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  • August 2024

  • Tuesday Aug 20

    MEAM Seminar: “Impulse-Induced Dynamic Transitions in Flexible Mechanical Metamaterials: Harnessing Nonlinear Wave Dynamics for Advanced Engineering Applications”

    August 20, 2024 @ 10:15 AM - 11:15 AM /
    Room 337, Towne Building 220 South 33rd Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States

    Mechanical metamaterials are artificially designed structures that offer unique properties like negative Poisson’s ratio, tunable stiffness, and advanced thermal characteristics. While the static properties of mechanical metamaterials have been widely […]

    Wednesday Aug 21

    MEAM Seminar: “Programmable Strain-responsive Biopolymer Networks Adapt to High Magnitudes of Mechanical Loading”

    August 21, 2024 @ 10:15 AM - 11:15 AM /
    Towne 337

    Biopolymer hydrogel materials typically exhibit relatively low range of programmable modulus less than 100 kPa, which limits their biomedical applications, such as in articular cartilage and synthetic joints, where tissues […]

    Wednesday Aug 21

    BE Doctoral Dissertation Defense: “Engineering Magnetic Devices and Nanoparticle Platforms to Improve Drug Accumulation and Penetration in Tumors for Enhanced Cancer Treatment” (Bian Jang)

    August 21, 2024 @ 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM /
    Towne 337

    The Department of Bioengineering at the University of Pennsylvania and Dr. Andrew Tsourkas proudly announce the Doctoral Dissertation Defense of Bian Jang. Title: Engineering Magnetic Devices and Nanoparticle Platforms to […]

    Thursday Aug 22

    MEAM Ph.D. Thesis Defense: “Enhancing Photophoretic Levitation using Three-dimensional Structures for Flight in the Mesosphere and on Mars”

    August 22, 2024 @ 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM /
    Towne 319 220 S. 33rd Street, Philadelphia, United States

    Current propulsion and flight mechanisms limit atmospheric observations. The mesosphere is too dense for satellites and too thin for typical planes and balloons, with similar conditions found in the Martian […]

    Thursday Aug 22

    BE Doctoral Dissertation Defense: “Right ventricular remodeling in tetralogy of Fallot” (Beth Thompson)

    August 22, 2024 @ 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM /
    Class of 62 Auditorium, John Morgan Building 3620 Hamilton Walk, Philadelphia, PA

    The Department of Bioengineering at the University of Pennsylvania and Dr. Walter Witschey proudly announce the Doctoral Dissertation Defense of Beth Thompson. Title: Right ventricular remodeling in tetralogy of Fallot […]

    Wednesday Aug 28

    CBE Doctoral Dissertation Defense: “High-Pressure Reactions on Metals and Metal Oxides in Mesoporous Silica” (Ching-Yu Wang)

    August 28, 2024 @ 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM /
    Raisler Lounge (Room 225), Towne Building 220 South 33rd Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States

    Abstract: SBA-15, a type of mesoporous silica, is an attractive support for heterogeneous catalysts due to its high surface area, one-dimensional uniform pore structure, and high thermal stability. However, modifying […]

    Wednesday Aug 28

    CBE Seminar: “Self-assembly Models for Crystal Growth and Phase Transitions” (Julia Dshemuchadse, Cornell University)

    August 28, 2024 @ 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM /
    Wu and Chen Auditorium (Room 101), Levine Hall 3330 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States

    Abstract: How can we make new materials and better understand how their underlying structures form? The direct observation of crystal growth and transitions remains supremely challenging, but gaining insight into […]

  • September 2024

  • Tuesday Sep 3

    MEAM Seminar: “CRISPR-Programmed Microfluidic Devices for DNA Detection, Computing and Digital Display”

    September 3, 2024 @ 10:15 AM - 11:15 AM /
    Wu and Chen Auditorium (Room 101), Levine Hall 3330 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States

    CRISPR is a gene editing technique that allows researchers to quickly and precisely edit genome sequences. Beyond gene editing, CRISPR-Cas systems can be repurposed as a programmable platform for other […]

    Wednesday Sep 4

    ASSET Seminar: “Bridging the Gap Between Learning and Programming”

    September 4, 2024 @ 12:00 PM - 1:15 PM /
    Raisler Lounge (Room 225), Towne Building 220 South 33rd Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States

    Abstract:  For decades, we have built software by writing code, but in recent years machine learning has emerged as a new approach to create software with features that would be […]

    Wednesday Sep 4

    CBE Seminar: “Pressure-induced Nanoparticle Assembly” (Hongyou Fan, Sandia National Laboratories)

    September 4, 2024 @ 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM /
    Wu and Chen Auditorium (Room 101), Levine Hall 3330 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States

    Abstract: Precise control of structural parameters through nanoscale engineering to improve optical and electronic properties of functional nanomaterials continuously remains an outstanding challenge. Previous work on nanoparticle synthesis and assembly […]

    Thursday Sep 5

    MEAM Ph.D. Thesis Defense: “Controlling Contact Transitions for Dynamic Robots”

    September 5, 2024 @ 10:15 AM - 11:15 AM /
    Towne 311 220 S. 33rd Street, Philadelphia, United States

    Legged robots, robotic manipulators, and their combined embodiment as humanoid robots have received considerable attention across both academia and industry. However, with few notable exceptions, state-of-the-art demonstrations are significantly less […]

    Thursday Sep 5

    MSE Seminar: “Working Safely in the Lab: Navigating Common Laboratory Hazards in MSE Research”

    September 5, 2024 @ 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM /
    Wu and Chen Auditorium (Room 101), Levine Hall 3330 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States

    EHRS staff will discuss how to work safely in the lab while navigating the changing landscape of materials science and engineering research. The talk will also cover; - Standard orientation […]

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