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  • July 2021

  • Friday Jul 2

    Doctoral Dissertation: “Development of Robot-based Cognitive and Motor Assessment Tools for Stroke and HIV Neurorehabilitation” (Kevin Bui)

    July 2, 2021 @ 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM /
    https://upenn.zoom.us/j/96715197752

    The Department of Bioengineering at the University of Pennsylvania and Dr. Michelle Johnson are pleased to announce the Doctoral Dissertation Defense of Kevin Bui. Zoom link: https://upenn.zoom.us/j/96436500457?pwd=OUVTSjNpNWp1Z0dGVnpyaVJUa0VHQT09 Meeting ID: 964 […]

    Tuesday Jul 6

    MEAM Seminar: “Nanocellulose Fibers as Reinforcement to Improve Strength and Toughness in Structural Materials”

    July 6, 2021 @ 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM /
    Zoom - Email MEAM for Link peterlit@seas.upenn.edu

    Cellulose nanofibrils (CNFs) are a naturally abundant polymer and have superior mechanical properties, high aspect ratios, are transparent and biodegradable, which make them attractive to be used in structural materials. […]

    Friday Jul 9

    ESE PhD Dissertation Defense: “Balancing Fit and Complexity in Learned Representations”

    July 9, 2021 @ 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM /

    Thesis Title: Balancing Fit and Complexity in Learned Representations Abstract: This dissertation is about learning representations of functions while restricting complexity. In machine learning, maximizing the fit and minimizing the […]

    Friday Jul 9

    MEAM MSE Thesis Defense: “Design and Characterization of an Origami-Inspired Robot that Swims via Jet Propulsion”

    July 9, 2021 @ 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM /
    Zoom - Email MEAM for Link peterlit@seas.upenn.edu

    Underwater swimmers present unique opportunities for using bodily reconfiguration for self-propulsion. Origami-inspired designs are low-cost, fast to fabricate, robust, and can be used to create compliant mechanisms useful in energy-efficient […]

    Monday Jul 12

    PSOC Webinar: Indrajit Tah & Chris Price

    July 12, 2021 @ 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM /
    https://upenn.zoom.us/j/96715197752

    Join Zoom Meeting: https://upenn.zoom.us/j/99334915941?pwd=eDRXV1lITDlySXFyRHUyUzdmRldoQT09 Meeting ID: 993 3491 5941 Passcode: 189247 PSOC@Penn Summer Webinars 2021 Contact manu@seas.upenn.edu with any questions Indrajit Tah 12:00-12:30 PM Chris Price 12:30-1:00 PM

    Monday Jul 12

    CBE PhD Dissertation Defense | “Structures Formed By Colloids at Curved Fluid Interfaces”

    July 12, 2021 @ 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM /
    Zoom - Email CBE for link

    Abstract:  Colloidal particles accumulate and organize at fluid interfaces via capillary interactions. We study pair interactions and structure formation around spherical particles with pinned contact lines. Particles attract to apparent […]

    Tuesday Jul 13

    MEAM Seminar: “A Methodology for Self-Replicating Robots from Ice”

    July 13, 2021 @ 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM /
    Zoom - Email MEAM for Link peterlit@seas.upenn.edu

    In the late 1940s, John von Neumann first introduced the concept of self-replication as a way of furthering cellular reproduction research. By the late ‘50s and ’60s this research diverges […]

    Tuesday Jul 13

    MEAM Ph.D. Thesis Defense: “From Deployments of Elder Care Service Robots to the Design of Affordable Low-Complexity End-Effectors and Novel Manipulation Techniques”

    July 13, 2021 @ 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM /
    Zoom - Email MEAM for Link peterlit@seas.upenn.edu

    Older adults are forming a much larger percentage of the population leading to a strain in the healthcare sector. It is expected that the population aged 65 and over in […]

    Thursday Jul 15

    CBE PhD Dissertation Defense | “Bijels for Continuous Reactive Separation”

    July 15, 2021 @ 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM /
    Zoom - Email CBE for link

    Abstract:  Several chemical processes involve the use of mutually immiscible molecules, for example a water-soluble catalyst is used in combination with oil-soluble reagents to produce water soluble products. There are […]

    Thursday Jul 15

    CBE PhD Dissertation Defense | “Diverse Roles of Nuclear Intermediate Filaments in Proliferating Cells”

    July 15, 2021 @ 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM /
    Zoom - Email CBE for link

    Abstract:  Embryonic tissues and cancer have in common the fact that they are both highly proliferative tissues rapidly moving through the cell cycle, as opposed to most other differentiated tissues […]

    Thursday Jul 15

    MEAM PhD Thesis Defense: “Modular Robots Morphology Transformation and Task Execution”

    July 15, 2021 @ 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM /
    Zoom - Email MEAM for Link peterlit@seas.upenn.edu

    Self-reconfigurable modular robots are composed of a small set of modules with uniform docking interfaces. Different from conventional robots that are custom-built and optimized for specific tasks, modular robots are […]

    Monday Jul 19

    MEAM PhD Thesis Defense: “Design of Proprioceptive Legged Robots”

    July 19, 2021 @ 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM /
    Zoom - Email MEAM for Link peterlit@seas.upenn.edu

    It has been twenty years since the advent of the first power-autonomous legged robots, yet they have still not yet been deployed at scale. One fundamental challenge in legged machines […]

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