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Herman P. Schwan Distinguished Lecture – Jeffrey A. Hubbell, “Molecular Engineering to Tip Immune Balances between Tolerance and Aggression”
Fall 2025 GRASP on Robotics: Parastoo Abtahi, Princeton University, “When Robots Disappear – From Haptic Illusions in VR to Object-Oriented Interactions in AR”
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Wu and Chen Auditorium (Room 101), Levine Hall
3330 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States
This event will be in-person ONLY in Wu and Chen Auditorium. ABSTRACT Advances in audiovisual rendering have led to the commercialization of virtual reality (VR); however, haptic technology has not […]
CBE Doctoral Dissertation Defense: “Configuration Matters: Unveiling Cis-Regulatory Arrangement as a Mechanism of Transcriptional Fine-Tuning” (Emilia Leyes Porello)
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Towne 337
Abstract: The precise regulation of gene expression depends on coordinated enhancer-promoter (E-P) interactions, yet the principles governing how enhancer configuration influences transcription remain unclear. Classical models describe enhancers as modular […]
PICS Colloquium: Complex Polymer Design in the Age of AI: Why, What, and How?
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PICS Conference Room 534 - A Wing , 5th Floor
3401 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States
Polymers are essential to a wide range of technologies, yet designing them with targeted structural and functional properties remains a grand challenge. A major opportunity lies in applying machine learning […]
MSE Undergraduate Open House
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LRSM Reading Room
3231 Walnut St., Philadelphia, PA, United States
Materials Science and Engineering Undergraduate Open House Are you a first-year Student? Undecided about your major? Curious about MSE? Join us for food and fun and explore how MSE can […]
MEAM Seminar: “Controlling Friction and Wear via Engineered Surfaces and Advanced Nanomaterials”
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Wu and Chen Auditorium (Room 101), Levine Hall
3330 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States
Friction and wear of moving components across various industries result in reliability issues, enormous energy losses, and environmental problems. These problems originate from the complex interactions between micro- and nanoscale […]
Democratic Repercussions of Media Fragmentation
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Does media fragmentation contribute to democratic erosion? If so, how, and what steps are required to address potential impacts? Join the Penn Center on Media, Technology, and Democracy as we […]
AI Industry Days
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The Penn Engineering community is invited to join our inaugural AI Industry Days on Wednesday, October 22 and Thursday, October 23. Continuing Industry Days’ tradition of providing avenues for students […]
ASSET Seminar: “Unpacking the Unintended Consequences of AI in Education”
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Amy Gutmann Hall, Room 414
3333 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, United States
The rapid integration of AI into educational settings presents opportunities and challenges—this talk will discuss findings from three large-scale field studies investigating the impact of AI on student learning. First, […]
ESE Guest Seminar: “The Versatility of Perovskite Materials for Optoelectronics”
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Greenberg Lounge (Room 114), Skirkanich Hall
210 South 33rd Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States
Perovskite solar cells (PSCs) have created much excitement in the past years and attract spotlight attention. This talk will provide an overview of the reasons for this development highlighting the […]
Fall 2025 GRASP SFI: Suraj Nair, Physical Intelligence, “Scaling Robot Learning with Vision-Language-Action Models”
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Levine 307
3330 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States
This speaker will present virtually. This is a hybrid event with in-person attendance in Levine 307 and virtual attendance via Zoom. ABSTRACT The last several years have witnessed tremendous progress […]
CBE Seminar: “Dynamic Interactions Between Copper Active Sites in Zeolites During NOx Pollution Abatement Catalysis” (Rajamani Gounder, Purdue University)
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Wu & Chen Auditorium
Abstract: The selective catalytic reduction (SCR) of nitrogen oxides (NOx) with ammonia using Cu-exchanged zeolites is a pollution abatement technology used commercially in diesel emissions control. At low temperatures (<523 […]