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 BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20240310T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20241103T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230120T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230120T150000 DTSTAMP:20260405T161212 CREATED:20230110T235859Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230110T235859Z UID:10007419-1674223200-1674226800@seasevents.nmsdev7.com SUMMARY:PICS/MEAM Seminar: "A Low Rank Tensor Approach for Nonlinear Vlasov Simulations" DESCRIPTION:In this work\, we present a low-rank tensor approach for approximating solutions to the nonlinear Vlasov equation. Our method takes advantage of the tensor-friendly nature of the differential operators in the Vlasov equation to dynamically and adaptively construct a low-rank solution basis through the discretization of the equation and an SVD-type truncation procedure. We utilize finite difference WENO and discontinuous Galerkin spatial discretizations\, along with a second-order strong stability preserving multi-step time discretization. To preserve conservation properties\, we develop low-rank schemes with local mass\, momentum\, and energy conservation for the corresponding macroscopic equations. The mass and momentum are conserved using a conservative SVD truncation\, while the energy is conserved by replacing the energy component of the kinetic solution with one obtained from a conservative scheme for the macroscopic energy equation. We employ hierarchical Tucker decomposition for high-dimensional problems\, and demonstrate the high-order convergence\, efficiency\, and local conservation properties of our algorithm through a series of linear and nonlinear Vlasov examples. URL:https://seasevents.nmsdev7.com/event/pics-meam-seminar-a-low-rank-tensor-approach-for-nonlinear-vlasov-simulations/ LOCATION:PICS Conference Room 534 – A Wing \, 5th Floor\, 3401 Walnut Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States CATEGORIES:Seminar,Colloquium ORGANIZER;CN="Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics":MAILTO:meam@seas.upenn.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230119T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230119T163000 DTSTAMP:20260405T161212 CREATED:20230105T171023Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230105T171023Z UID:10007408-1674142200-1674145800@seasevents.nmsdev7.com SUMMARY:BE Seminar: "Tissue Architecture Driven by Immune Cells" (John Hickey\, Stanford University) DESCRIPTION:“Tissue Architecture Driven by Immune Cells” \nJohn has developed multiplexed spatial omics techniques and computational tools to decode critical interactions within the multidimensional data (e.g.\, multiscale models and deep learning algorithms). He applied these tools to understand spatial relationships of cells within the healthy human intestine\, inflammation induced cancers (esophageal cancer)\, and in T cell therapy for cancer. His lab will bridge spatial-omics technology\, computational algorithm development\, and engineering biology\, to resolve spatiotemporal mechanisms governing multiple scales of biology\, with a first application in cell therapies. His interdisciplinary training enables him to “speak” multiple scientific languages to facilitate critical collaborations across scientific disciplines. URL:https://seasevents.nmsdev7.com/event/be-seminar-john-hickey-stanford-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:20230119T103000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230119T113000 DTSTAMP:20260405T161212 CREATED:20230112T151141Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230112T151141Z UID:10007426-1674124200-1674127800@seasevents.nmsdev7.com SUMMARY:POSTPONED - MSE Seminar: “Additive Manufacturing of Intermetallic: A Designer’s Approach” DESCRIPTION:Modern materials contain extraordinary levels of complexity\, with components spanning a hierarchy of length scales. Designing materials with complex microstructures and demonstrating unique behaviors would be difficult solely using a reductionist approach to materials development.   A powerful utility in this endeavor is using multiple\, correlative\, and scaffolding computational tools.  This talk focused on using an integrated materials design approach spanning electronic structure calculations to thermodynamics modeling and paired with combinatorial experimental methods to produce a high-temperature aluminum-based intermetallic for additive manufacturing. URL:https://seasevents.nmsdev7.com/event/mse-seminar-additive-manufacturing-of-intermetallic/ 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:20230118T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230118T160000 DTSTAMP:20260405T161212 CREATED:20230113T154821Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230113T154821Z UID:10007427-1674054000-1674057600@seasevents.nmsdev7.com SUMMARY:Spring 2023 GRASP SFI: Michael Johnson\, Philadelphia Robotics Coalition "Building STEM Equity through Robotics" DESCRIPTION:This is a hybrid event with in-person attendance in Levine 307 and virtual attendance via Zoom.  \nABSTRACT\nPhiladelphia Robotics Coalition founder\, and School District of Philadelphia engineering teacher Michael Johnson discusses how Philadelphia public schools are using the competitive FIRST robotics programs to build STEM equity in our city. With the goal to inspire and prepare the next generation of STEM leaders in Philadelphia\, the Coalition provides training\, support\, and resources for 180 robotics teams so that students in any neighborhood can access the learning\, experiences\, and networks surrounding them in the Philadelphia STEM community. Michael will also explain ways that GRASP students and researchers can get involved in this effort in a meaningful way across a continuum of time commitment levels. URL:https://seasevents.nmsdev7.com/event/spring-2023-grasp-sfi-michael-johnson/ 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:20230118T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230118T133000 DTSTAMP:20260405T161212 CREATED:20230104T182914Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230104T182914Z UID:10007396-1674043200-1674048600@seasevents.nmsdev7.com SUMMARY:ASSET Seminar: Domain Adaptation Under Causally Structured Distribution Shifts\, Zachary Lipton (Carnegie Mellon University) DESCRIPTION:Presentation Abstract: \nFaced with unlabeled data in deployment that is sampled from a different distribution than that which generated the training data\, all bets are off. Moreover\, while numerous heuristics have been proposed for this vague setting\, it remains unclear when any among them are applicable. One way to render these problems identifiable is to impose some (assumed) causal structure\, both over how the variables are related to each other\, which factors are potentially manipulable (and\, complementarily\, which are domain-invariant). Unlike conventional problems in causality\, where the goal is to estimate the effect of a manipulation (a change in the policy for prescribing the treatment)\, here the manipulation has already happened\, and our goal is to leverage the causal structure to adapt our predictors appropriately. In this talk\, I will discuss some structures under which these problems are identifiable and some of the challenges (and solutions) for applying these ideas in deep learning settings. URL:https://seasevents.nmsdev7.com/event/asset-seminar-tba-zachary-lipton-carnegie-mellon-university/ 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:20230117T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230117T113000 DTSTAMP:20260405T161212 CREATED:20230104T185318Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230104T185318Z UID:10007404-1673949600-1673955000@seasevents.nmsdev7.com SUMMARY:MEAM Seminar: "Multifunctional Soft Materials for Electronics\, Robots\, and Adhesives" DESCRIPTION:Multifunctional soft materials and interfaces create intriguing new opportunities to enhance performance through programmable and adaptable properties. I will discuss: 1) Novel material architectures of solid-liquid soft composites for electronics\, 2) Switchable and programmable materials for adhesion control\, and 3) Morphing materials for soft robotics. For soft composites\, I will show how liquid metal droplets incorporated into elastomers enables exceptional combinations of soft elasticity and electrical and thermal properties for self-healing and recyclable circuits. For adhesives\, I will discuss how we couple switchable\, octopus-inspired adhesives with embedded sensing\, processing\, and control for robust underwater manipulation. This enables a wearable glove where an array of adhesives and sensors creates a biomimetic adhesive skin to manipulate diverse underwater objects. Metamaterial adhesives are also created that exhibit strong and reversible adhesion with spatially selective adhesion strength through programmed cut architectures in adhesive films. These properties are achieved by using cuts to trap adhesive cracks at predetermined locations and then forcing the crack to reverse direction and propagate backwards to separate. By combining active materials with programmed geometry\, I will then introduce multifunctional morphing materials with reversible\, rapid\, and lockable polymorphic reconfigurability. By integrating these materials with onboard control\, motors\, and power\, we can create a soft robotic morphing drone which autonomously transforms from a ground to air vehicle for multiple locomotion modes. These approaches provide model systems to study fundamental material properties while enabling electronic skins\, soft robots\, and advanced adhesives for a variety of soft matter systems. URL:https://seasevents.nmsdev7.com/event/meam-seminar-multifunctional-soft-materials-for-electronics-robots-and-adhesives/ 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:20230116T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230116T170000 DTSTAMP:20260405T161212 CREATED:20230106T152635Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230106T152635Z UID:10007415-1673884800-1673888400@seasevents.nmsdev7.com SUMMARY:P.E.S.T.L.E. - MLK\, Jr. Day of Service Information Session DESCRIPTION:Join us on Monday\, January 16 at 4:00 pm in Towne Heilmeier Hall (Room 100) to discuss the impact community engagement has on the Philadelphia community and its long-lasting effect in our daily lives! Panelists include: \nChanda Jefferson- Director of Community Engagement & Outreach in the Office of Diversity Equity and Inclusion \nEmylee Fleshman- Program Coordinator at Penn Foods and Wellness Collaborative \nJoel Wilson- Founder & Executive Director of TechCORE2 \nRuben Jones\, MHS- Executive Director of Frontline Dads \nFor any questions\, email pestle@seas.upenn.edu. URL:https://seasevents.nmsdev7.com/event/p-e-s-t-l-e-mlk-jr-day-of-service-information-session/ LOCATION:Heilmeier Hall (Room 100)\, Towne Building\, 220 South 33rd Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States ORGANIZER;CN="PESTLE":MAILTO:pestle@seas.upenn.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230112T103000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230112T113000 DTSTAMP:20260405T161212 CREATED:20230105T185950Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230105T185950Z UID:10007411-1673519400-1673523000@seasevents.nmsdev7.com SUMMARY:MSE Seminar: “Building With Fluids: A Lazy Approach to Fabrication” DESCRIPTION:In nature\, organized arrays of elements arise spontaneously from the interactions between their component parts\, e.g. reaction-diffusion problems\, clustering colloidal particles and granular media\, wrinkling surfaces\, propagating cracks and flowing liquids. In the wake of biomimicry\, I will discuss several strategies aiming to harness mechanical instabilities in flowing liquids\, e.g. coiling\, droplet formation\, digitation\, drainage\, capillary suction\, and use the regular shapes and universally self-organized patterns they naturally produce as templates for materials design. These flows are “frozen” as the liquids we use solidify into solids\, e.g.\, through curing\, cooling or evaporation. The shapes and patterns they form are universal and transcend the traditional divisions between scientific fields or even between living and inert matter. I will show that these similarities result from the mathematical analogies in the rules that govern pattern formation. In turn\, I will demonstrate how to compose with these rules to augment our manufacturing capabilities\, e.g. in soft robotics. URL:https://seasevents.nmsdev7.com/event/mse-seminar-building-with-fluids-a-lazy-approach-to-fabrication/ 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:20230112T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230112T113000 DTSTAMP:20260405T161212 CREATED:20221215T224349Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221215T224349Z UID:10007389-1673517600-1673523000@seasevents.nmsdev7.com SUMMARY:MEAM Seminar: "Role of Water in the Mechanics of Cells and Tissues" DESCRIPTION:A large fraction of cell and tissue mass is made of water. The flow of water across the cell surface follows osmotic and hydraulic pressure gradients\, and is actively controlled by the cell. This physical fact suggests that the mechanical behavior of cells is intimately connected with cell ionic homeostasis and osmotic control. In this talk\, we will describe some of our recent experimental and modeling work on water dynamics in cells. We explore how cells control their cytoplasm water content and therefore the cell size. We will describe how cells can use directional flow of water to propel themselves and migrate\, and in the case of epithelia\, pump fluid between tissue compartments. In the later case\, epithelial pumping of water can strongly influence tissue shape and morphogenesis. URL:https://seasevents.nmsdev7.com/event/meam-seminar-role-of-water-in-the-mechanics-of-cells-and-tissues/ LOCATION:Glandt Forum\, Singh Center for Nanotechnology\, 3205 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:20230106T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230106T170000 DTSTAMP:20260405T161212 CREATED:20230105T162843Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230105T162843Z UID:10007407-1673017200-1673024400@seasevents.nmsdev7.com SUMMARY:ESE PhD Thesis Defense: "Compositional Methods for Agile Quadrupedal Behaviors" DESCRIPTION:The last decade has witnessed a proliferation of legged machines with high power and force densities\, as well as a commensurate development of locomotion controllers which achieve impressive empirical demonstrations. Yet\, despite showing promise as a means of navigating rough terrain\, these machines – and the locomotion controllers which animate them – are still restricted to practical applications where interactions with complex and broken terrain can be avoided or where such features are absent altogether\, in spite of the fact these interactions are what distinguish legged platforms from their tracked and wheeled counterparts. Indeed\, mastering locomotion over difficult terrain has long been the aim of legged robotics research\, and requires the development of controllers which enable a specific machine to interact with and overcome obstacles in a given environment. Recently\, state-of-the-art design methods for locomotion controllers have sought to meet this challenge by relying on accurate modeling of the platform\, detailed descriptions of the environment\, and a preconceived plan as to how the obstacles will be overcome. Often\, many of these required data are acquired during design time\, and therefore may not be readily applicable to experimental settings which can vary greatly from a designer’s anticipated description. To obtain locomotion behaviors which are broadly applicable across platform\, task\, and environment\, the controllers which constitute them must be synthesized at run time; both to directly utilize environmental features\, as well as respond to stimuli and disturbances – all of which are unknown a priori. A much more general framework for producing locomotion behavior is therefore required; one that can be applied to a broad range of machines and in a broad range of environments\, and must possess metrics which allow for the evaluation of the applicability of the behavior in nearly real-time. \nThis thesis work begins the development of behavioral synthesis tools that are generalizable\, and that enable the generation of agile and flexible behaviors from a predefined set of composable constituent “symbols”. In turn\, these symbols can be tuned and adapted to suit a wide variety of platforms\, environments\, and tasks. By taking well-established notions of template dynamics Full and Koditschek (1999)\, sequential compositional techniques Burridge et al. (1999)\, and parallel compositional techniques pioneered by De and Koditschek (2015)\, a set of template “letters” which can be composed in parallel are identified\, and then combined to form parallel composition “syllables”. These syllables are then assembled sequentially to form behavior “words”\, which can be flexibly applied in a wide variety of situations. The utility of these synthesized behaviors is augmented further by making use of an “Extended Ground Reaction Complex” (EGRC) Topping et al. (2017) which provides a simplified representation of the salient features in an environment so that they can be explicitly targeted during behavior design and incorporated into the synthesized actions. \nIn all\, this thesis seeks to offer a valuable and flexible set of tools to the robotic behavior designer. The empirical evidence and conceptual insight presented here offers a companion to the state-of-the-art used in legged locomotion today; offering a simple\, flexible\, and reusable option to aid in locomotion controller design\, and beginning to lay the foundation of a symbolic representation of legged behaviors. URL:https://seasevents.nmsdev7.com/event/ese-phd-thesis-defense-compositional-methods-for-agile-quadrupedal-behaviors/ LOCATION:PERCH 303\, Pennovation 3rd Floor\, 3401 Grays Ferry Avenue\, Bldg 6176\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19146\, United States CATEGORIES:Dissertation or Thesis Defense ORGANIZER;CN="Electrical and Systems Engineering":MAILTO:eseevents@seas.upenn.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221220T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221220T143000 DTSTAMP:20260405T161212 CREATED:20221215T181508Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221215T181508Z UID:10007388-1671541200-1671546600@seasevents.nmsdev7.com SUMMARY:ESE PhD Thesis Defense: "Integrated photonic-assisted electronics for phased array beamforming and delay control" DESCRIPTION:In recent years\, electronic-photonic co-design and co-integration has emerged as a disruptive technology to augment the power of integrated circuits and deliver enhanced chip scale solutions for a variety of applications ranging from communication and sensing to imaging and computation. Coupled with the versatility of electronics\, integrated photonic techniques may be employed to assist in the generation\, distribution and or processing of electrical signals. Benefitting from the advancements in CMOS-compatible silicon photonics\, this dissertation presents system architectures\, design details\, analysis\, and measurement results for three integrated photonic-assisted electronic systems. The first system presented is a delay controlled optoelectronic oscillator comprised of an integrated\, rapidly tunable\, optical delay line. The oscillator exhibits a relatively flat modulation response at high frequencies accommodating wideband fast frequency chirp generation pertinent to frequency modulated continuous-wave radar systems and imagers. The second system presented is a photonic assisted integrated phased array transmitter applicable for low-power\, compact radio heads in fiber to mm-wave fronthaul links. Without the use of any mm-wave active components\, data streams with bitrates as high as 2.5Gb/s are transmitted over 3.6km of optical fiber\, directly placed on an mm-wave carrier\, and wirelessly transmitted attaining bit-error rates better than 10-11. The third system presented is a mm-wave phased array transmitter utilizing free-space optics and integrated photonics for the distribution of a 28GHz RF signal eliminating lossy board-level mm-wave distribution networks and complex packaging requirements. With this scheme\, a low-cost phased array capable of scanning in azimuth and elevation with more than 60° steering range is developed and demonstrated. URL:https://seasevents.nmsdev7.com/event/ese-phd-thesis-defense-integrated-photonic-assisted-electronics-for-phased-array-beamforming-and-delay-control/ LOCATION:Towne 337 CATEGORIES:Dissertation or Thesis Defense ORGANIZER;CN="Electrical and Systems Engineering":MAILTO:eseevents@seas.upenn.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221218T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221218T160000 DTSTAMP:20260405T161212 CREATED:20221214T165140Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221214T165140Z UID:10007387-1671364800-1671379200@seasevents.nmsdev7.com SUMMARY:Fall 2022 MEAM 5100: Grand Theft Autonomous Challenge - Day 2 DESCRIPTION:This is a hybrid event with in-person attendance in Wu and Chen and virtual attendance via Zoom. \nPlease join us live on YouTube\, on Zoom\, or in Wu and Chen to see the MEAM 5100: Mechatronics class compete in the Grand Theft Autonomous Challenge. Teams are tasked with building a robot which: senses\, navigates to\, and maneuvers different game pieces to score points. This multi-day event will push each team’s design\, software\, and electronics stack to the limit. Come and see which robots are left standing! \nDay 2: Knockout Rounds URL:https://seasevents.nmsdev7.com/event/fall-2022-meam-5100-grand-theft-autonomous-challenge-day-2/ LOCATION:Wu and Chen Auditorium (Room 101)\, Levine Hall\, 3330 Walnut Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States ORGANIZER;CN="Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics":MAILTO:meam@seas.upenn.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221217T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221217T160000 DTSTAMP:20260405T161212 CREATED:20221214T165021Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221214T165021Z UID:10007386-1671278400-1671292800@seasevents.nmsdev7.com SUMMARY:Fall 2022 MEAM 5100: Grand Theft Autonomous Challenge - Day 1 DESCRIPTION:This is a hybrid event with in-person attendance in Wu and Chen and virtual attendance via Zoom. \nPlease join us live on YouTube\, on Zoom\, or in Wu and Chen to see the MEAM 5100: Mechatronics class compete in the Grand Theft Autonomous Challenge. Teams are tasked with building a robot which: senses\, navigates to\, and maneuvers different game pieces to score points. This multi-day event will push each team’s design\, software\, and electronics stack to the limit. Come and see which robots are left standing! \nDay 1: Seed Rounds URL:https://seasevents.nmsdev7.com/event/fall-2022-meam-5100-grand-theft-autonomous-challenge-day-1/ LOCATION:Wu and Chen Auditorium (Room 101)\, Levine Hall\, 3330 Walnut Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States ORGANIZER;CN="Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics":MAILTO:meam@seas.upenn.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221216T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221216T160000 DTSTAMP:20260405T161212 CREATED:20221209T175052Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221209T175052Z UID:10007384-1671199200-1671206400@seasevents.nmsdev7.com SUMMARY:BE Doctoral Dissertation Defense of Margaret Billingsley: "Ionizable Lipid Nanoparticles for mRNA CAR T Cell Engineering" DESCRIPTION:The Department of Bioengineering at the University of Pennsylvania and Dr. Mike Mitchell are pleased to announce the Doctoral Dissertation Defense of Margaret Billingsley. \n\nTitle: Ionizable Lipid Nanoparticles for mRNA CAR T Cell Engineering \nDate: December 16\, 2022\nTime: 2:00 PM\nLocation: Towne 337\nZoom option: https://upenn.zoom.us/j/95255561059?pwd=cnNhYVBCUnBNQWF6bTU5ZTF3eUMxdz09\nMeeting ID: 952 5556 1059 \nPasscode: mmbilli22 \n\nThe public is welcome to attend. URL:https://seasevents.nmsdev7.com/event/be-doctoral-dissertation-defense-of-margaret-billingsley-ionizable-lipid-nanoparticles-for-mrna-car-t-cell-engineering/ LOCATION:Towne 337 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:20221216T103000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221216T113000 DTSTAMP:20260405T161212 CREATED:20221207T201610Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221207T201610Z UID:10007382-1671186600-1671190200@seasevents.nmsdev7.com SUMMARY:Fall 2022 Robotics Master's Thesis Presentation DESCRIPTION:This is a hybrid event with in-person attendance in Levine 307 and virtual attendance via Zoom. \n  \nWelcome Remarks\nDr. Ani Hsieh – ROBO Program Graduate Chair \nArjun Nanda\nAdvised by Dr. Pratik Chaudhari\n“Vision based object aware radiance field priors for single shot 3D reconstruction” \nShaoming Zheng\nAdvised by Dr. Jianbo Shi\n“2D-Supervised Single-View 3D Reconstruction with Latent Diffusion“ URL:https://seasevents.nmsdev7.com/event/fall-2022-robotics-masters-thesis-presentation/ LOCATION:Levine 307\, 3330 Walnut Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States CATEGORIES:Master's 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:20221216T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221216T120000 DTSTAMP:20260405T161212 CREATED:20221209T155547Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221209T155547Z UID:10007383-1671184800-1671192000@seasevents.nmsdev7.com SUMMARY:BE Doctoral Dissertation Defense of Christopher Olm: "In vivo MRI perfusion and structural correlates of pathology in frontotemporal lobar degeneration" DESCRIPTION:The Department of Bioengineering at the University of Pennsylvania and Drs. Murray Grossman and Jim Gee are pleased to announce the Doctoral Dissertation Defense of Christopher Olm. \n\nTitle: In vivo MRI perfusion and structural correlates of pathology in frontotemporal lobar degeneration\nDate: December 16\, 2022\nTime: 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM\nLocation: TBD\nZoom: https://upenn.zoom.us/j/7372154022\n\nThe public is welcome to attend. URL:https://seasevents.nmsdev7.com/event/be-doctoral-dissertation-defense-of-christopher-olm-in-vivo-mri-perfusion-and-structural-correlates-of-pathology-in-frontotemporal-lobar-degeneration/ 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:20221215T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221215T133000 DTSTAMP:20260405T161212 CREATED:20221129T192933Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221129T192933Z UID:10007376-1671107400-1671111000@seasevents.nmsdev7.com SUMMARY:ESE Fall Colloquium - "From Brains to Bandgaps: How Novel Materials Synthesis can provide New Semiconductor Platforms for Optoelectronics\, Acoustics\, Electronics and Neuromorphic Computation" DESCRIPTION:Since the first discovery of semiconductors\, materials synthesis has been the driving force for new devices\, new applications\, and new markets. In this presentation\, Professor Doolittle will provide two examples of “counterculture synthesis methods”\, methods that buck literature tradition\, that enable new devices\, applications\, and potentially vast new markets. Emphasis will be given to non-standard methods that have more sound physical reasoning than commonly practiced methods. The first example will be the recent advances in AlN and AlScN semiconductor synthesis. Aluminum Nitride (AlN) is an over 80-year-old insulator that has to date\, shown little promise to be converted to a semiconductor via doping because of well-known compensation and defect formation. By using low temperature crystal synthesis methods that run counter to common practice and by using new dopant elements\, we demonstrate: a) for the first time well behaved bulk semiconducting functionality in AlN making it the largest direct bandgap semiconductor demonstrated; b) substantial bulk p-type conduction (first-time demonstration\, holes=3.1×1018 cm-3); c) dramatic improvement in n-type conduction (electrons=6×1018 cm-3\, nearly 6000 times the state-of-the-art); d) the first PN AlN diode with a nearly ideal turn-on voltage of ~6 V for a 6.1 eV bandgap semiconductor and ~six decades of current rectification. Likewise\, low temperature AlScN synthesis methods produce high quality structures that could transform RF and power switching electronics as well as have impact for acoustic devices. The understanding of this advance is in its infancy and present limitations will be discussed. A wide variety of AlN-based applications should be enabled that will revolutionize deep ultraviolet light-based viral and bacterial sterilization\, lithography\, laser machining\, high-temperature\, high-voltage\, and high-power electronics. The second example is a new neuromorphic computing platform that offers engineering solutions not afforded in competing platforms. By dynamically changing the density of states of materials by intercalation of dopants\, bio realistic computation and memory are enabled via a diverse family of new\, scalable devices. Moving beyond simple resistance changes industry has perfected\, demonstrations will be given on how an engineer can design chrono-memristance devices with volatile\, non-volatile\, and mixed volatility\, tunable resistance and tunable temporal responses\, analog resistance changes exceeding the state of the art and remarkably low programing voltage/energy (below 100 mV) that compute without the need for individual device addressing – just as the brain computes. URL:https://seasevents.nmsdev7.com/event/ese-fall-colloquium-from-brains-to-bandgaps-how-novel-materials-synthesis-can-provide-new-semiconductor-platforms-for-optoelectronics-acoustics-electronics-and-neuromorphic-computation/ LOCATION:Raisler Lounge (Room 225)\, Towne Building\, 220 South 33rd Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States CATEGORIES:Colloquium ORGANIZER;CN="Electrical and Systems Engineering":MAILTO:eseevents@seas.upenn.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221214T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221214T133000 DTSTAMP:20260405T161212 CREATED:20221206T145014Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221206T145014Z UID:10007380-1671021000-1671024600@seasevents.nmsdev7.com SUMMARY:ESE Fall Colloquium: "Electronics 5.0: New Materials and Devices for Edge Intelligence" DESCRIPTION:The end of traditional transistor scaling brings unprecedented new opportunities to semiconductor devices and electronics. We are at the onset of a new technology revolution\, which will focus on distributed intelligence and will be pushing the limits of sensing and computing at the edge of the cloud. This seminar will describe some of our work on  new materials and devices to enable this vision\, including 1. Gallium Nitride CMOS FinFET amplifiers for much more efficient communications; 2. One-layer-thick molybdenum disulfide wi-fi energy harvesters to enable ubiquitous electronics; and 3. A new generation of cell-sized autonomous electronic microsystems to revolutionize invisible sensing. The seminar will conclude with a reflection on how the democratization of heterogeneous integration\, the unique properties of extreme materials and the opportunities of distributed intelligence will transform our society just as Moore’s law has done for the last 50 years. URL:https://seasevents.nmsdev7.com/event/ese-fall-colloquium-electronics-5-0-new-materials-and-devices-for-edge-intelligence/ LOCATION:Room 337\, Towne Building\, 220 South 33rd Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States CATEGORIES:Colloquium ORGANIZER;CN="Electrical and Systems Engineering":MAILTO:eseevents@seas.upenn.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221214T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221214T133000 DTSTAMP:20260405T161212 CREATED:20220913T150856Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220913T150856Z UID:10007281-1671019200-1671024600@seasevents.nmsdev7.com SUMMARY:ASSET Seminar: ML for Causal Inference\, Konrad Kording\, University of Pennsylvania DESCRIPTION:ABSTRACT \nMachine learning traditionally does not get at causality and causality research traditionally treats machine learning as a dangerous set of highly biased estimators. In my talk I will talk about our lab’s efforts to use machine learning as a component of more traditional quasi-experimental techniques. I will also discuss meta-learning approaches to causal inference\, approaches where the estimators themselves are learned. I will lament the relative lack of interactions between the various subfields of the causal inference space. URL:https://seasevents.nmsdev7.com/event/asset-seminar-tba-konrad-kording-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:20221214T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221214T120000 DTSTAMP:20260405T161212 CREATED:20221209T175417Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221209T175417Z UID:10007385-1671015600-1671019200@seasevents.nmsdev7.com SUMMARY:Fall 2022 GRASP Seminar: Nare Karapetyan\, University of Maryland\, "Area Coverage Path Planning: From Graphs to Field Deployments" DESCRIPTION:This is a hybrid event with in-person attendance in Levine 307 and virtual attendance via Zoom. \n  \nABSTRACT\nArea coverage path planning is the problem of finding an efficient path that traverses the region of interest while avoiding existing obstacles. When dealing with real systems\, the dynamic changes and uncertainties of the environments increase the state space exponentially and make these problems intractable. As such\, exploiting the inherent geometric properties of the areas allows for redefining planning as a combinatorial optimization task. This helps to reduce the overhead complexity of the problem and break it into manageable subproblems for handling uncertainties. \nIn this talk\, we will discuss a two-phase approach for generating a complete pipeline of robust exploration/coverage plans: (i) generate a global coverage plan and (ii) incorporate dynamic changes to adjust the plan. We will specifically discuss different coverage strategies for single and multi-robot systems that take into account obstacles and implicit geological properties of the environment and perform effective data collection suitable to the deployed sensors. We will also discuss how to incorporate uncertainties within these plans. Moreover\, we will also see these methods deployed in the real world\, automating scientific sampling operations. URL:https://seasevents.nmsdev7.com/event/fall-2022-grasp-seminar-nare-karapetyan-university-of-maryland/ 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 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221212T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221212T140000 DTSTAMP:20260405T161212 CREATED:20220901T141637Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220901T141637Z UID:10007247-1670850000-1670853600@seasevents.nmsdev7.com SUMMARY:PSOC Seminar: “Validation of a bicistronic CAR to overcome intratumoral heterogeneity in GBM” (Zev Binder\, PSOM) DESCRIPTION:Fall 2022 Hybrid-Seminar Series \nMondays 1.00-2.00 pm (EST) \nTowne 225 / Raisler Lounge   \nFor Zoom link\, please contact