BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Penn Engineering Events - ECPv6.15.18//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://seasevents.nmsdev7.com X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Penn Engineering Events REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20210314T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20211107T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20220313T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20221106T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20230312T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20231105T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221004T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221004T113000 DTSTAMP:20260405T141335 CREATED:20220822T201303Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220822T201303Z UID:10007232-1664877600-1664883000@seasevents.nmsdev7.com SUMMARY:MEAM Seminar: "Manipulation of Micro/Nano Particles Using Acoustic Waves" DESCRIPTION:Manipulation of particles in micro and nano scale has been invaluable in a variety of scenarios in applied physics\, chemistry and biomedicine. Acoustic microfluidics has emerged as a powerful and novel platform for micro/nano manipulation in many applications recently due to its advantages in versatility\, low cost\, easy to integrate and manufacture\, miniaturization\, energy efficiency\, etc.. Here\, I will first introduce the development of acoustic tweezer which can manipulation objects from nano to mm scale on a chip. I will then report our most recent breakthroughs on acoustic manipulation\, including (1) acoustic thermal shift assay for protein manipulation and characterization\, (2) internal structure manipulation of a novel endoskeletal droplet using acoustic waves\, and (3) staged assembly of colloids. URL:https://seasevents.nmsdev7.com/event/meam-seminar-manipulation-of-micro-nano-particles-using-acoustic-waves/ LOCATION:Wu and Chen Auditorium (Room 101)\, Levine Hall\, 3330 Walnut Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States ORGANIZER;CN="Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics":MAILTO:meam@seas.upenn.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221004T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221004T163000 DTSTAMP:20260405T141335 CREATED:20220809T153150Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220809T153150Z UID:10007221-1664897400-1664901000@seasevents.nmsdev7.com SUMMARY:Penn Engineering 2021-22 Heilmeier Award Lecture: Ritesh Agarwal DESCRIPTION:“Utilizing Quantum Geometry and Topology for Enabling Integrated Chiral Photonics”\nClassical and quantum computing devices need to ferry vast amounts of data\, and optical interconnects provide a promising approach allowing faster speeds and larger bandwidths. Critical interconnect components are light sources\, waveguides and detectors. Currently\, the information is encoded in intensity and frequency but other degrees of freedom (DOFs) such as photon spin and spatial orbital angular momentum modes (OAM) should be utilized to enhance the capacity of optical links. Therefore\, new photonic materials and devices that can produce\, transmit and detect light with complex polarization and spatial modes are needed. This is non-trivial as most materials are insensitive to chiral light. In this talk\, Dr. Agarwal will discuss recent developments towards the development of on-chip lasers\, waveguides and photodetectors that are sensitive to photon spin and OAM modes. By protecting or breaking certain symmetries and utilizing the quantum geometry of the engineered system\, new devices will be discussed that can enable the development of integrated chiral photonic systems. \nRead the full award announcement here. More information about the Heilmeier Award can be found here. URL:https://seasevents.nmsdev7.com/event/heilmeier-lecture-ritesh-agarwal/ LOCATION:Wu and Chen Auditorium (Room 101)\, Levine Hall\, 3330 Walnut Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States CATEGORIES:Seminar,Distinguished Lecture,Faculty END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221005T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221005T133000 DTSTAMP:20260405T141335 CREATED:20220909T132756Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220909T132756Z UID:10007260-1664971200-1664976600@seasevents.nmsdev7.com SUMMARY:ASSET Seminar: Learning with Small Data\, Pratik Chaudhari (University of Pennsylvania) DESCRIPTION:Abstract:\nThe relevant limit for machine learning is not N → infinity but instead N → 0. The human visual system is proof that it is possible to learn categories with extremely few samples. This talk will discuss steps towards building such systems and it is structured in three parts. The first part will discuss algorithms to adapt representations of deep networks to new categories with few labeled data. The second part will discuss when such adaptation works well and when it does not. It will develop a method to compute the optimal distance between two learning tasks and algorithmic tools to learn tasks that are far away from each other. The third part will discuss how make the optimal use of unlabeled data to learn a task. \nThis talk will discuss results from the following papers.\n1. An Information-Geometric Distance on the Space of Tasks. Yansong\nGao\, Pratik Chaudhari. ICML 2021.\nPaper: https://arxiv.org/abs/2011.00613\, Code: https://github.com/Yansongga/An-Information-Geometric-Distance-on-the-Space-of-Tasks\n2. Model Zoo: A Growing “Brain” That Learns Continually. Rahul\nRamesh\, Pratik Chaudhari. ICLR 22.\nPaper: https://arxiv.org/abs/2106.03027. Code:\nhttps://github.com/rahul13ramesh/MultitTask_ModelZoo\n3. Deep Reference Priors: What is the best way to pretrain a model?. Yansong Gao\, Rahul Ramesh\, and Pratik Chaudhari. ICML 22.\nPaper: https://arxiv.org/abs/2202.00187\, Code: https://github.com/grasp-lyrl/deep_reference_priors URL:https://seasevents.nmsdev7.com/event/asset-seminar-tba-pratik-chaudhari-university-of-pennsylvania/ LOCATION:Levine 307\, 3330 Walnut Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States CATEGORIES:Seminar ORGANIZER;CN="Computer and Information Science":MAILTO:cherylh@cis.upenn.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221005T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221005T160000 DTSTAMP:20260405T141335 CREATED:20220929T145425Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220929T145425Z UID:10007312-1664982000-1664985600@seasevents.nmsdev7.com SUMMARY:Fall 2022 GRASP SFI: Ross Hatton\, Oregon State University\, "Snakes & Spiders\, Robots & Geometry" DESCRIPTION:*This will be a HYBRID Event with in-person attendance in Levine 307 and Virtual attendance via Zoom here… \nABSTRACT\nLocomotion and perception are a common thread between robotics and biology. Understanding these phenomena at a mechanical level involves nonlinear dynamics and the coordination of many degrees of freedom. In this talk\, I will discuss geometric approaches to organizing this information in two problem domains: Undulatory locomotion of snakes and swimmers\, and vibration propagation in spider webs. \nIn the first section\, I will discuss how differential geometry and Lie group theory provide insight into the locomotion of undulating systems through a vocabulary of lengths\, areas\, and curvatures. In particular\, a tool called the *Lie bracket* combines these geometric concepts to describe the effects of cyclic changes in the locomotor’s shape\, such as the gaits used by swimming or crawling systems. Building on these results\, I will demonstrate that the geometric techniques are useful beyond the “clean” ideal systems on which they have traditionally been developed\, and can provide insight into the motion of systems with considerably more complex dynamics\, such as locomotors in granular media. \nIn the second section\, I will turn my attention to vibration propagation through spiders’ webs. Due to poor eyesight\, many spiders rely on web vibrations for situational awareness. Web-borne vibrations are used to determine the location of prey\, predators\, and potential mates. The influence of web geometry and composition on web vibrations is important for understanding spider’s behavior and ecology. Past studies on web vibrations have experimentally measured the frequency response of web geometries by removing threads from existing webs. We have constructed physical artificial webs and computer models to better understand the effect of web structure on vibration transmission. These models provide insight into the propagation of vibrations through the webs\, the frequency response of the bare web\, and the influence of the spider’s mass and stiffness on the vibration transmission patterns. URL:https://seasevents.nmsdev7.com/event/fall-2022-grasp-sfi-ross-hatton-oregon-state-university-snakes-spiders-robots-geometry/ LOCATION:Room 307\, Levine Hall\, 3330 Walnut Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States CATEGORIES:Seminar ORGANIZER;CN="General Robotics%2C Automation%2C Sensing and Perception (GRASP) Lab":MAILTO:grasplab@seas.upenn.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221005T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221005T163000 DTSTAMP:20260405T141335 CREATED:20220909T195416Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220909T195416Z UID:10007273-1664983800-1664987400@seasevents.nmsdev7.com SUMMARY:CBE Seminar Series: "Genome and Epigenome Editing for Gene Therapy and Cell Programming" (Charles A. Gersbach\, Duke University) DESCRIPTION: URL:https://seasevents.nmsdev7.com/event/cbe-seminar-series-genome-and-epigenome-editing-for-gene-therapy-and-cell-programming-charles-a-gersbach-duke-university/ LOCATION:Wu and Chen Auditorium (Room 101)\, Levine Hall\, 3330 Walnut Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States CATEGORIES:Seminar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221006T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221006T160000 DTSTAMP:20260405T141335 CREATED:20220914T230245Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220914T230245Z UID:10007287-1665064800-1665072000@seasevents.nmsdev7.com SUMMARY:Fall 2022 Safe Space Training for Penn Engineering Faculty & Staff - Day 1 DESCRIPTION:The School of Engineering and Applied Science has partnered with the university’s Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Center to offer Safe Space Training for interested faculty and staff on Thursday\, October 6th from 2pm-4pm and Friday\, October 7th  from 10am-12pm in the Forman Active Learning Classroom (217 Towne). \n Attendance at both sessions is required to complete the training in full. \nThis four-hour training program is designed to educate faculty and staff on how to better support LGBTQ+ individuals on our campus and in our classrooms. Those who participate will then be eligible to display a Safe Space sticker in their office\, indicating their active roles in promoting an accepting environment for all\, regardless of sexual orientation and gender identity/expression. The Safe Space Program has been shown to be an effective tool in helping LGBTQ+ students feel safe and included in the campus community. \nTo attend the workshops\, please register by September 29th using the website link below.     \nBrunch will be provided during the training session on Friday morning\, and there is space for up to 40 individuals.  If there is sufficient interest\, additional training sessions will be scheduled for later in the year. Please contact Emily Delany at eedelany@seas.upenn.edu with any additional questions. URL:https://seasevents.nmsdev7.com/event/fall-2022-safe-space-training-for-penn-engineering-faculty-staff/ LOCATION:217 Towne – Forman Active Learning Classroom\, 220 South 33rd Street\, Towne 217\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States CATEGORIES:Diversity, Equity and Inclusion ORGANIZER;CN="Office of Diversity%2C Equity and Inclusion":MAILTO:odei@seas.upenn.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221007T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221007T120000 DTSTAMP:20260405T141335 CREATED:20220914T230620Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220914T230620Z UID:10007288-1665136800-1665144000@seasevents.nmsdev7.com SUMMARY:Fall 2022 Safe Space Training for Penn Engineering Faculty & Staff - Day 2 DESCRIPTION:The School of Engineering and Applied Science has partnered with the university’s Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Center to offer Safe Space Training for interested faculty and staff on Thursday\, October 6th from 2pm-4pm and Friday\, October 7th  from 10am-12pm in the Forman Active Learning Classroom (217 Towne). \n Attendance at both sessions is required to complete the training in full. \nThis four-hour training program is designed to educate faculty and staff on how to better support LGBTQ+ individuals on our campus and in our classrooms. Those who participate will then be eligible to display a Safe Space sticker in their office\, indicating their active roles in promoting an accepting environment for all\, regardless of sexual orientation and gender identity/expression. The Safe Space Program has been shown to be an effective tool in helping LGBTQ+ students feel safe and included in the campus community. \nTo attend the workshops\, please register by September 29th using the website link below.     \nBrunch will be provided during the training session on Friday morning\, and there is space for up to 40 individuals.  If there is sufficient interest\, additional training sessions will be scheduled for later in the year. Please contact Emily Delany at eedelany@seas.upenn.edu with any additional questions. URL:https://seasevents.nmsdev7.com/event/fall-2022-safe-space-training-for-penn-engineering-faculty-staff-day-2/ LOCATION:217 Towne – Forman Active Learning Classroom\, 220 South 33rd Street\, Towne 217\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States CATEGORIES:Diversity, Equity and Inclusion ORGANIZER;CN="Office of Diversity%2C Equity and Inclusion":MAILTO:odei@seas.upenn.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221007T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221007T120000 DTSTAMP:20260405T141335 CREATED:20221007T160820Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221007T160820Z UID:10007328-1665140400-1665144000@seasevents.nmsdev7.com SUMMARY:Rare Earth Element Recovery DESCRIPTION:Diverse clean energy technologies rely on critical elements\, e.g. rare earths\, whose separation and purification pose unique challenges. And whose environmental footprints are severe. Dr. Eric Schelter\, Dr. Kate Stebe\, and Dr. Daniel Nothaft will discuss the challenges and new ideas to meet them. URL:https://seasevents.nmsdev7.com/event/rare-earth-element-recovery/ LOCATION:https://upenn.zoom.us/j/96715197752 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://seasevents.nmsdev7.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/chester-delete.png ORGANIZER;CN="SEAS Green Team":MAILTO:dianepa@seas.upenn.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221010T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221010T120000 DTSTAMP:20260405T141335 CREATED:20221006T143207Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221006T143207Z UID:10007323-1665399600-1665403200@seasevents.nmsdev7.com SUMMARY:Chester\, PA & Environmental Justice DESCRIPTION:This panel will discuss the state of affairs in Chester PA and environmental (in)justice. Current research and community assessment of environmental vulnerability of Chester will be presented\, air quality control issues will be discussed as well as community efforts for empowerment and legislative action. \n  \nSpeakers: \nJennifer Horney\, University of Delaware \n\nDora Williams\, Community Organizer and Activist \n\nEcho Alford\, Community Organizer\, Clean Air Council of Philadelphia \n\nKearni Nichelle Warren\, Community Organizer and Activist URL:https://seasevents.nmsdev7.com/event/chester-pa-environmental-justice/ LOCATION:https://upenn.zoom.us/j/96715197752 CATEGORIES:Panel Discussion ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://seasevents.nmsdev7.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/chester-delete.png ORGANIZER;CN="SEAS Green Team":MAILTO:dianepa@seas.upenn.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221010T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221010T133000 DTSTAMP:20260405T141335 CREATED:20220927T201917Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220927T201917Z UID:10007308-1665403200-1665408600@seasevents.nmsdev7.com SUMMARY:Beyond Techno-Economics: Responsible Deployment in Carbon Management DESCRIPTION:The science is clear: to avoid the worst impacts of climate change we’ll need aggressive\, economy-wide decarbonization in combination with atmospheric carbon removal at the billion-ton scale. These efforts will require unprecedented management of carbon dioxide through strategic technical deployment and infrastructure buildout. \nBut given the rapid pace and scale of deployment ahead\, how can we identify responsible pathways that maximize benefits and minimize harms? \nIn this talk\, Pete Psarras explores challenges and opportunities in carbon management\, illustrating how various impact layers from the techno-economic\, social\, and environmental perspectives interact to form a new picture of deployment. \nWhat role will energy-intensive options like direct air capture play and how will our decision-making today impact that role by mid-century? How does grid electrification and transmission buildout play into technology siting? What are the opportunities for community co-benefits? And alternatively\, how do we assess tradeoffs that pit inevitable impacts against one another? Take a journey into the real-world case study of Nevada and its net-zero ambitions to help address these questions and set the stage for a challenging yet critical road ahead. URL:https://seasevents.nmsdev7.com/event/beyond-techno-economics-responsible-deployment-in-carbon-management/ LOCATION:Kleinman Energy Forum\, Fisher Fine Arts Library\, 220 S 34th Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://seasevents.nmsdev7.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/IMG_9212_25.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221010T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221010T140000 DTSTAMP:20260405T141335 CREATED:20220901T140334Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220901T140334Z UID:10007241-1665406800-1665410400@seasevents.nmsdev7.com SUMMARY:PSOC Seminar: “Nanotechnologies for Isolating and Characterizing Extracellular Nanocarriers of Cancer Biomarkers" (Hsueh-Chia Chang\, University of Notre Dame) DESCRIPTION:Fall 2022 Hybrid-Seminar Series \nMondays 1.00-2.00 pm (EST) \nTowne 225 / Raisler Lounge   \nFor Zoom link\, please contact 1500 K in gas turbines. High-entropy alloys (HEAs) and additive manufacturing (AM) methods are two areas of intensive research and a focus of this presentation. Highlights will be presented from ongoing work at Ames National Laboratory\, in collaboration with other national laboratory\, academic\, and industry partners\, including the use of AM as a means of processing refractory HEA and other traditionally difficult-to-manufacture alloys. The development and use of rapid mechanical property characterization methods will also be discussed\, as well as how these are enabling alloy discovery and process optimization\, including for HEAs\, which are multi-element alloys that present an extraordinarily challenging departure from traditionally dilute compositions. Additionally\, examples of new fundamental insights about structure-property relationships for compositionally and structurally complex systems like HEAs and metallic glasses will be presented. URL:https://seasevents.nmsdev7.com/event/meam-seminar-materials-and-manufacturing-solutions-for-sustainable-energy/ 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:20221011T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221011T120000 DTSTAMP:20260405T141335 CREATED:20221003T205615Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221003T205615Z UID:10007315-1665486000-1665489600@seasevents.nmsdev7.com SUMMARY:LRSM Special Lecture: "Pursuing a Scientific Career at a National Laboratory" DESCRIPTION:If you are finishing your PhD or your postdoctoral tenure you may be asking yourself\, What’s next? Should I pursue an academic career\, as my thesis adviser or postdoctoral supervisor has done? Or should I look elsewhere\, perhaps at industry\, or government? These are great questions that most of us have asked ourselves at the beginning of our professional life. And while I believe that the university\, the private sector\, and public service are excellent options to consider\, I am here to invite you to add one more possibility – being a scientist at one of the national laboratories\, most of which are run by the US Department of Energy. \nIn this short talk\, I will first briefly compare a research university with a national laboratory. Then\, I will use Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL)\, on Long Island (NY)\, as an example to describe representative national-laboratory programs on materials science and condensed-matter physics\, and the large facilities available for projects\, among many others\, on quantum materials\, catalysis\, and materials self-assembly. Finally\, I will describe a typical career path at BNL and mention current and future opportunities for staff and postdoctoral positions. \nAn essential part of this informational seminar is the Questions and Answers period that will follow the talk. URL:https://seasevents.nmsdev7.com/event/lrsm-special-lecture-pursuing-a-scientific-career-at-a-national-laboratory/ LOCATION:Glandt Forum\, Singh Center for Nanotechnology\, 3205 Walnut Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States CATEGORIES:Seminar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221011T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221011T163000 DTSTAMP:20260405T141335 CREATED:20220812T143626Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220812T143626Z UID:10007224-1665502200-1665505800@seasevents.nmsdev7.com SUMMARY:BE Seminar: "Studying the Neural basis of Natural Spatial\, Social and Acoustic Behaviors – in Freely Behaving and Flying Bats" (Michael Yartsev\, UC Berkeley) DESCRIPTION:This is a hybrid seminar that will take place in Glandt Forum (Singh Center) and via Zoom (check email for link and passcode). \nOur lab seeks to understand the neural basis of complex spatial\, acoustic and social behaviors in mammals. To do so\, we take a neuroethological approach that leverages the specialization of the bat (Rousettus aegyptiacus) for these behaviors in order to elucidate their underlying neural computations. In the spatial domain\, we take advantage of the bat’s ability to elegantly navigate during high-speed flight and under varying levels of spatial complexities. In the social-acoustic domain\, we utilize the bat’s social communication signals to understand how these are learned and later used during natural group social interactions. In parallel\, we have pioneered a suite of cutting-edge technologies that make it possible to study the behavior and neural circuits in freely behaving and flying bats to examine these systems in a way not previously possible. In this talk\, I provide an overview of some of the research topics our lab has been working on over the past few years. URL:https://seasevents.nmsdev7.com/event/be-seminar-michael-yartsev-uc-berkeley/ LOCATION:Glandt Forum\, Singh Center for Nanotechnology\, 3205 Walnut Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States CATEGORIES:Seminar ORGANIZER;CN="Bioengineering":MAILTO:be@seas.upenn.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221011T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221011T170000 DTSTAMP:20260405T141335 CREATED:20221006T143754Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221006T143754Z UID:10007324-1665504000-1665507600@seasevents.nmsdev7.com SUMMARY:Climate Justice in Philadelphia: House by house\, block by block DESCRIPTION:More details coming soon! URL:https://seasevents.nmsdev7.com/event/climate-justice-in-philadelphia-house-by-house-block-by-block/ LOCATION:https://upenn.zoom.us/j/96715197752 CATEGORIES:Panel Discussion ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://seasevents.nmsdev7.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/climate-justice-delete.png ORGANIZER;CN="SEAS Green Team":MAILTO:dianepa@seas.upenn.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221012T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221012T133000 DTSTAMP:20260405T141335 CREATED:20220909T132857Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220909T132857Z UID:10007261-1665576000-1665581400@seasevents.nmsdev7.com SUMMARY:ASSET Seminar: What Transfers in Transfer Learning?\, Eric Wong (University of Pennsylvania) DESCRIPTION:Abstract: \nRecently\, the transfer learning paradigm has seen a surge of interest due to its impressive capabilities in vision and language. Models are pretrained on ever-growing datasets with enormous parameter counts\, trending towards being monolithic and opaque. How can we understand the underlying process? This talk will provide\, to some degree\, insight on how data affects transfer learning using the framework of influence functions. These findings include pinpointing subpopulations and biases in the pretraining data that help (or hurt) transfer performance. URL:https://seasevents.nmsdev7.com/event/asset-seminar-tba-eric-wong-university-of-pennsylvania/ LOCATION:Levine 307\, 3330 Walnut Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States CATEGORIES:Seminar ORGANIZER;CN="Computer and Information Science":MAILTO:cherylh@cis.upenn.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221012T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221012T150000 DTSTAMP:20260405T141335 CREATED:20221006T144420Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221006T144420Z UID:10007325-1665583200-1665586800@seasevents.nmsdev7.com SUMMARY:Impacts of Climate Change on Global Water Resources and Engineering Solutions DESCRIPTION:This panel will examine the impact of climate change on global water resources and how these impacts have affected people in the global south. From droughts that have led to crop failures to floods that have damaged crops and property\, it is obvious that climate change has brought extremes in weather and has compromised the availability of clean water to peoples in developing countries where resilience against changing climate are fragile at best. Panelists will offer engineering and hydro ideas that can lead to improvement of the current situation. \n  \nSpeakers: \nDoug Jerolmack\, Penn Engineering \nTony Sauder\, Penn EES/LPS\, Water Center at Penn \nPaulo Arratia\, Penn Engineering URL:https://seasevents.nmsdev7.com/event/impacts-of-climate-change-on-global-water-resources-and-engineering-solutions/ LOCATION:https://upenn.zoom.us/j/96715197752 CATEGORIES:Panel Discussion ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://seasevents.nmsdev7.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/climate-delete.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="SEAS Green Team":MAILTO:dianepa@seas.upenn.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221012T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221012T160000 DTSTAMP:20260405T141335 CREATED:20221006T135945Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221006T135945Z UID:10007322-1665586800-1665590400@seasevents.nmsdev7.com SUMMARY:Fall 2022 GRASP SFI: Sonia Chernova\, Georgia Institute of Technology\, “Semantic-Driven Robot Assistance and User Interaction” DESCRIPTION:This is a hybrid event with in-person attendance in Levine 307 and virtual attendance via Zoom. \nABSTRACT\nReliable operation in everyday human environments – homes\, offices\, and businesses – remains elusive for today’s robotic systems.  A key challenge is diversity\, as no two homes or businesses are exactly alike.  However\, despite the innumerable unique aspects of any home\, there are many commonalities as well\, particularly about how objects are placed and used.  These commonalities can be captured in semantic representations\, and then used to improve the autonomy of robotic systems by\, for example\, enabling robots to infer missing information in human instructions\, efficiently search for objects\, or manipulate objects more effectively.  This talk will discuss recent advances in semantic reasoning\, particularly focusing on semantics of everyday objects\, household environments\, and the development of robotic systems that intelligently interact with users. URL:https://seasevents.nmsdev7.com/event/fall-2022-grasp-sfi-sonia-chernova/ LOCATION:Levine 307\, 3330 Walnut Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States CATEGORIES:Seminar ORGANIZER;CN="General Robotics%2C Automation%2C Sensing and Perception (GRASP) Lab":MAILTO:grasplab@seas.upenn.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221012T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221012T163000 DTSTAMP:20260405T141335 CREATED:20220909T195522Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220909T195522Z UID:10007274-1665588600-1665592200@seasevents.nmsdev7.com SUMMARY:CBE Seminar Series: Title TBA (Scott Milner\, Pennsylvania State University) DESCRIPTION: URL:https://seasevents.nmsdev7.com/event/cbe-seminar-series-title-tba-scott-milner-pennsylvania-state-university/ LOCATION:Wu and Chen Auditorium (Room 101)\, Levine Hall\, 3330 Walnut Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States CATEGORIES:Seminar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20221013 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20221014 DTSTAMP:20260405T141335 CREATED:20220927T203438Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220927T203438Z UID:10007309-1665619200-1665705599@seasevents.nmsdev7.com SUMMARY:Singh Center for Nanotechnology Annual User Meeting DESCRIPTION:The 2022 Singh Center for Nanotechnology Annual User Meeting will be held on Thursday\, October 13\, 2022\, in the Singh Center’s Glandt Forum. The purpose for this in-person meeting is to welcome the user community as we celebrate the acheivements of nanotechnology-enabled research and innovation at the University of Pennsylvania.  For more information:  http://singhnano.eventbrite.com/ URL:https://seasevents.nmsdev7.com/event/singh-center-for-nanotechnology-annual-user-meeting/ LOCATION:Singh Center for Nanotechnology\, 3205 Walnut Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221013T103000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221013T113000 DTSTAMP:20260405T141335 CREATED:20221004T205758Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221004T205758Z UID:10007318-1665657000-1665660600@seasevents.nmsdev7.com SUMMARY:MSE Seminar: “Additive Manufacturing of Compositionally Complex Alloys with Engineered Microstructures” DESCRIPTION:The increasing demand for structural metals has driven increasingly complex compositions\, which bring critical challenges in processing of these materials. Additive manufacturing\, also called 3D printing\, is a disruptive technology for creating structural materials and components in a single print. In this talk\, I will present our recent work on additive manufacturing of compositionally complex alloys (CCAs) with tailored microstructures and properties. Specifically\, I will show the potential of leveraging laser additive manufacturing and direct ink writing to produce CCAs such as high-entropy alloys and bulk metallic glass composites with unique microstructures\, leading to extraordinary mechanical properties that can extend far beyond those achievable via conventional processing methods. In addition\, I will discuss the abundant opportunities enabled by additive manufacturing for high-throughput materials discovery to accelerate the pace of multicomponent alloy design. URL:https://seasevents.nmsdev7.com/event/mse-seminar-additive-manufacturing-of-compositionally-complex-alloys-with-engineered-microstructures/ LOCATION:Wu and Chen Auditorium (Room 101)\, Levine Hall\, 3330 Walnut Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States CATEGORIES:Seminar ORGANIZER;CN="Materials Science and Engineering":MAILTO:johnruss@seas.upenn.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221014T103000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221014T114500 DTSTAMP:20260405T141335 CREATED:20220919T173938Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220919T173938Z UID:10007298-1665743400-1665747900@seasevents.nmsdev7.com SUMMARY:Fall 2022 GRASP on Robotics: Victoria Webster-Wood\, Carnegie Mellon University\, “It’s Alive! Bioinspired and biohybrid approaches towards life-like and living robots” DESCRIPTION:This is a hybrid event with in-person attendance in Wu and Chen and virtual attendance via Zoom. \nABSTRACT\n\nAnimals have long served as an inspiration for robotics. However\, the adaptability\, complex control\, and advanced learning capabilities observed in animals are not yet fully understood\, and therefore have not been fully captured by current robotic systems. Furthermore\, many of the mechanical properties and physical capabilities seen in animals have yet to be achieved in robotic platforms. For example\, standard materials for robotic fabrication do not exhibit self-healing or have the ability to autonomously generate energy\, as is seen in biological systems. Additionally\, traditional robotic actuators lack the compliance\, energy efficiency\, and power-to-weight ratio combinations observed in musculoskeletal systems. \nIn this talk\, I will share efforts from my group in our two primary research thrusts: Bioinspired robotics\, and biohybrid robotics. By using neuromechanical models and bioinspired robots as tools for basic research we are developing new models of how animals achieve multifunctional\, adaptable behaviors. Building on our understanding of animal systems and living tissues\, our research in biohybrid robotics is enabling new approaches toward the creation of autonomous biodegradable living robots. Such robotic systems have future applications in medicine\, search and rescue\, and environmental monitoring of sensitive environments (e.g.\, coral reefs). URL:https://seasevents.nmsdev7.com/event/fall-2022-grasp-on-robotics-victoria-webster-wood-carnegie-mellon-university-its-alive-bioinspired-and-biohybrid-approaches-towards-life-like-and-living-robots/ LOCATION:Wu and Chen Auditorium (Room 101)\, Levine Hall\, 3330 Walnut Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States ORGANIZER;CN="General Robotics%2C Automation%2C Sensing and Perception (GRASP) Lab":MAILTO:grasplab@seas.upenn.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221014T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221014T150000 DTSTAMP:20260405T141335 CREATED:20220927T135218Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220927T135218Z UID:10007307-1665756000-1665759600@seasevents.nmsdev7.com SUMMARY:PICS Colloquium\, “Sound Attenuation and the Vibrational Properties of Glasses” DESCRIPTION:Abstract: Understanding of the universal low-temperature properties of glasses and why they differ from their crystalline counterparts requires the understanding of the vibrational properties of glasses. Due to recent advances of computational techniques\, we are now able to study simulated glasses with a wide range of vibrational properties\, which is essential to understanding their role in the low-temperature properties of glasses. In this talk I will discuss the stability dependence of the vibrational modes of glasses ranging from poorly annealed to exceptionally stable. Our most stable glasses are comparable to exceptionally-stable\, vapor- deposited laboratory glasses. We find that the density of quasi-localized\, low-frequency modes decrease quickly with increasing stability and the density of these modes are correlated with sound attenuation in the harmonic approximation. We use a recently developed theory that very accurately reproduces the low-frequency sound attenuation to examine the relationship between the vibrational modes and sound attenuation. This theory indicates that the non- affine forces\, which are responsible for the renormalization of the speed of sound in amorphous solids\, is responsible for sound attenuation. Surprisingly\, we find that the low- frequency\, quasi-localized modes make a relatively small contribution to the sound attenuation coefficient compared to the extended\, low-frequency modes. I will conclude by discussing recent attempts at identifying regions of the glass that play an enhanced role in sound attenuation\, if they exist. URL:https://seasevents.nmsdev7.com/event/pics-colloquium-sound-attenuation-and-the-vibrational-properties-of-glasses/ LOCATION:PICS Conference Room 534 – A Wing \, 5th Floor\, 3401 Walnut Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States CATEGORIES:Colloquium ORGANIZER;CN="Penn Institute for Computational Science (PICS)":MAILTO:dkparks@seas.upenn.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221014T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221014T163000 DTSTAMP:20260405T141335 CREATED:20221012T195455Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221012T195455Z UID:10007331-1665763200-1665765000@seasevents.nmsdev7.com SUMMARY:P.E.S.T.L.E. Orientation - October 14 DESCRIPTION:Join PESTLE for our Zoom Orientation session on Friday\, October 14 at 4:00 pm! Please email us at pestle@seas.upenn.edu if you have any questions. URL:https://seasevents.nmsdev7.com/event/pestle-orientation-october-14/ LOCATION:https://upenn.zoom.us/j/96715197752 ORGANIZER;CN="Research and Academic Services":MAILTO:ras@seas.upenn.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221018T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221018T113000 DTSTAMP:20260405T141335 CREATED:20220830T154411Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220830T154411Z UID:10007237-1666087200-1666092600@seasevents.nmsdev7.com SUMMARY:MEAM Seminar: "Exergy-based Methods as a Promising Modern Thermodynamic Evaluation and Optimization Tool" DESCRIPTION:Exergy-based methods are powerful tools for developing\, evaluating\, understanding\, and improving energy conversion systems. In addition to conventional methods\, advanced exergy-based analyses consider (a) the interactions among components of the overall system\, and (b) the real potential for improving each important system component. The main role of an advanced analysis is to provide energy conversion system designers and operators with information useful for improving the design and operation of such systems. This presentation will include the advanced exergy-based evaluations and optimization methods as well. Advanced exergy-based method means splitting the exergy destruction\, the capital investment cost\, and the component-related environmental impact associated with each single component of an energy conversion system into endogenous/exogenous and avoidable/unavoidable parts and using a further splitting of the exogenous exergy destruction improves (a) our understanding of the processes that take place\, and (b) the quality of the conclusions for improvement obtained from the analysis. It will be discussed the main features and some recent developments in the area of advanced exergy-based methods. Application of the method to different energy-conversion systems will be demonstrated. URL:https://seasevents.nmsdev7.com/event/meam-seminar-exergy-based-methods-as-a-promising-modern-thermodynamic-evaluation-and-optimization-tool/ LOCATION:Zoom – Email MEAM for Link\, peterlit@seas.upenn.edu CATEGORIES:Seminar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221018T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221018T130000 DTSTAMP:20260405T141335 CREATED:20220901T140716Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220901T140716Z UID:10007242-1666094400-1666098000@seasevents.nmsdev7.com SUMMARY:Joint PSOC/Center for Soft & Living Matter Seminar: “Feeling for cell function” (Jochen Guck\, Max Planck Institute) DESCRIPTION:Fall 2022 Hybrid-Seminar Series \nSpecial joint seminar on Tuesday October 18th at 12:00 Noon \nTowne 225 / Raisler Lounge   \nFor Zoom link\, please contact