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SUMMARY:Penn Engineering 2023 Commencement Open House
DESCRIPTION:Immediately following the University Ceremony\, Penn Engineering will host an Open House for the School’s returning graduates and their families throughout the first floors of the main Engineering complex. \nIncluded are photo booth opportunities\, a t-shirt giveaway (including a live t-shirt press!)\, and light refreshments. Department offices will also be open as a location for graduates and their loved ones to connect one last time with staff and faculty. Please join us! \nMore information\, including a map of departmental locations\, is available here.
URL:https://seasevents.nmsdev7.com/event/penn-engineering-2023-commencement-open-house/
LOCATION:PA
CATEGORIES:Faculty,Doctoral,Graduate,Student,Master's,Commencement,Undergraduate,Staff
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230513T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230513T160000
DTSTAMP:20260404T185742
CREATED:20230324T201525Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230324T201525Z
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SUMMARY:Penn Engineering Commencement 2023: Undergraduate Ceremony
DESCRIPTION:Celebrate the Penn Engineering Undergraduate Class of 2023. Additional information is available on the Penn Engineering Commencement website.
URL:https://seasevents.nmsdev7.com/event/penn-engineering-commencement-2023-undergraduate-ceremony/
LOCATION:Palestra\, 223 South 33rd Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Faculty,Student,Alumni,Commencement,Undergraduate
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230513T093000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230513T101500
DTSTAMP:20260404T185742
CREATED:20230504T134157Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230504T134157Z
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SUMMARY:Penn Engineering Portrait Celebration in Honor of Ms. Cora Ingrum and Ms. Donna Hampton
DESCRIPTION:Dean Vijay Kumar invites members of the Penn Engineering community to attend the unveiling of commissioned portraits of: \nMs. Cora Ingrum \nby Patricia Watwood \nand \nMs. Donna Hampton\nby Ashon Crawley \nThere will be a breakfast reception to follow.
URL:https://seasevents.nmsdev7.com/event/penn-engineering-portrait-celebration-in-honor-of-ms-cora-ingrum-and-ms-donna-hampton/
LOCATION:Heilmeier Hall (Room 100)\, Towne Building\, 220 South 33rd Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Faculty,Doctoral,Graduate,Student,Master's,Alumni,Commencement,Undergraduate,Diversity, Equity and Inclusion,Staff
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230512T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230512T163000
DTSTAMP:20260404T185742
CREATED:20230324T201232Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230324T201232Z
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SUMMARY:Penn Engineering Commencement 2023: Master's Ceremony
DESCRIPTION:Celebrate the Penn Engineering 2023 Master’s Graduates. Additional information is available on the Penn Engineering Commencement website.
URL:https://seasevents.nmsdev7.com/event/penn-engineering-commencement-2023-masters-ceremony/
LOCATION:Palestra\, 223 South 33rd Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Faculty,Graduate,Student,Master's,Alumni,Commencement
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230512T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230512T100000
DTSTAMP:20260404T185742
CREATED:20230505T202001Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230505T202001Z
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SUMMARY:ESE PhD Thesis Defense: "Control and Optimization over Large-Scale Networks"
DESCRIPTION:The future of the Internet of Things (IoT) envisions very large networks of spatially distributed devices cooperating to solve common tasks in both industrial and urban environments. That vision fundamentally relies on the use of wireless communication across such networks to enable flexibility\, mobility\, and dynamic configurations. To help realize that vision\, we discuss three related challenges in this dissertation. First\, we present a constrained reinforcement learning framework for the joint design of control and communication policies in wireless control systems. As the scale of deployment of spatially distributed control systems grows\, however\, the performance of learned policies deteriorate. In the second part of this talk we then investigate the design of scalable and transferable resource allocation policies to govern communication in wireless control systems. We conclude the talk by generalizing that approach to large-scale distributed optimization problems and show that one can learn distributed optimization algorithms that match or exceed the performance of hand-crafted ones.
URL:https://seasevents.nmsdev7.com/event/ese-phd-thesis-defense-control-and-optimization-over-large-scale-networks/
LOCATION:Room 452 C\, 3401 Walnut\, 3401 Walnut Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Dissertation or Thesis Defense
ORGANIZER;CN="Electrical and Systems Engineering":MAILTO:eseevents@seas.upenn.edu
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230511T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230511T163000
DTSTAMP:20260404T185742
CREATED:20230324T200626Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230324T200626Z
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SUMMARY:Penn Engineering Commencement 2023: Doctoral Ceremony
DESCRIPTION:Celebrate Penn Engineering’s 2023 Doctoral Graduates. Additional information is available on the Penn Engineering Commencement website.
URL:https://seasevents.nmsdev7.com/event/penn-engineering-commencement-2023-doctoral-ceremony/
LOCATION:Irvine Auditorium\, 3401 Spruce Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Faculty,Doctoral,Graduate,Student,Alumni,Commencement
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230511T113000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230511T123000
DTSTAMP:20260404T185742
CREATED:20230123T202829Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230123T202829Z
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SUMMARY:MSE David P. Pope Distinguished Lecture: "Intelligentsia of Nano-Architected Hierarchical Materials"
DESCRIPTION:  \nCreation of reconfigurable and multi-functional materials can be achieved by incorporating architecture into material design. In our research\, we design and fabricate three-dimensional (3D) nano-architected materials that can exhibit superior and often tunable thermal\, photonic\, electrochemical\, biochemical\, and mechanical properties at extremely low mass densities (lighter than aerogels)\, which renders them useful and enabling in technological applications. Dominant properties of such meta-materials are driven by their multi-scale nature: from characteristic material microstructure (atoms) to individual constituents (nanometers) to structural components (microns) to overall architectures (millimeters and above). \nThe focus of this talk is on additive manufacturing via vat polymerization and function-containing chemical synthesis to create 3D nano- and micro-architected metals\, ceramics\, multifunctional metal oxides (nano-photonics\, photocatalytic\, piezoelectric\, etc.)\, and metal-containing polymer complexes\, etc.\, as well as demonstrate their potential in some real-use biomedical\, protective\, and sensing applications. I will describe how the choice of architecture\, material\, and external stimulus can elicit stimulus- responsive\, reconfigurable\, and multifunctional response.
URL:https://seasevents.nmsdev7.com/event/mse-david-p-pope-lecture-intelligentsia-of-nano-architected-hierarchical-materials/
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
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230510T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230510T160000
DTSTAMP:20260404T185742
CREATED:20230502T130908Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230502T130908Z
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SUMMARY:MEAM Ph.D. Thesis Defense: "Aluminum Scandium Nitride (AlScN) Films for Microelectromechanical Systems"
DESCRIPTION:Advancements in wireless and sensor technology have resulted in increasing demand for piezoelectric MEMS devices in wireless handsets and base stations\, automobile technology\, health monitoring sensors\, and environmental sensors. Due to its high-quality factor (Q)\, Young’s modulus\, sound velocity\, and low mechanical and dielectric losses\, AlN is an advantageous resonator material with applications in radio frequency filtering. AlN’s low piezoelectric coefficients\, however\, limit its application\, especially when large electromechanical coupling is required such as wide bandwidth acoustic filters and energy harvesters. In 2009 it was discovered that alloying AlN with Scandium (Sc) increases its d33 piezoelectric coefficient by over 500% and maintains compatibility with post-CMOS integration when deposited below 400∘{1}*C. As process parameters and Sc levels are modified to enhance performance\, this also impacts the built-in stress in the film. Undesired stress can degrade device performance in thin films and cause undesired deformations in released MEMS structures. Undesired phases and anomalously oriented grains (AOGs) reduce piezoelectric coefficients\, film orientation\, and modify stress. AOGs also render etching of device structures problematic as the AOG regions etch at a much lower rate. AlScN theoretical material models do not capture these and other fabrication related effects and often fail to accurately predict the electromechanical properties of AlScN thin films. \nThis presentation will discuss the origins of stress and anomalous grain formation in AlScN physical vapor deposition processes\, establish methods to control the stress\, and inhibit anomalous grain growth over a range of scandium alloying levels to yield high quality AlScN films with large piezoelectric coefficients. The physical mechanism behind stress gradients in AlScN thin films and methods mitigate stress gradients to reduce out-of-plane deformations in released MEMS structures will also be discussed. I demonstrate a technique where the total process gas flow is varied during the deposition to compensate for the native through-thickness stress gradient in sputtered AlScN thin films. Finally\, I will provide methods to extract the AlScN stiffness\, piezoelectric\, and permittivity tenors from MEMS structures carefully designed to isolate various electromechanical parameters. A suite of device structures capable of measuring the key electromechanical properties of AlScN materials as a function of Sc alloying are demonstrated. Extraction of electromechanical properties is performed by matching solutions using COMSOL Multiphysics Finite Element Solver with the measurements obtained from the suite of device structures. This presentation provides physical vapor deposition parameters to deposit low stress\, stress gradient free\, and AOG free AlScN films\, fabrication processes to develop AlScN devices\, as well as electromechanical material models with complete material parameters to predict device performance. These are crucial innovations enabling the realization of devices in Al1−xScxN thin films. \n{1}*M. Akiyama\, T. Kamohara\, K. Kano\, A. Teshigahara\, Y. Takeuchi\, and N. Kawahara. (2009). Enhancement of piezoelectric response in scandium aluminum nitride alloy thin films prepared by dual reactive cosputtering. Advanced Materials\, 21(5)\, 593-596.
URL:https://seasevents.nmsdev7.com/event/meam-ph-d-thesis-defense-aluminum-scandium-nitride-alscn-films-for-microelectromechanical-systems/
LOCATION:Towne 307\, 220 S. 33rd Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Doctoral,Dissertation or Thesis Defense
ORGANIZER;CN="Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics":MAILTO:meam@seas.upenn.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230510T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230510T150000
DTSTAMP:20260404T185742
CREATED:20230419T153059Z
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SUMMARY:BE Doctoral Dissertation Defense: "Engineering stem cells and organoids on a chip for the study of human health and disease" (Sunghee Estelle Park)
DESCRIPTION:The Department of Bioengineering at the University of Pennsylvania and Dr. Dan Huh are pleased to announce the Doctoral Dissertation Defense of Sunghee Estelle Park. \nTitle: Engineering stem cells and organoids on a chip for the study of human health and disease\nDate: Wednesday\, May 10\, 2023\nTime: 1:00 pm\nLocation: Towne 225 Raisler Lounge \nThe public is welcome to attend. \n 
URL:https://seasevents.nmsdev7.com/event/be-doctoral-dissertation-defense-engineering-stem-cells-and-organoids-on-a-chip-for-the-study-of-human-health-and-disease-sunghee-estelle-park/
LOCATION:Raisler Lounge (Room 225)\, Towne Building\, 220 South 33rd Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Doctoral,Graduate,Student,Dissertation or Thesis Defense
ORGANIZER;CN="Bioengineering":MAILTO:be@seas.upenn.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230510T093000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230510T093000
DTSTAMP:20260404T185742
CREATED:20230508T140331Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230508T140331Z
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SUMMARY:ESE PhD Thesis Defense: "Event-based Perception for Ground Vehicle Control"
DESCRIPTION:Autonomous vehicles rely on environmental perception to inform the system on how to act. Vision sensors\, such as conventional cameras\, have been at the forefront of the perception of most mobile platforms. However\, conventional cameras have limitations such as high data rates\, low dynamic range\, and high latency. Dynamic vision sensors\, such as event cameras\, address and overcome those shortcomings by recording changes in the logarithm of light intensity at pixel level asynchronously and independently. With the benefits of high dynamic range\, low power consumption\, low latency\, and high temporal resolution\, event cameras excel as vision sensors for autonomous ground vehicle applications. This dissertation highlights the use of event cameras to inform control decisions for autonomous ground vehicles. Additionally\, it introduces a new 1/10th scale autonomous testing platform\, Ryder.
URL:https://seasevents.nmsdev7.com/event/ese-phd-thesis-defense-event-based-perception-for-ground-vehicle-control/
LOCATION:Wu and Chen Auditorium (Room 101)\, Levine Hall\, 3330 Walnut Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Dissertation or Thesis Defense
ORGANIZER;CN="Electrical and Systems Engineering":MAILTO:eseevents@seas.upenn.edu
END:VEVENT
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230508T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230508T140000
DTSTAMP:20260404T185742
CREATED:20230414T180921Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230414T180921Z
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SUMMARY:2023 Heilmeier Award Lecture: Dr. Dani S. Bassett
DESCRIPTION:“On Being Curious”\nWhat is curiosity? Is it an emotion? A behavior? A cognitive process? Curiosity seems to be an abstract concept — like love\, perhaps\, or justice — far from the realm of those bits of nature that science can possibly address. However\, contrary to intuition\, leading theories of curiosity from history\, philosophy\, and psychology are surprisingly amenable to formalization in an emerging branch of mathematics known as network science. Such a formalization allows theories of curiosity to be explicitly tested and validated in linguistic and behavioral data. In understanding the foundational processes of curiosity\, we can turn to pressing societal questions that can only be addressed through interdisciplinary work that foregrounds a critical consciousness. How can we practice\, mentor\, and teach curiosity? In what ways might we value and support diverse curiosities? What is an ethical curiosity?
URL:https://seasevents.nmsdev7.com/event/2023-heilmeier-award-lecture-dr-dani-s-bassett/
LOCATION:Glandt Forum\, Singh Center for Nanotechnology\, 3205 Walnut Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Seminar,Distinguished Lecture,Faculty
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230508T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230508T120000
DTSTAMP:20260404T185742
CREATED:20230502T190310Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230502T190310Z
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SUMMARY:BE Doctoral Dissertation Defense: "Resident Macrophages in Tendon Growth and Development" (Catherine Bautista)
DESCRIPTION:The Department of Bioengineering at the University of Pennsylvania and Dr. Nathaniel Dyment are pleased to announce the Doctoral Dissertation Defense of Catherine Bautista.\n\nTitle: Resident Macrophages in Tendon Growth and Development\nDate: May 8\, 2023\nTime: 10:00am\nLocation: JMB Class of ’62 Auditorium\n\nZoom: https://upenn.zoom.us/j/94981950758?pwd=TEdHN0FQU2MvMk52KzhaTTM0MWJvZz09\n\nThe public is welcome to attend.
URL:https://seasevents.nmsdev7.com/event/be-doctoral-dissertation-defense-resident-macrophages-in-tendon-growth-and-development-catherine-bautista/
LOCATION:Class of 62 Auditorium\, John Morgan Building\, 3620 Hamilton Walk\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104
CATEGORIES:Doctoral,Graduate,Student,Dissertation or Thesis Defense
ORGANIZER;CN="Bioengineering":MAILTO:be@seas.upenn.edu
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230505T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230505T160000
DTSTAMP:20260404T185742
CREATED:20230427T144402Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230427T144402Z
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SUMMARY:Spring 2023 Robotics MSE Thesis Presentations
DESCRIPTION:This is a hybrid event that will take place in Towne 337 and via Zoom.\n\n\n12:30pm – Welcome Remarks\nDr. Ani Hsieh – ROBO Program Chair \n12:35pm – Haoran Tang\nAdvised by: Dr. Pratik Chaudhari\n“Navigating the Task Manifold” \n1:05pm – Ankit Prabhu\nAdvised by: Dr. Vijay Kumar\n“Robots in Timberland: Towards Fine-Grained Semantic Mapping by UAVs in Forests for Diameter Estimation” \n1:35pm – Xiatao Sun\nAdvised by: Dr. Vijay Kumar\n“Imitation Learning for Autonomous Quadrotor Flight“ \n2:05pm – Bo Wu\nAdvised by: Dr. Kostas Daniilidis\n“The Role of Mapping in Modern Robot Navigation Tasks” \n2:35pm – Maya Guru\nAdvised by: Rahul Mangharam\n“Ethics and Liability Considerations of Autonomous Vehicle Driving Policies”\n\n3:05pm – Jinxu Zhang\nAdvised by: Jianbo Shi\n“Detection and Curation of Generated Images from Diffusion Model” \n3:35pm – Kaihan Zhu (CIS)\nAdvised by: Jianbo Shi\n“Experiment on Super Resolution Through UNet and Diffusion Transformer”
URL:https://seasevents.nmsdev7.com/event/spring-2023-robotics-mse-thesis-presentations/
LOCATION:Towne 337
CATEGORIES:Master's
ORGANIZER;CN="General Robotics%2C Automation%2C Sensing and Perception (GRASP) Lab":MAILTO:grasplab@seas.upenn.edu
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230504T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230504T163000
DTSTAMP:20260404T185742
CREATED:20230427T143814Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230427T143814Z
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SUMMARY:[VIRTUAL] Spring 2023 Robotics MSE Capstone Presentation
DESCRIPTION:This is a virtual event via Zoom. \nZachary Block\, Amar Mohanty\, Keyan Zhai\nAdvised by Dr. Mark Yim\n“Automated At-Home Fall Assessment for the Elderly Using Computer Vision”
URL:https://seasevents.nmsdev7.com/event/spring-2023-robotics-mse-capstone-presentation/
LOCATION:https://upenn.zoom.us/j/96715197752
CATEGORIES:Master's
ORGANIZER;CN="General Robotics%2C Automation%2C Sensing and Perception (GRASP) Lab":MAILTO:grasplab@seas.upenn.edu
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230504T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230504T163000
DTSTAMP:20260404T185742
CREATED:20221220T152757Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221220T152757Z
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SUMMARY:BE Seminar: "Bioengineered Platforms for Mechanistic Understandings and Therapeutic Interventions" (Shyni Varghese\, Duke University)
DESCRIPTION:This talk will be held in person in Glandt Forum; snacks will be served. \nRegenerative medicine is an interdisciplinary field that has significant promise for treating compromised tissues and organs. In our laboratory\, we use a number of tools including biomaterials\, organoids\, quantitative modeling\, and animal models to gain new fundamental understandings and identify therapeutic targets. In this talk\, I will show several examples from our lab illustrating the use of such platforms to address key problems in tissue repair with aging and disease progression. First\, I will discuss our efforts in creating synthetic analogs of the extracellular matrix to direct stem cell commitment in vitro and in vivo with a focus on bone tissue repair and employing such platforms to understand molecular mechanisms underlying bone homeostasis and identifying new therapeutic targets (Shih et al.\, PNAS 111: 990\, 2014; 114: 5419 2017; Kang H et al.\, Biomacromolecules 16: 1050\, 2015; Shih et al.\, Sci. Adv. 5: eaax1387\, 2019). Next\, I will discuss how these understandings can be leveraged to develop therapeutic interventions to promote tissue repair and mitigate pain (Zeng et al.\, Adv. Mater. 32\, 2020). Finally\, I will end the talk by discussing our ongoing efforts in studying the effect of aging on neuroinflammation.
URL:https://seasevents.nmsdev7.com/event/be-seminar-shyni-varghese-duke-university/
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:20230504T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230504T120000
DTSTAMP:20260404T185742
CREATED:20230502T190831Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230502T190831Z
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SUMMARY:BE Doctoral Dissertation Defense: "Next-generation Analyses of T Cell Receptor Repertoires" (Michael Malone)
DESCRIPTION:The Department of Bioengineering at the University of Pennsylvania and Dr. Jenny Jiang are pleased to announce the Doctoral Dissertation Defense of Michael Malone.\n\nTitle: Next-generation Analyses of T Cell Receptor Repertoires\nDate: May 4\, 2023\nTime: 10am – 12pm\nLocation: Raisler Lounge\, 225 Towne Building\n\nThe public is welcome to attend.\n\nZoom info:\n\nJoin Zoom Meeting https://upenn.zoom.us/j/91374286405?pwd=emlINmhjWkVrd2NBWkhYcURtTHhhdz09 Meeting ID: 913 7428 6405 Passcode: 173194 One tap mobile +16465588656\,\,91374286405# US (New York) +13017158592\,\,91374286405# US (Washington DC) Dial by your location +1 646 558 8656 US (New York) +1 301 715 8592 US (Washington DC) +1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago) +1 669 900 9128 US (San Jose) +1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma) +1 346 248 7799 US (Houston) Meeting ID: 913 7428 6405 Find your local number: https://upenn.zoom.us/u/ad5ezT97KB
URL:https://seasevents.nmsdev7.com/event/be-doctoral-dissertation-defense-next-generation-analyses-of-t-cell-receptor-repertoires-michael-malone/
LOCATION:Raisler Lounge (Room 225)\, Towne Building\, 220 South 33rd Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Doctoral,Graduate,Student,Dissertation or Thesis Defense
ORGANIZER;CN="Bioengineering":MAILTO:be@seas.upenn.edu
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230503T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230503T133000
DTSTAMP:20260404T185742
CREATED:20230104T184915Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230104T184915Z
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SUMMARY:ASSET Seminar: Neurosymbolic Programming for Science\, Swarat Chaudhuri (University of Texas at Austin)
DESCRIPTION:PRESENTATION ABSTRACT: \nNeurosymbolic programming (NSP) is an emerging area of computing that bridges the fields of deep learning and program synthesis. Like in classical machine learning\, the goal here is to learn functions from data. However\, these functions are represented as programs that use neural network modules as well as symbolic primitives and are induced using a mix of symbolic search and gradient-based optimization. \nIn this talk\, I will give an elementary introduction to NSP and show how methods in this area have natural applications in accelerating scientific discovery. Specifically\, using applications in behavioral neuroscience\, I will show that NSP offers natural ways of incorporating prior knowledge into data-driven scientific discovery and interpreting discovered knowledge. I will conclude with a discussion of some of the open technical challenges in NSP in general and NSP-for-science in particular.
URL:https://seasevents.nmsdev7.com/event/asset-seminar-tba-swarat-chaudhuri-university-of-texas-at-austin/
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:20230427T093000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230427T123000
DTSTAMP:20260404T185742
CREATED:20230418T183830Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230418T183830Z
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SUMMARY:Abstraction in Language and Systems: A Symposium in Honor of Barbara Liskov
DESCRIPTION:ABSTRACTION IN LANGUAGES AND SYSTEMS \n \n  \nLaureate symposium honoring Barbara Liskov\, recipient of the 2023 Benjamin Franklin Medal in Computer and Cognitive Science \n  \n  \n  \nFeaturing: \nBarbara Liskov\, Ph.D.\, Laureate \nMassachusetts Institute of Technology \nLorenzo Alvisi\, Ph.D. \nCornell University \nMaurice Herlihy\, Ph.D. \nBrown University \nAndrew Myers\, Ph.D. \nCornell University \n  \nLocation:      \nUniversity of Pennsylvania \nBerger Auditorium \nSkirkanich Hall \n210 S 33rd Street \nPhiladelphia\, PA 19104 \nwww.upenn.edu \n  \nLEARN MORE \n  \nContact:               Prof. Mitch Marcus\, University of Pennsylvania \n  \nSponsored by: \n The Franklin Institute and the University of Pennsylvania Department of Computer and Information Science and School of Engineering and Applied Science
URL:https://seasevents.nmsdev7.com/event/abstraction-in-language-and-systems-a-symposium-in-honor-of-barbara-liskov/
LOCATION:Berger Auditorium (Room 13)\, Skirkanich Hall\, 210 South 33rd Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Symposium
ORGANIZER;CN="Computer and Information Science":MAILTO:cherylh@cis.upenn.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230426T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230426T163000
DTSTAMP:20260404T185742
CREATED:20230206T142039Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230206T142039Z
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SUMMARY:CBE Seminar Series: "Multiscale Bioinspired Material Intelligence" (Markus J. Buehler\, Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
DESCRIPTION:Abstract: \nDigital biomaterials are designed through an integrated approach of large-scale computational modeling\, material informatics\, and artificial intelligence/machine learning to optimize and leverage novel smart material manufacturing for advanced mechanical properties. Through the use of nanotechnology and additive manufacturing\, and bio-inspired methods\, we can now mimic and improve upon natural processes by which materials evolve\, are manufactured\, and how they meet changing functional needs. In this talk we show how we use mechanics to fabricate innovative materials from the molecular scale upwards\, with built-in bio-inspired intelligence and novel properties\, while sourced from sustainable resources\, and breaking the barrier between living and non-living systems. Applied specifically to protein materials\, this integrated materiomic approach is revolutionizing the way we design and use materials\, and has the potential to impact many industries\, as we harness data-driven modeling and manufacturing across domains and applications. The talk will cover several case studies covering distinct scales\, from spider webs and silk\, to collagen\, to biomineralized materials\, as well as applications to food and agriculture\, and focuses on mechanistic insights using scaling laws and size effect studies. \nBio: \nMarkus J. Buehler is the McAfee Professor of Engineering at MIT (an Institute-wide Endowed Chair)\, a member of the Center for Materials Science and Engineering\, and the Center for Computational Science and Engineering at the Schwarzman College of Computing. He holds academic appointments in Mechanical Engineering and Civil and Environmental Engineering. In his research\, Professor Buehler pursues new modeling\, design and manufacturing approaches for advanced biomaterials that offer greater resilience and a wide range of controllable properties from the nano- to the macroscale. His interests include a variety of functional material properties including mechanical\, optical and biological\, linking chemical features\, hierarchical and multiscale structures\, to performance in the context of physiological\, pathological and other extreme conditions. His methods include molecular and multiscale modeling\, design\, as well as experimental synthesis and characterization. His particular interest lies in the mechanics of complex hierarchical materials with features across scales (e.g. nanotubes\, graphene and natural biomaterial nanostructures including protein materials such as intermediate filaments and hair\, collagen\, silk and elastin\, and other structural biomaterials). An expert in computational materials science and AI\, he has pioneered the field of materiomics\, and demonstrated broad impacts in the study of mechanical properties of complex materials\, including predictive materials design and manufacturing. Between 2013-2020\, Buehler served as Department Head of MIT’s Civil and Environmental Engineering Department. He has held numerous other leadership roles at professional organizations\, including a term as President of the Society of Engineering Science (SES).
URL:https://seasevents.nmsdev7.com/event/cbe-seminar-series-multiscale-bioinspired-material-intelligence-markus-j-buehler-massachusetts-institute-of-technology/
LOCATION:Wu and Chen Auditorium (Room 101)\, Levine Hall\, 3330 Walnut Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Seminar
ORGANIZER;CN="Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering":MAILTO:cbemail@seas.upenn.edu
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230426T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230426T133000
DTSTAMP:20260404T185742
CREATED:20220909T161138Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220909T161138Z
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SUMMARY:ASSET Seminar: AI and Medicine: One Possible Future for Augmented Care\, Kevin B Johnson (University of Pennsylvania)
DESCRIPTION:Abstract: \nScientific discoveries\, fueled by data collected during the course of care\, are promising to radically change how we think about health\, disease\, prevention and treatment. However\, the very systems that are responsible for this tsunami of data are crippling many aspects of the care delivery system. In particular\, the burden of documentation\, the challenges of information retrieval\, and the regulatory pressure on the healthcare system are responsible for burnout and even attrition among healthcare professionals. This talk will briefly summarize the history of the present-day EHR\, describe some recent and promising advances using AI\, and propose some approaches to re-engineering our system of digitally-enhanced care to augment the cognitive capabilities of today’s healthcare providers.
URL:https://seasevents.nmsdev7.com/event/asset-seminar-ai-and-medicine-one-possible-future-for-augmented-care-kevin-b-johnson-university-of-pennsylvania-2/
LOCATION:Levine 307\, 3330 Walnut Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Seminar
ORGANIZER;CN="Computer and Information Science":MAILTO:cherylh@cis.upenn.edu
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230426T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230426T130000
DTSTAMP:20260404T185742
CREATED:20230420T143717Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230420T143717Z
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SUMMARY:2023 Franklin Medal Symposium Honoring Nader Engheta: "Sculpting Waves with Complex Structures" (Villanova Livestream)
DESCRIPTION:*This is an event hosted by Villanova University. To gain access to the livestream\, you must register to attend.* \nFeaturing presentations by a select group of world-class experts\, this symposium celebrates the groundbreaking contributions of Dr. Nader Engheta in complex electromagnetic structures\, plasmonics\, optical nanocircuitry\, and wave-based computing. The speakers discuss the current and future trends in the physics of light/matter interaction and present the latest innovations in electromagnetic and optical materials which promise to have broad applications in ultrafast computing\, communication technologies\, and high-resolution imaging. \nLearn more about this event (agenda\, speakers\, etc.). \nRegister with Villanova University to access the livestream.
URL:https://seasevents.nmsdev7.com/event/2023-franklin-medal-symposium-honoring-nader-engheta-sculpting-waves-with-complex-structures-villanova-livestream/
LOCATION:PA
CATEGORIES:Faculty,Symposium
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230425T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230425T113000
DTSTAMP:20260404T185742
CREATED:20230213T162653Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230213T162653Z
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SUMMARY:MEAM Seminar: “Laboratory Investigations of Wind Turbine Wakes at Field Reynolds Numbers”
DESCRIPTION:Wind turbines and wind farms present unique challenges—fluid mechanically—as they combine extremely high Reynolds numbers with additional time scales imposed by the rotation\, and three-dimensional effects. This implies that resolved numerical solutions are too computationally expensive and investigations in conventional wind tunnels are impossible due to the flow speeds and rotational rates needed in order to satisfy the dynamic similarity requirements. At Princeton\, we achieve the conditions a large wind turbine experiences\, experimentally\, by compressing the air around a model-scale turbine up to 238 bar. This yields conditions similar to those experienced by a field-sized turbine using a model that is only 20 cm in diameter. High pressure enables tests at high Reynolds numbers but at low velocities\, which implies that realistic non-dimensional frequencies can be tested even with such a small model. This unique feature is used both to study rotating wind turbines and their wakes\, as well as the unsteady aerodynamics that are involved in these machines.
URL:https://seasevents.nmsdev7.com/event/meam-seminar-laboratory-investigations-of-wind-turbine-wakes-at-field-reynolds-numbers/
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
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230424T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230424T140000
DTSTAMP:20260404T185742
CREATED:20230111T151827Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230111T151827Z
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SUMMARY:PSOC Seminar: "Leveraging dynamic biomaterials platforms to elucidate mechanisms of mechanical memory in disease and aging" (Christopher Madl\, Penn)
DESCRIPTION:Spring 2023 Hybrid-Seminar Series\nMondays 1.00-2.00 pm (EST)\nTowne 225 / Raisler Lounge\n“For Zoom link\, please contact <manu@seas.upenn.edu>”
URL:https://seasevents.nmsdev7.com/event/psoc-seminar-leveraging-dynamic-biomaterials-platforms-to-elucidate-mechanisms-of-mechanical-memory-in-disease-and-aging-christopher-madl-penn/
LOCATION:Raisler Lounge (Room 225)\, Towne Building\, 220 South 33rd Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Seminar,Faculty
ORGANIZER;CN="PSOC":MAILTO:manu@seas.upenn.edu
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230421T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230421T114500
DTSTAMP:20260404T185742
CREATED:20230124T162049Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230124T162049Z
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SUMMARY:Spring 2023 GRASP on Robotics: Vivienne Sze\, MIT\, "Efficient Computing for Autonomy and Navigation"
DESCRIPTION:This is a hybrid event with in-person attendance in Wu and Chen and virtual attendance via Zoom. This week’s presenter will be virtual.  \n  \nABSTRACT\nA broad range of next-generation applications will be enabled by low-energy autonomous vehicles including insect-size flapping wing robots that can help with search and rescue\, chip-size satellites that can explore nearby stars\, and blimps that can stay in the air for years to provide communication services in remote locations. Autonomy capabilities for these vehicles will be unlocked by building their computers from the ground up\, and by co-designing the algorithms and hardware for autonomy and navigation. In this talk\, I will present various methods\, algorithms\, and computing hardware that deliver significant improvements in energy consumption and processing speed for tasks such as visual-inertial navigation\, depth estimation\, motion planning\, mutual-information-based exploration\, and deep neural networks for robot perception. We will also discuss the importance of efficient computing to reduce carbon emissions for sustainable large-scale deployment of autonomous vehicles. \nMuch of the work presented in this talk was developed in the Low-Energy Autonomy and Navigation (LEAN) interdisciplinary group at MIT (http://lean.mit.edu)\, which is co-directed by Vivienne Sze and Sertac Karaman.
URL:https://seasevents.nmsdev7.com/event/spring-2023-grasp-on-robotics-vivienne-sze/
LOCATION:Wu and Chen Auditorium (Room 101)\, 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
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230421T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230421T110000
DTSTAMP:20260404T185742
CREATED:20230406T140250Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230406T140250Z
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SUMMARY:MEAM Seminar: "Design\, Characterization\, and Fabrication of Low-Cost\, Passive\, and Biodegradable Sensors for Precision Agriculture"
DESCRIPTION:With the global population projected to reach 9.1 billion people by 2050 there is a need to develop highly efficient agricultural systems that can reliably maximize crop yield. Precision Agriculture (PA) systems enabled by the Internet of Things (IoT) offer a potential solution through improvements in labor\, resource\, and time efficiency to improve agricultural output. PA systems enable this by providing a detailed understanding of the state of the field (e.g.\, soil moisture\, pH\, temperature\, etc.) so that these resources can be properly deployed spatially and temporally. To realize these systems\, sensors that give information about the state of the field are required. However\, for the technology to be scalable and practically implemented\, these sensors must balance performance and cost. These requirements limit the materials and methods that can be used to develop the technology\, including many that are common in modern sensor development. Additionally\, the challenge of biocompatibility and biodegradability must be addressed.In this talk\, a passive RF sensing system is presented for the detection of soil moisture. This sensing system is developed on a fully biodegradable cellulose nanofibril (CNF) based composite substrate that can used for the rapid fabrication of high fidelity electrical structures via screen printing. The surface\, electrical\, and diffusion properties of the substrate are characterized. By utilizing screen printing\, capacitive structures are fabricated that can detect moisture content over a wide range of humidity and soil moisture conditions.
URL:https://seasevents.nmsdev7.com/event/meam-seminar-design-characterization-and-fabrication-of-low-cost-passive-and-biodegradable-sensors-for-precision-agriculture/
LOCATION:Moore 212
CATEGORIES:Seminar
ORGANIZER;CN="Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics":MAILTO:meam@seas.upenn.edu
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230420T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230420T163000
DTSTAMP:20260404T185742
CREATED:20221220T152534Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221220T152534Z
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SUMMARY:BE Seminar: "Opportunities and Support for the BME Research Community from NSF" (Laurel Kuxhaus\, NSF)
DESCRIPTION:This seminar will be held in person in Glandt Forum; snacks will be served. \n“Opportunities and Support for the BME Research Community from NSF” \nThe National Science Foundation (NSF) supports work in all fields of science and engineering\, including biomedical engineering.  That said\, biomedical engineering researchers can face challenges in finding the right ‘home’ and scope for their work at NSF.  This presentation will provide a broad overview of the mission of NSF and how it relates to the biomedical engineering community\, including emerging initiatives and responses to the current disruption of the research enterprise.  Descriptions of select programs at the National Science Foundation that fund work relevant to the biomedical engineering community will be covered.  Best practices in proposal preparation and practical tips to optimize interaction with your program director will also be discussed.  Bring your questions along!
URL:https://seasevents.nmsdev7.com/event/be-seminar-laurel-kuxhaus-clarkson-university/
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
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230420T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230420T120000
DTSTAMP:20260404T185742
CREATED:20230306T172412Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230306T172412Z
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SUMMARY:MSE Seminar: "Controlling Phase Separation in Elastomeric (Poly)peptides in the Production of Micro-and Nano-Structured Materials" (University of Delaware)
DESCRIPTION:Macromolecular materials that are capable of selectively and efficiently localizing cells\, factors\, and/or drugs offer important approaches for mediating biological events and in the development of hybrid materials. We have employed a combination of biosynthetic tools\, bioconjugation strategies\, and biomimetic assembly to produce thermoresponsive (poly)peptides derived from sequences of resilin\, elastin\, and collagen. These materials can be designed to control localization of biomolecules with tunable microscale mechanics\, and materials with select properties have demonstrated promise for healing vascular graft materials in vivo. In addition\, these types of materials not only show controllable micro- and nanoscale morphologies\, but also have promise for targeted drug delivery to damaged tissue in vivo.
URL:https://seasevents.nmsdev7.com/event/mse-seminar-controlling-phase-separation-in-elastomeric-polypeptides-in-the-production-of-micro-and-nano-structured-materials-university-of-delaware/
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
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230420T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230420T110000
DTSTAMP:20260404T185742
CREATED:20230406T132005Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230406T132005Z
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SUMMARY:MEAM Master's Thesis Defense: "Preliminary Design of an Origami-Inspired Pulmonary Artery Band"
DESCRIPTION:Every year\, infants are born with life-threatening congenital heart defects that need to be corrected with reconstructive heart surgery. In cases where blood flow through the main pulmonary artery is excessive\, patients typically undergo palliative treatments such as pulmonary artery banding\, which aims to reduce this blood flow to a more manageable level. While traditional pulmonary artery banding has improved the survivability of infants with this affliction\, it often requires more than two open heart surgeries to be successful due to patient growth\, loosening of the band\, and other complications. To address these shortcomings\, we propose a novel\, multistable pulmonary artery band inspired by origami. In addition to being cost effective and simple to deploy\, this novel pulmonary artery band can be configured for magnetic control to reach its multiple stable states\, potentially eliminating the need for more than two open heart surgeries for pulmonary artery banding treatment. This work details the preliminary design process of this pulmonary artery band. We begin by examining the properties of its origami fold pattern and how the device is fabricated. Next\, we mechanically characterize the fold pattern and use these measurements to inform the design of magnetic infrastructure to enable magnetic untethered control. We then cover the design of a mock circulation loop developed for simulating blood flow in a patient’s body. Finally\, we assess the pulmonary artery band’s ability to constrict flow through simulated in-vivo testing with the mock circulation loop. Through this testing\, we were able to demonstrate proof of concept of the proposed device functioning as a pulmonary artery band.
URL:https://seasevents.nmsdev7.com/event/meam-masters-thesis-defense-preliminary-design-of-an-origami-inspired-pulmonary-artery-band/
LOCATION:Raisler Lounge (Room 225)\, Towne Building\, 220 South 33rd Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Master's
ORGANIZER;CN="Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics":MAILTO:meam@seas.upenn.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230419T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230419T163000
DTSTAMP:20260404T185742
CREATED:20230206T141828Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230206T141828Z
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SUMMARY:CBE Quinn Distinguished Lecture: "Reclaiming Engineering in the Minds of the Public: The Unheralded\, Underappreciated\, and Misunderstood Method that Built our Modern World" (Bill Hammack\, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
DESCRIPTION:Abstract: \nNaively the public assumes the products of engineers arise from the scientific method\, as reflected in an old joke among engineers about the relationship of science and engineering: “if it’s a success\, then it’s a scientific miracle\, if a disaster\, then an engineering failure.” This joke highlights that successful technologies are invisible: The hallmark of good engineering is invisibility — we rarely think of our furnace\, or a jet’s engine\, or the purity of a pharmaceutical because the methods to manufacture all these have been honed to perfection. This\, though\, also hides the creative work of engineers because the public assumes the secret of engineering lies in the mastery of arcane realms of knowledge — sophisticated calculus and powerful computing science implemented by a dispassionate\, almost mechanical person — yet the power of engineers to change the world lies in their method\, a method used long before sophisticated mathematics and computers. This talk lifts the veil to show\, in all its glory\, the engineering method\, which\, once understood\, highlights the creativity of engineers\, demonstrates their work is the pinnacle of human reasoning\, and lays a foundation about how to think about technology — how to decide its proper use and aid it in fulfilling its promise. Using rich examples\, this talk strips bare the tools often confused for the engineering method – scientific knowledge\, mathematical manipulation – to expose what lies at the heart of the method: a surprisingly simple notion called a “rule of thumb.” \nBio: \nBill Hammack is a Grainger Distinguished Chair in the Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He earned a B.S. at Michigan Technological University\, and a M.S. and Ph.D. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign — all in chemical engineering. He taught for a decade at Carnegie-Mellon University before returning to the University of Illinois where he has taught since 1998. From August 2005 to August 2006 he served as a Jefferson Science Fellow at the U.S. Department of State. His work focuses on explaining engineering and technology to the general public. For a decade he broadcast commentaries on public radio\, and over the last decade has developed a YouTube channel with over a million subscribers and over seventy million views. His work has been recognized with awards from a diverse group of engineering and science societies\, including the “trifecta” of science journalism: the Science in Society Award from the National Association of Science Writers\, the Grady-Stack Award from the American Chemical Society\, and the Science Writing Award from the American Institute of Physics. And most recently the Council of Scientific Society President’s Carl Sagan Award for the Public Appreciation of Science\, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers’ Ralph Coats Roe Medal\, and the Hoover Medal\, awarded by a collection of engineering societies. He was elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 2022.
URL:https://seasevents.nmsdev7.com/event/cbe-quinn-distinguished-lecture-reclaiming-engineering-in-the-minds-of-the-public-the-unheralded-underappreciated-and-misunderstood-method-that-built-our-modern-world-bill-hammack-university/
LOCATION:Wu and Chen Auditorium (Room 101)\, Levine Hall\, 3330 Walnut Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Seminar
ORGANIZER;CN="Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering":MAILTO:cbemail@seas.upenn.edu
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230419T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230419T160000
DTSTAMP:20260404T185742
CREATED:20230404T142037Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230404T142037Z
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SUMMARY:Spring 2023 GRASP SFI: Jeffrey Lipton\, Northeastern University\, "Robotics and Digital Manufacturing"
DESCRIPTION:This is a hybrid event with in-person attendance in Levine 307 and virtual attendance via Zoom. This week’s presenter will be in-person as well. \nABSTRACT\nRobotics and manufacturing are intricately linked. Each new generation of robotic fabrication tools has transformed manufacturing\, enabling greater complexity and customization of the world around us. With the recent developments in additive manufacturing new forms of mechanical metamaterials have become possible\, changing how we make our robotic devices. In this talk we will explore how we can use robots to create novel materials and manufacturing methods\, and how we can use novel materials and manufacturing methods to enhance the capabilities of robots? I will demonstrate a mathematical framework for making torque responsive materials\, and how these materials form the basis for low-cost robotics. We will explore how 3D printing can enable use to rapidly repurpose robotic systems to solve pressing manufacturing needs\, and finally how mobile robotics can enable us to make new forms of scalable manufacturing solutions.
URL:https://seasevents.nmsdev7.com/event/spring-2023-grasp-sfi-jeffrey-lipton/
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
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