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MEAM Ph.D. Thesis Defense: “Addressing Stiffness-induced Challenges In Modeling and Identification of Rigid Body Systems with Frictional Impact”
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Moore 216
200 S. 33rd Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States
Imperfect but useful dynamical models have enabled significant progress in planning and controlling robotic locomotion and manipulation. Traditionally, these models have been physics-based, with accuracy relying upon manual calibration only […]
MSE PhD Defense: Autonomous Stimuli-Responsive Metamaterials Based on Liquid Crystal Elastomers
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Towne 227 (MEAM Conference Room)
220 S. 33rd Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States
Numerous responsive materials have been developed in recent decades and applied toward engineering challenges ranging from medicine to robotics. For example, polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS), hydrogels, shape memory polymers (SMPs), liquid crystal […]
BE Doctoral Dissertation Defense: “Decellularized Cartilage for Airway Repair” (Paul Gehret)
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Wu and Chen Auditorium (Room 101), Levine Hall
3330 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States
The Department of Bioengineering at the University of Pennsylvania and Dr. Riccardo Gottardi are pleased to announce the Doctoral Dissertation Defense of Paul Gehret. Title: “Decellularized Cartilage for Airway Repair”. […]
MEAM Seminar: “Multi-robot Coordination Via Graph-based Computation”
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Towne 337
Multi-robot coordination and cooperation are critical behaviors that improve team performance and enable new tasks in application areas like autonomous construction, agriculture, and extended operation in large unknown regions. This […]
MEAM Ph.D. Thesis Defense: “Design and Self-Reconfiguration Planning for Variable Topology Truss Robots”
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Room 337, Towne Building
220 South 33rd Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States
A modular self-reconfigurable robot (MSRR) is a set of robotic building blocks that can be connected together in different ways. By rearranging these connections, the robot can adapt its shape […]
BE Doctoral Dissertation Defense: “Novel Applications of In Vivo Assays, Microdialysis and Photoacoustic Ultrasound, Throughout Rat Achilles Tendon Injury and Healing” (Joseph Newton)
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CRB Auditorium
415 Curie Boulevard, Philadelphia, PA, United States
The Department of Bioengineering at the University of Pennsylvania and Dr. Louis Soslowsky are pleased to announce the Doctoral Dissertation Defense of Joseph Newton. Title: Novel Applications of In Vivo […]
ESE PhD Thesis Defense: “Chemical vapor deposition synthesis of graphene and transition metal dichalcogenides and their applications”
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Room 337, Towne Building
220 South 33rd Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States
2D materials is a rapidly expanding class of materials that have captivated academia and industry with their ultrathin nature and remarkable properties. Graphene, the first discovered material, shows exceptional mechanical […]
CBE PhD Thesis Defense: “Comparative analysis of aneuploidy in suspension cancer lines and solid tumors: insights from single cell sequencing approaches”
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Glandt Forum, Singh Center for Nanotechnology
3205 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States
Aneuploidy, a cancer hallmark, has intrigued researchers due to its near-universal presence in cancer. However, studying its impact is challenging due to the involvement of numerous genes and the difficulty […]
MEAM Ph.D. Thesis Defense: “Adding Actuation to Found Material: A Design Methodology”
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Levine 307
3330 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States
Engineers in modern society are taught to design and build structures and robots from pre-processed materials, giving them the ability to describe the operating capacity of their structure with a […]
BE Doctoral Dissertation Defense: “In Situ and In Vivo Roles of Focal Adhesion Kinase in Tendon Development and Mechanotransduction” (Thomas Leahy)
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CRB Auditorium
415 Curie Boulevard, Philadelphia, PA, United States
The Department of Bioengineering at the University of Pennsylvania and Dr. Louis Soslowsky are pleased to announce the Doctoral Dissertation Defense of Thomas Leahy. Title: "In Situ and In Vivo Roles of Focal Adhesion […]