="Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering":MAILTO:cbemail@seas.upenn.edu
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200420T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200420T130000
DTSTAMP:20260407T172647
CREATED:20200109T174423Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200109T174423Z
UID:10006376-1587384000-1587387600@seasevents.nmsdev7.com
SUMMARY:PSOC Seminar Cancelled : Patrick Seale\, PhD
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://seasevents.nmsdev7.com/event/psoc-seminar-patrick-seale-phd/
LOCATION:Room 337\, Towne Building\, 220 South 33rd Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
ORGANIZER;CN="PSOC":MAILTO:manu@seas.upenn.edu
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200415T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200415T170000
DTSTAMP:20260407T172647
CREATED:20200408T125947Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200408T125947Z
UID:10006429-1586962800-1586970000@seasevents.nmsdev7.com
SUMMARY:BE Thesis Defense: "Development and application of computational tools for unraveling the structure of the 3D genome"
DESCRIPTION:Thomas Gilgenast’s thesis defense \nDate and Time: Wednesday 4/15\, 3:00pm EST \nTitle: Development and application of computational tools for unraveling\nthe structure of the 3D genome \nAdvisor: Dr. Jennifer Cremins \nThomas’ defense will take place virtually via Zoom. Please contact\njcremins@seas.upenn.edu for the zoom link and password.
URL:https://seasevents.nmsdev7.com/event/be-thesis-defense-development-and-application-of-computational-tools-for-unraveling-the-structure-of-the-3d-genome/
LOCATION:PA
CATEGORIES:Student,Dissertation or Thesis Defense
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200414T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200414T120000
DTSTAMP:20260407T172647
CREATED:20200305T150550Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200305T150550Z
UID:10006426-1586860200-1586865600@seasevents.nmsdev7.com
SUMMARY:CANCELLED: MEAM Seminar: "Modeling the Behavior of Shape Memory Alloy Structures"
DESCRIPTION:I will present recent work on the modeling of the structural response of shape memory alloy tubes\, bars\, and beams. We have developed a new constitutive model that captures pseudoelastic transformation induced recoverable deformation in SMAs including the strong asymmetries in the tensile and compressive responses. Instead of introducing multiple conditions for forward phase transformation\, reverse phase transformation\, and martensite reorientation\, the model is based on a J2-type nonlinear kinematic hardening framework with a single transformation surface and the back stress represented through a weighted mix of two potential functions that are calibrated to the tensile and compressive stress-strain responses of the material. The constitutive model has been used to simulate numerically the interaction of these complex material behaviors with structural nonlinear behavior observed in experiments. Problems analyzed include the buckling and recovery of NiTi tubes under axial compression\, the propagation of a well defined deformation front in uniaxial tension\, and the reversible propagation of curvature localization in NiTi tubes under bending. The numerical simulations reproduce the structural behavior both qualitatively and quantitatively demonstrating the fidelity of the constitutive modeling framework developed. After illustrating the success of the isothermal model\, I will present some recent work on modeling non-isothermal behavior within the same constitutive framework.
URL:https://seasevents.nmsdev7.com/event/meam-seminar-modeling-the-behavior-of-shape-memory-alloy-structures/
LOCATION:Wu and Chen Auditorium (Room 101)\, Levine Hall\, 3330 Walnut Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Seminar
ORGANIZER;CN="Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics":MAILTO:meam@seas.upenn.edu
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200413T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200413T130000
DTSTAMP:20260407T172647
CREATED:20200109T174123Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200109T174123Z
UID:10006375-1586779200-1586782800@seasevents.nmsdev7.com
SUMMARY:PSOC Seminar Cancelled : Alexandra Zidovska\, PhD
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://seasevents.nmsdev7.com/event/psoc-seminar-alexandra-zidovska-phd/
LOCATION:Room 337\, Towne Building\, 220 South 33rd Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
ORGANIZER;CN="PSOC":MAILTO:manu@seas.upenn.edu
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200408T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200408T160000
DTSTAMP:20260407T172647
CREATED:20191219T205845Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191219T205845Z
UID:10006356-1586358000-1586361600@seasevents.nmsdev7.com
SUMMARY:POSTPONED: John A. Quinn Distinguished Lecture: "Molecular and Colloidal Interactions in Water"
DESCRIPTION:Abstract: \nLife occurs in water\, and water-mediated interactions between molecules and interfaces are central to biological assembly processes.  Synthetic materials as common as shampoo rely on water-mediated interactions.  This presentation will describe experiments that highlight our lack of understanding of interactions in water. This lack of understanding presents the opportunity to formulate a refined set of design rules for self-assembly of engineered functional materials in water.
URL:https://seasevents.nmsdev7.com/event/john-a-quinn-distinguished-lecture-molecular-and-colloidal-interactions-in-water/
LOCATION:Wu and Chen Auditorium (Room 101)\, Levine Hall\, 3330 Walnut Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Seminar,Distinguished Lecture
ORGANIZER;CN="Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering":MAILTO:cbemail@seas.upenn.edu
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200407T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200407T120000
DTSTAMP:20260407T172647
CREATED:20200303T185112Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200303T185112Z
UID:10006425-1586255400-1586260800@seasevents.nmsdev7.com
SUMMARY:CANCELLED: MEAM Seminar: "U.S. Army Additive Manufacturing Materials and Technologies"
DESCRIPTION:With the constantly changing threat environment\, the Army needs to be able to quickly adapt their tactics and equipment. But burdensome and lengthy acquisition cycles make this challenging. Additive manufacturing can potentially be utilized to overcome many of the challenges and enables on-demand manufacturing of repair parts\, as well as rapid prototyping.\nThrough topology optimization\, parts can be designed lighter and/or stronger and more cost-effective. In addition to new technologies being explored such as hybrid manufacturing in which entire metal and plastic devices can be fabricated within the same piece of equipment\, a host of novel feedstocks are being developed such as multi-material thermoplastics and filled resins that further increase the range of properties and applications of the 3D printed parts. In addition to the research performed in Army laboratories\, one of the major thrusts of current Army additive manufacturing research is the ability to manufacture at the point of need in remote environments. Research at the US Army Research Laboratory Combat Capabilities Development Command (CCDC-ARL) is showing that agile\, expeditionary manufacturing could be accomplished through the use of materials at or near to the location of our operating bases. These materials could include not only commercial feedstocks\, but also the organic and inorganic materials naturally occurring in the area and recycled materials from the operating bases such as polymers\, metals\, and paper materials. Distributed manufacturing could reduce the logistics tail needed to conduct wars on foreign soil\, saving valuable resources and lives\, and allowing the warfighter to perform the mission\, instead of guarding and securing convoy transports. In addition to reduced energy costs related to transportation\, the operational readiness and self-sustainability of operating bases would be increased.
URL:https://seasevents.nmsdev7.com/event/meam-seminar-u-s-army-additive-manufacturing-materials-and-technologies/
LOCATION:Wu and Chen Auditorium (Room 101)\, Levine Hall\, 3330 Walnut Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Seminar
ORGANIZER;CN="Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics":MAILTO:meam@seas.upenn.edu
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