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    • Spring 2024 GRASP SFI: Eugene Vinitsky, New York University and Apple, “Real-world reinforcement learning in multi-agent systems: deploying cooperative autonomy at scale”

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    Levine 307 3330 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States

    This will be a hybrid event with in-person attendance in Levine 307 and virtual attendance on Zoom. ABSTRACT The ever-increasing penetration of level-2 autonomous vehicles (AVs) offers an opportunity to reshape the energy efficiency and throughput of our highways. Even at current low penetration rates (1-5%), we have observed in small settings that adopting different […]

    This Seminar is currently Postponed. MSE Seminar: “Tuning Nanostructured Materials for Combustion Applications”

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    Metals powders like aluminum and boron are attractive potential fuel additives for pyrotechnics, propellants and explosives due to their high energy release upon oxidation. However, they tend to agglomerate, have lengthy ignition delays, and low combustion rates/efficiencies. This work aims to design metal powders with tuned surface, micro-structure, morphology, or chemistries to mitigate these challenges […]

    MEAM Seminar: “Surfactants, Colloids, and Electrolytes: Engineering Transport Phenomena for Energy and the Environment”

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    Glandt Forum, Singh Center for Nanotechnology 3205 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States

    Fluid flows and mass transport mediate countless natural and engineered processes, ranging from the spreading of pollutants to carbon capture and water cleaning. In this talk, I will share three examples of my research where fundamental ideas in transport phenomena are applied to inform technologies with direct impact on energy and the environment. First, I […]

    BE Seminar: “Synthetic and Chemical Biology Routes to Unveiling Host-Pathogen Dialogue” (Aerin Yang, Stanford)

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    Raisler Lounge (Room 225), Towne Building 220 South 33rd Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States

    Disease processes within the human body are shaped by the dynamic interplay between invading pathogens and the host's defense mechanisms. The intricate molecular interaction involves continuous modifications of both host and pathogen proteins, driven by posttranslational modifications (PTMs) and coevolutionary mutations, to finely regulate their interactions with binding partners. In this talk, I will elucidate […]

    CIS Seminar: “Building Planetary-Scale Collaborative Intelligence”

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    Wu and Chen Auditorium (Room 101), Levine Hall 3330 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States

    Today, access to high-quality data has become the key bottleneck to deploying Machine Learning (ML). Often, data that is most valuable is locked away in inaccessible silos due to unfavorable incentives and ethical-legal restrictions. This is starkly evident in healthcare, where such barriers have led to highly biased and underperforming tools. In my talk, we will […]

    BE Doctoral Dissertation Defense: “Decoding the tumor microenvironment to engineer the next generation of CAR T cells” (Puneeth Guruprasad)

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    Rubenstein Audtorium, Smilow Center for Translational Research

    The Department of Bioengineering at the University of Pennsylvania and Dr. Marco Ruella are pleased to announce the Doctoral Dissertation Defense of Puneeth Guruprasad.   Title: Decoding the tumor microenvironment to engineer the next generation of CAR T cells Date: Friday, March 22nd Time: 10:00-11:00 AM Location: Smilow Translational Research Center, Arthur H. Rubenstein Auditorium […]

    MEAM Seminar: “Controlling Fracture Behavior through Architecture”

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    Levine 307 3330 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States

    Many natural materials achieve excellent combinations of mechanical properties through their micro- and nano-scale structures, which leverage a level of complexity currently unmatched in engineering design. Recent advances in digital manufacturing have enabled the introduction of these fine-scale architectures to improve the mechanical properties of materials, but their complexity still lags far behind that of […]

    Spring 2024 GRASP on Robotics: GRASP Faculty Panel, “AI Embodied in Robotics”

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    Wu and Chen Auditorium (Room 101), Levine Hall 3330 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States

    This is a hybrid event with in-person attendance in Wu and Chen and virtual attendance on Zoom. PANEL DISCUSSION Please join us for a lively panel discussion featuring GRASP Faculty members Dr. Pratik Chaudhari, Dr. Dinesh Jayaraman, and Dr. Michael Posa. This panel will be moderated by Dr. Kostas Daniilidis around the current hot topic of AI […]

    BE Doctoral Dissertation Defense: “Sculpting native and de novo tissue geometries for kidney organogenesis and nephron formation” (John Viola)

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    Glandt Forum, Singh Center for Nanotechnology 3205 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States

    The Department of Bioengineering at the University of Pennsylvania and Dr. Alex Hughes are pleased to announce the Doctoral Dissertation Defense of John Viola. Title: Sculpting native and de novo tissue geometries for kidney organogenesis and nephron formation Date: March 22, 2024 Time: 1:30 PM Location: Glandt Forum at the Singh Center The public is welcome to attend.

    CBE Doctoral Dissertation Defense: “A Fractal Landscape Dynamics Approach to Understanding Particle Motion in Soft Jammed Materials” (Clary Rodríguez-Cruz)

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    217 Towne - Forman Active Learning Classroom 220 South 33rd Street, Towne 217, Philadelphia, PA, United States

    Abstract: Soft jammed materials are disordered viscoelastic solids, composed of densely packed particles, that are commonly found both in the natural world and in a wide range of manufactured products. Their applications are widespread across various industries and technologies, including food, pharmaceuticals, agriculture and cosmetics. Understanding the fundamental physics and mathematics behind their highly complex […]

    ESE Spring Seminar – “Catch M(oor)e If You Can: Agile Hardware/Software Co-Design for Hyperscale Cloud Systems”

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    Glandt Forum, Singh Center for Nanotechnology 3205 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States

    Global reliance on cloud services, powered by transformative technologies like generative AI, machine learning, and big-data analytics, is driving exponential growth in demand for hyperscale cloud compute infrastructure. Meanwhile, the breakdown of classical hardware scaling (e.g., Moore's Law) is hampering growth in compute supply. Building domain-specific hardware can address this supply-demand gap, but catching up […]

    MEAM Seminar: “3D Modeling of the Intervertebral Disc: Direct Relationships Between Tissue Composition and Model Parameters”

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    Wu and Chen Auditorium (Room 101), Levine Hall 3330 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States

    Finite element models provide a valuable tool for studying disease progression, risk of tissue failure, or repair strategies. To date, many models for biological tissues employ hyperelastic material descriptions with material properties that have no direct physical interpretation. This seminar will focus on development, validation, and application of a multi-scale structure-based model developed for the […]