BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Penn Engineering Events - ECPv6.15.18//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Penn Engineering Events X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://seasevents.nmsdev7.com X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Penn Engineering Events REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20210314T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20211107T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20220313T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20221106T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20230312T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20231105T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221011T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221011T113000 DTSTAMP:20260405T155854 CREATED:20220919T193445Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220919T193445Z UID:10007299-1665482400-1665487800@seasevents.nmsdev7.com SUMMARY:MEAM Seminar: "Materials and Manufacturing Solutions for Sustainable Energy" DESCRIPTION:In response to the grave and escalating threat of climate change\, the US Department of Energy has announced a series of ambitious Energy Earth Shot Initiatives. These target an 80% reduction in the cost of clean hydrogen by 2030 and net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. The first of the initiatives focuses on establishing a green hydrogen-powered grid. Hydrogen is expected to play an important role in the creation of a carbon neutral/positive hybrid network for energy production\, storage\, and distribution. Two key technological challenges are the repurposing of existing infrastructure\, such as land-based gas turbines for hydrogen combustion\, and accelerating deployment of new infrastructure\, including far-offshore wind farms that can generate hydrogen for energy storage and transfer\, helping to address energy demand intermittency and decentralization challenges. \nAs such\, there is an urgent need to develop structural and tribological materials with greater resilience to harsh environments including hydrogen-containing fluids at extremes of temperature\, which can range from liquid hydrogen (20 K) in cryogenic pumps and pressure vessels to >1500 K in gas turbines. High-entropy alloys (HEAs) and additive manufacturing (AM) methods are two areas of intensive research and a focus of this presentation. Highlights will be presented from ongoing work at Ames National Laboratory\, in collaboration with other national laboratory\, academic\, and industry partners\, including the use of AM as a means of processing refractory HEA and other traditionally difficult-to-manufacture alloys. The development and use of rapid mechanical property characterization methods will also be discussed\, as well as how these are enabling alloy discovery and process optimization\, including for HEAs\, which are multi-element alloys that present an extraordinarily challenging departure from traditionally dilute compositions. Additionally\, examples of new fundamental insights about structure-property relationships for compositionally and structurally complex systems like HEAs and metallic glasses will be presented. URL:https://seasevents.nmsdev7.com/event/meam-seminar-materials-and-manufacturing-solutions-for-sustainable-energy/ 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 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221011T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221011T120000 DTSTAMP:20260405T155854 CREATED:20221003T205615Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221003T205615Z UID:10007315-1665486000-1665489600@seasevents.nmsdev7.com SUMMARY:LRSM Special Lecture: "Pursuing a Scientific Career at a National Laboratory" DESCRIPTION:If you are finishing your PhD or your postdoctoral tenure you may be asking yourself\, What’s next? Should I pursue an academic career\, as my thesis adviser or postdoctoral supervisor has done? Or should I look elsewhere\, perhaps at industry\, or government? These are great questions that most of us have asked ourselves at the beginning of our professional life. And while I believe that the university\, the private sector\, and public service are excellent options to consider\, I am here to invite you to add one more possibility – being a scientist at one of the national laboratories\, most of which are run by the US Department of Energy. \nIn this short talk\, I will first briefly compare a research university with a national laboratory. Then\, I will use Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL)\, on Long Island (NY)\, as an example to describe representative national-laboratory programs on materials science and condensed-matter physics\, and the large facilities available for projects\, among many others\, on quantum materials\, catalysis\, and materials self-assembly. Finally\, I will describe a typical career path at BNL and mention current and future opportunities for staff and postdoctoral positions. \nAn essential part of this informational seminar is the Questions and Answers period that will follow the talk. URL:https://seasevents.nmsdev7.com/event/lrsm-special-lecture-pursuing-a-scientific-career-at-a-national-laboratory/ LOCATION:Glandt Forum\, Singh Center for Nanotechnology\, 3205 Walnut Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States CATEGORIES:Seminar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221011T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221011T163000 DTSTAMP:20260405T155854 CREATED:20220812T143626Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220812T143626Z UID:10007224-1665502200-1665505800@seasevents.nmsdev7.com SUMMARY:BE Seminar: "Studying the Neural basis of Natural Spatial\, Social and Acoustic Behaviors – in Freely Behaving and Flying Bats" (Michael Yartsev\, UC Berkeley) DESCRIPTION:This is a hybrid seminar that will take place in Glandt Forum (Singh Center) and via Zoom (check email for link and passcode). \nOur lab seeks to understand the neural basis of complex spatial\, acoustic and social behaviors in mammals. To do so\, we take a neuroethological approach that leverages the specialization of the bat (Rousettus aegyptiacus) for these behaviors in order to elucidate their underlying neural computations. In the spatial domain\, we take advantage of the bat’s ability to elegantly navigate during high-speed flight and under varying levels of spatial complexities. In the social-acoustic domain\, we utilize the bat’s social communication signals to understand how these are learned and later used during natural group social interactions. In parallel\, we have pioneered a suite of cutting-edge technologies that make it possible to study the behavior and neural circuits in freely behaving and flying bats to examine these systems in a way not previously possible. In this talk\, I provide an overview of some of the research topics our lab has been working on over the past few years. URL:https://seasevents.nmsdev7.com/event/be-seminar-michael-yartsev-uc-berkeley/ 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:20221011T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221011T170000 DTSTAMP:20260405T155854 CREATED:20221006T143754Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221006T143754Z UID:10007324-1665504000-1665507600@seasevents.nmsdev7.com SUMMARY:Climate Justice in Philadelphia: House by house\, block by block DESCRIPTION:More details coming soon! URL:https://seasevents.nmsdev7.com/event/climate-justice-in-philadelphia-house-by-house-block-by-block/ LOCATION:https://upenn.zoom.us/j/96715197752 CATEGORIES:Panel Discussion ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://seasevents.nmsdev7.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/climate-justice-delete.png ORGANIZER;CN="SEAS Green Team":MAILTO:dianepa@seas.upenn.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221012T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221012T133000 DTSTAMP:20260405T155854 CREATED:20220909T132857Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220909T132857Z UID:10007261-1665576000-1665581400@seasevents.nmsdev7.com SUMMARY:ASSET Seminar: What Transfers in Transfer Learning?\, Eric Wong (University of Pennsylvania) DESCRIPTION:Abstract: \nRecently\, the transfer learning paradigm has seen a surge of interest due to its impressive capabilities in vision and language. Models are pretrained on ever-growing datasets with enormous parameter counts\, trending towards being monolithic and opaque. How can we understand the underlying process? This talk will provide\, to some degree\, insight on how data affects transfer learning using the framework of influence functions. These findings include pinpointing subpopulations and biases in the pretraining data that help (or hurt) transfer performance. URL:https://seasevents.nmsdev7.com/event/asset-seminar-tba-eric-wong-university-of-pennsylvania/ 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:20221012T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221012T150000 DTSTAMP:20260405T155854 CREATED:20221006T144420Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221006T144420Z UID:10007325-1665583200-1665586800@seasevents.nmsdev7.com SUMMARY:Impacts of Climate Change on Global Water Resources and Engineering Solutions DESCRIPTION:This panel will examine the impact of climate change on global water resources and how these impacts have affected people in the global south. From droughts that have led to crop failures to floods that have damaged crops and property\, it is obvious that climate change has brought extremes in weather and has compromised the availability of clean water to peoples in developing countries where resilience against changing climate are fragile at best. Panelists will offer engineering and hydro ideas that can lead to improvement of the current situation. \n  \nSpeakers: \nDoug Jerolmack\, Penn Engineering \nTony Sauder\, Penn EES/LPS\, Water Center at Penn \nPaulo Arratia\, Penn Engineering URL:https://seasevents.nmsdev7.com/event/impacts-of-climate-change-on-global-water-resources-and-engineering-solutions/ LOCATION:https://upenn.zoom.us/j/96715197752 CATEGORIES:Panel Discussion ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://seasevents.nmsdev7.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/climate-delete.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="SEAS Green Team":MAILTO:dianepa@seas.upenn.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221012T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221012T160000 DTSTAMP:20260405T155854 CREATED:20221006T135945Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221006T135945Z UID:10007322-1665586800-1665590400@seasevents.nmsdev7.com SUMMARY:Fall 2022 GRASP SFI: Sonia Chernova\, Georgia Institute of Technology\, “Semantic-Driven Robot Assistance and User Interaction” DESCRIPTION:This is a hybrid event with in-person attendance in Levine 307 and virtual attendance via Zoom. \nABSTRACT\nReliable operation in everyday human environments – homes\, offices\, and businesses – remains elusive for today’s robotic systems.  A key challenge is diversity\, as no two homes or businesses are exactly alike.  However\, despite the innumerable unique aspects of any home\, there are many commonalities as well\, particularly about how objects are placed and used.  These commonalities can be captured in semantic representations\, and then used to improve the autonomy of robotic systems by\, for example\, enabling robots to infer missing information in human instructions\, efficiently search for objects\, or manipulate objects more effectively.  This talk will discuss recent advances in semantic reasoning\, particularly focusing on semantics of everyday objects\, household environments\, and the development of robotic systems that intelligently interact with users. URL:https://seasevents.nmsdev7.com/event/fall-2022-grasp-sfi-sonia-chernova/ 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 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221012T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221012T163000 DTSTAMP:20260405T155854 CREATED:20220909T195522Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220909T195522Z UID:10007274-1665588600-1665592200@seasevents.nmsdev7.com SUMMARY:CBE Seminar Series: Title TBA (Scott Milner\, Pennsylvania State University) DESCRIPTION: URL:https://seasevents.nmsdev7.com/event/cbe-seminar-series-title-tba-scott-milner-pennsylvania-state-university/ LOCATION:Wu and Chen Auditorium (Room 101)\, Levine Hall\, 3330 Walnut Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States CATEGORIES:Seminar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20221013 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20221014 DTSTAMP:20260405T155854 CREATED:20220927T203438Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220927T203438Z UID:10007309-1665619200-1665705599@seasevents.nmsdev7.com SUMMARY:Singh Center for Nanotechnology Annual User Meeting DESCRIPTION:The 2022 Singh Center for Nanotechnology Annual User Meeting will be held on Thursday\, October 13\, 2022\, in the Singh Center’s Glandt Forum. The purpose for this in-person meeting is to welcome the user community as we celebrate the acheivements of nanotechnology-enabled research and innovation at the University of Pennsylvania.  For more information:  http://singhnano.eventbrite.com/ URL:https://seasevents.nmsdev7.com/event/singh-center-for-nanotechnology-annual-user-meeting/ LOCATION:Singh Center for Nanotechnology\, 3205 Walnut Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221013T103000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221013T113000 DTSTAMP:20260405T155854 CREATED:20221004T205758Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221004T205758Z UID:10007318-1665657000-1665660600@seasevents.nmsdev7.com SUMMARY:MSE Seminar: “Additive Manufacturing of Compositionally Complex Alloys with Engineered Microstructures” DESCRIPTION:The increasing demand for structural metals has driven increasingly complex compositions\, which bring critical challenges in processing of these materials. Additive manufacturing\, also called 3D printing\, is a disruptive technology for creating structural materials and components in a single print. In this talk\, I will present our recent work on additive manufacturing of compositionally complex alloys (CCAs) with tailored microstructures and properties. Specifically\, I will show the potential of leveraging laser additive manufacturing and direct ink writing to produce CCAs such as high-entropy alloys and bulk metallic glass composites with unique microstructures\, leading to extraordinary mechanical properties that can extend far beyond those achievable via conventional processing methods. In addition\, I will discuss the abundant opportunities enabled by additive manufacturing for high-throughput materials discovery to accelerate the pace of multicomponent alloy design. URL:https://seasevents.nmsdev7.com/event/mse-seminar-additive-manufacturing-of-compositionally-complex-alloys-with-engineered-microstructures/ 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 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221014T103000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221014T114500 DTSTAMP:20260405T155854 CREATED:20220919T173938Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220919T173938Z UID:10007298-1665743400-1665747900@seasevents.nmsdev7.com SUMMARY:Fall 2022 GRASP on Robotics: Victoria Webster-Wood\, Carnegie Mellon University\, “It’s Alive! Bioinspired and biohybrid approaches towards life-like and living robots” DESCRIPTION:This is a hybrid event with in-person attendance in Wu and Chen and virtual attendance via Zoom. \nABSTRACT\n\nAnimals have long served as an inspiration for robotics. However\, the adaptability\, complex control\, and advanced learning capabilities observed in animals are not yet fully understood\, and therefore have not been fully captured by current robotic systems. Furthermore\, many of the mechanical properties and physical capabilities seen in animals have yet to be achieved in robotic platforms. For example\, standard materials for robotic fabrication do not exhibit self-healing or have the ability to autonomously generate energy\, as is seen in biological systems. Additionally\, traditional robotic actuators lack the compliance\, energy efficiency\, and power-to-weight ratio combinations observed in musculoskeletal systems. \nIn this talk\, I will share efforts from my group in our two primary research thrusts: Bioinspired robotics\, and biohybrid robotics. By using neuromechanical models and bioinspired robots as tools for basic research we are developing new models of how animals achieve multifunctional\, adaptable behaviors. Building on our understanding of animal systems and living tissues\, our research in biohybrid robotics is enabling new approaches toward the creation of autonomous biodegradable living robots. Such robotic systems have future applications in medicine\, search and rescue\, and environmental monitoring of sensitive environments (e.g.\, coral reefs). URL:https://seasevents.nmsdev7.com/event/fall-2022-grasp-on-robotics-victoria-webster-wood-carnegie-mellon-university-its-alive-bioinspired-and-biohybrid-approaches-towards-life-like-and-living-robots/ LOCATION:Wu and Chen Auditorium (Room 101)\, Levine Hall\, 3330 Walnut Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States ORGANIZER;CN="General Robotics%2C Automation%2C Sensing and Perception (GRASP) Lab":MAILTO:grasplab@seas.upenn.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221014T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221014T150000 DTSTAMP:20260405T155854 CREATED:20220927T135218Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220927T135218Z UID:10007307-1665756000-1665759600@seasevents.nmsdev7.com SUMMARY:PICS Colloquium\, “Sound Attenuation and the Vibrational Properties of Glasses” DESCRIPTION:Abstract: Understanding of the universal low-temperature properties of glasses and why they differ from their crystalline counterparts requires the understanding of the vibrational properties of glasses. Due to recent advances of computational techniques\, we are now able to study simulated glasses with a wide range of vibrational properties\, which is essential to understanding their role in the low-temperature properties of glasses. In this talk I will discuss the stability dependence of the vibrational modes of glasses ranging from poorly annealed to exceptionally stable. Our most stable glasses are comparable to exceptionally-stable\, vapor- deposited laboratory glasses. We find that the density of quasi-localized\, low-frequency modes decrease quickly with increasing stability and the density of these modes are correlated with sound attenuation in the harmonic approximation. We use a recently developed theory that very accurately reproduces the low-frequency sound attenuation to examine the relationship between the vibrational modes and sound attenuation. This theory indicates that the non- affine forces\, which are responsible for the renormalization of the speed of sound in amorphous solids\, is responsible for sound attenuation. Surprisingly\, we find that the low- frequency\, quasi-localized modes make a relatively small contribution to the sound attenuation coefficient compared to the extended\, low-frequency modes. I will conclude by discussing recent attempts at identifying regions of the glass that play an enhanced role in sound attenuation\, if they exist. URL:https://seasevents.nmsdev7.com/event/pics-colloquium-sound-attenuation-and-the-vibrational-properties-of-glasses/ LOCATION:PICS Conference Room 534 – A Wing \, 5th Floor\, 3401 Walnut Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States CATEGORIES:Colloquium ORGANIZER;CN="Penn Institute for Computational Science (PICS)":MAILTO:dkparks@seas.upenn.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221014T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221014T163000 DTSTAMP:20260405T155854 CREATED:20221012T195455Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221012T195455Z UID:10007331-1665763200-1665765000@seasevents.nmsdev7.com SUMMARY:P.E.S.T.L.E. Orientation - October 14 DESCRIPTION:Join PESTLE for our Zoom Orientation session on Friday\, October 14 at 4:00 pm! Please email us at pestle@seas.upenn.edu if you have any questions. URL:https://seasevents.nmsdev7.com/event/pestle-orientation-october-14/ LOCATION:https://upenn.zoom.us/j/96715197752 ORGANIZER;CN="Research and Academic Services":MAILTO:ras@seas.upenn.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221018T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221018T113000 DTSTAMP:20260405T155854 CREATED:20220830T154411Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220830T154411Z UID:10007237-1666087200-1666092600@seasevents.nmsdev7.com SUMMARY:MEAM Seminar: "Exergy-based Methods as a Promising Modern Thermodynamic Evaluation and Optimization Tool" DESCRIPTION:Exergy-based methods are powerful tools for developing\, evaluating\, understanding\, and improving energy conversion systems. In addition to conventional methods\, advanced exergy-based analyses consider (a) the interactions among components of the overall system\, and (b) the real potential for improving each important system component. The main role of an advanced analysis is to provide energy conversion system designers and operators with information useful for improving the design and operation of such systems. This presentation will include the advanced exergy-based evaluations and optimization methods as well. Advanced exergy-based method means splitting the exergy destruction\, the capital investment cost\, and the component-related environmental impact associated with each single component of an energy conversion system into endogenous/exogenous and avoidable/unavoidable parts and using a further splitting of the exogenous exergy destruction improves (a) our understanding of the processes that take place\, and (b) the quality of the conclusions for improvement obtained from the analysis. It will be discussed the main features and some recent developments in the area of advanced exergy-based methods. Application of the method to different energy-conversion systems will be demonstrated. URL:https://seasevents.nmsdev7.com/event/meam-seminar-exergy-based-methods-as-a-promising-modern-thermodynamic-evaluation-and-optimization-tool/ LOCATION:Zoom – Email MEAM for Link\, peterlit@seas.upenn.edu CATEGORIES:Seminar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221018T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221018T130000 DTSTAMP:20260405T155854 CREATED:20220901T140716Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220901T140716Z UID:10007242-1666094400-1666098000@seasevents.nmsdev7.com SUMMARY:Joint PSOC/Center for Soft & Living Matter Seminar: “Feeling for cell function” (Jochen Guck\, Max Planck Institute) DESCRIPTION:Fall 2022 Hybrid-Seminar Series \nSpecial joint seminar on Tuesday October 18th at 12:00 Noon \nTowne 225 / Raisler Lounge   \nFor Zoom link\, please contact