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Singh Center for Nanotechnology 2021 Annual User Meeting
MSE Seminar: “Topological Physics: from Photons to Electrons”
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Auditorium, LRSM Building
3231 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States
There are many intriguing physical phenomena that are associated with topological features --- global properties that are not discernible locally. The best-known examples are quantum Hall effects in electronic systems, […]
BE Seminar: “Phage and Robotics-Assisted Biomolecular Evolution” (Emma Chory)
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Moore 216
200 S. 33rd Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States
This seminar will be held live and broadcast on zoom - check email for link or contact ksas@seas.upenn.edu. Evolution occurs when selective pressures from the environment shape inherited variation over […]
GRASP on Robotics: “The Importance of Pneumatic Actuation in Adaptive Robotic Devices”
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Abstract: Soft pneumatic actuators have become a popular implement in modern robotic systems due to their intrinsic mechanical compliance, which affords researchers levels of robustness and adaptability that can be […]
PICS Colloquium: “Kinetic theory for superparameterization of sea ice dynamics”
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PICS Conference Room 534 - A Wing , 5th Floor
3401 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States
Arctic sea ice comprises of many ice floes whose dynamics is driven by oceanic/atmospheric currents and floe-floe interaction. Models of the effective sea ice dynamics at large scales typically employ hydrodynamic equations of […]
CBE PhD Dissertation Defense | “Process Development and Modeling for the Advancement of Direct Air Capture Technologies”
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Zoom - Email CBE for link
Abstract: "As the catastrophic effects of climate change are felt throughout our global society, we must take immediate action. A portfolio of climate solutions must include both deep and robust […]
MEAM Seminar: “Robotics Goes Soft: Challenges and Achievements, for New Robotics Scenarios”
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Zoom - Email MEAM for Link
peterlit@seas.upenn.edu
Largely inspired by the observation of the role of soft tissues in living organisms, the use of soft materials for building robots is recognized as one of the current challenges […]
ODEI Spotlight: Diversity Lecture Series at Penn, “Addressing a More Complex and Encompassing Understanding of Identity”
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Speaker: Melissa E. Sanchez, Ph.D. Center for Research in Feminist, Queer, and Transgender Studies Topic: Addressing a More Complex and Encompassing Understanding of Identity Date: Wednesday, October 27, 2021 Time: […]
Fall 2021 GRASP SFI: “Physics-inspired learning for discontinuous contact dynamics”
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Levine 307
3330 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States
*This will be a HYBRID Event with in-person attendance in Levine 307 and Virtual attendance via Zoom here… Frictional contact is the core underlying behavior of robot locomotion and manipulation, […]
ODEI Spotlight: Society of Women Engineers GSK Info Session
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Society of Women Engineers GSK Info Session Wednesday, October 27 from 6-7 PM GSK is hosting an information session for students of all grade levels! GSK is hiring for […]
ESE Fall Colloquium Seminar – “Transforming Ideas to Reality: Emerging Nanotechnologies from the “Lab” to the “Fab””
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Raisler Lounge (Room 225), Towne Building
220 South 33rd Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States
Emerging nanotechnologies promise to enable a wide-range of next-generation applications - from energy-efficient computing to personalized healthcare. Yet many emerging nanotechnologies face substantial inherent imperfections and variations that have rendered […]
MSE Grace Hopper Lecture: “Optics on the Nanoscale: Conquering Absorption with Nonlinear Optics”
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Auditorium, LRSM Building
3231 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States
Optical nanostructures enable molding the flow of light on the subwavelength scale rendering possible the realization of compact, cost-effective, flat and highly efficient optical components for imaging, spectroscopy, sensing, and […]