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CBE Doctoral Dissertation Defense: “Mechanical Confinement as a Driver of Aneuploidy in Cancer” (Steven Phan)
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Raisler Lounge (Room 225), Towne Building
220 South 33rd Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States
Abstract: Cell confinement and mechanical stress are common in solid tumors, but any impact on genetic changes remains unclear. Using chromosome reporters (ChReporters) that reveal heritable losses of chromosomes in […]
MEAM Ph.D. Thesis Defense: “Pneumatic Actuation in Soft Robotic System”
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CTA
Soft robotic systems, constructed from compliant and adaptive materials, offer advantages such as safe interaction with humans, flexibility in motion, and the ability to conform to unstructured environments. These capabilities […]
MSE PhD Defense: “Integrated Photonics for Intelligent Parameter Retrieval”
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Room 313, Singh Center for Nanotechnology
3205 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States
Thesis Committee: Prof. Liang Feng (Chair) Prof. Firooz Aflatouni Prof. Ritesh Agarwal Prof. I-Wei Chen Zoom: https://upenn.zoom.us/j/2449152154
CBE Doctoral Dissertation Defense: “Gas Encapsulating Microcapsules (GEMs)” (CK Yeh)
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Vagelos Institute for Energy Science and Technology, Room 121
231 S 34th Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States
Abstract: Microcapsules that can respond under hydrostatic pressure would open a new avenue of application in ultrasound- or impact-induced release of therapeutic agents. While microcapsules that are designed to release […]
CBE Doctoral Dissertation Defense: “Engineering Multiphasic Processes to Enhance Droplet Microfluidics and Biofuel Conversion” (Owen Land)
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Vagelos Institute for Energy Science and Technology, Room 121
231 S 34th Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States
Abstract: Multiphasic processes underpin nearly every aspect of modern life; from the food we eat and the clothes we wear to the medicines that sustain us and the energy systems […]
MEAM Seminar: “Taking Advantage of Coherent Vortex Wakes: Formation Flight and High Density Tidal Energy Harvesting”
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Wu and Chen Auditorium (Room 101), Levine Hall
3330 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States
Wake flows - the fluid mechanical "debris" shed behind an aerodynamic body - are often characterized by unsteady, turbulent, low-momentum fluid. Usually these wakes are to be avoided, but in […]
ASSET Seminar: “Title TBD”
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Amy Gutmann Hall, Room 414
3333 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, United States
Abstract TBD Zoom: https://upenn.zoom.us/j/98963621993
Fall 2025 GRASP SFI: Binghao Huang, Columbia University, “Scaling Touch: Flexible Tactile Skin for Dexterous Manipulation”
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Levine 307
3330 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States
This is a hybrid event with in-person attendance in Levine 307 and virtual attendance via Zoom. ABSTRACT Tactile and visual perception are crucial for fine-grained human interactions with the environment. […]
MSE Seminar: “Quantum Technologies with Atom-Light Interaction” Chuanwei Zhang – Washington University in St. Louis
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Wu and Chen Auditorium (Room 101), Levine Hall
3330 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States
From knotted cords to contemporary computers, the revolution in information technologies has been a major driving force of human civilization. Since its emergence in the early 1900s, quantum mechanics has […]
FOLDS seminar: Theory and practice of LLM quantization
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Amy Gutmann Hall, Room 306
3317 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States
Zoom link: https://upenn.zoom.us/j/98220304722 Modern LLMs process information by repeatedly applying a basic primitive of matrix multiplication. Estimates show that about 60-84% of the energy consumed by LLMs goes into […]
Fall 2025 GRASP on Robotics: Jiatao Gu, University of Pennsylvania, “Towards Robust World Models”
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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 Autonomous agents need a world model that explains observations, predicts what comes next, and chooses actions over long […]