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SUMMARY:MEAM Seminar: "Microdevices Enabled by Rarefied Flows"
DESCRIPTION:In this talk we will review emerging applications of rarefied gas dynamics for microscale sensing\, actuation and power generation. Performance of conventional fluidic devices such as pumps\, combustors and heat engines decreases at the microscale due to greater viscous and heat transfer losses. Unconventional micro/nanodevices exploit the tight coupling between non-equilibrium gas\, liquid and solid-state transport and electromagnetic phenomena to overcome these limitations. We consider three distinct MEMS based on i) very high thermal gradients; ii) increased capillary forces; iii) high electric fields. The first example is Microscale In-Plane Knudsen Radiometeric Actuator (MIKRA) that applies thermostress convection to achieve actuation and control of gas-phase transport by temperature gradients and offers novel methods for gas sensing\, pumping\, and species separation. In macroscale systems\, the operating temperatures necessary to generate significant flow actuation by thermostress convection are prohibitively high. For microdevices\, thermal gradients on the order of 107 Kelvin per meter could be achieved\, allowing these effects to be exploited. Another examples is Film Evaporation MEMS Tunable Array (FEMTA)\, a micropropulsion technology that works on microscale effects of surface tension\, hydrophobicity\, and thin film boiling to create highly tunable thrust using ultra pure water as propellant for attitude control and maneuvering of small satellites and deployable space structures.
URL:https://seasevents.nmsdev7.com/event/meam-seminar-microdevices-enabled-by-rarefied-flows/
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
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200204T104500
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SUMMARY:MSE Faculty Candidate Seminar: "Unsupervised Learning of Dislocation Motion"
DESCRIPTION:High-performance designs that utilize metallic alloys are driving a need to quantify deformation in-situ at the finest length scales in order to reduce weight\, increase operating temperatures\, and improve fatigue life. With improvements to data reconstruction algorithms\, brighter X-ray sources\, and more efficient detectors\, these in-situ studies of microstructural and micromechanical evolution in 3-D (nm-µm length scales) and at rapid time scales (<ms) are now possible. As numerous projections are often required for inversion of 3-D physics-based scattering models\, trade-offs typically must be made between microstructural detail and the time scale probed. Instead\, utilization of unsupervised learning\, specifically locally linear embedding (LLE)\, is proposed to analyze in-situ diffraction data and find lower-dimensional embeddings that characterize microstructural transients\, thus by-passing the need for a scattering model chosen a priori and enabling material understanding to be recovered with sparser data sets. The approach is applied to diffraction data gathered during uniaxial deformation of additively manufactured Inconel 625. The evolution of the lower-dimensional representation of microstructure is directly connected to the evolution of the defect densities that dictate strength and plastic flow behavior using a well-established material model. The implications of the findings for future constitutive model development and wider applicability to the study of material evolution during processing\, particularly additive manufacturing\, will be discussed.
URL:https://seasevents.nmsdev7.com/event/mse-faculty-candidate-seminar/
LOCATION:Auditorium\, LRSM Building\, 3231 Walnut Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
ORGANIZER;CN="Materials Science and Engineering":MAILTO:johnruss@seas.upenn.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200205T150000
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CREATED:20191219T200822Z
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SUMMARY:CBE Faculty Candidate Seminar: "Understanding and Controlling the Complexity of Catalytic Active Sites"
DESCRIPTION:Abstract:\nHeterogeneous catalysis is of central importance to the global economy today\, facilitating the conversion of raw materials into valuable fuels and chemicals\, and the abatement of chemical pollutants in an efficient way. As environmental concerns associated with the use of fossil fuels and increased viability of alternative technologies motivate a transition away from traditional chemical processes\, continued development and understanding of catalytic reactions will be of vital importance. At the atomic level\, catalytic reactions involve the making and breaking of chemical bonds between reacting molecules and active sites.  As our understanding of catalytic reactions advances\, it has become apparent that the environment in which active sites operate can significantly impact reactivity\, both by influencing the structure of these active sites\, and by directly affecting reaction energetics. Appreciation of the dynamic behavior of active sites and the influence of the reaction environment on catalysis is therefore required for a full description of a catalytic process\, and once understood\, can provide additional tools for designing catalysts. Control over both the binding site and the non-reactive components in its vicinity can lead to optimal activity\, as elegantly demonstrated by nature’s catalysts\, enzymes. In this talk\, two illustrative examples are provided that demonstrate the consequences of the reaction environment surrounding an active site on catalyst structure and reactivity. \n 
URL:https://seasevents.nmsdev7.com/event/cbe-seminar-understanding-and-controlling-the-complexity-of-catalytic-active-sites/
LOCATION:Wu and Chen Auditorium (Room 101)\, Levine Hall\, 3330 Walnut Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Seminar
ORGANIZER;CN="Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering":MAILTO:cbemail@seas.upenn.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200206T104500
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SUMMARY:MSE Faculty Candidate Seminar: “Atomically Thin Films and Superlattices”
DESCRIPTION:Thin film materials and heterostructures play a key role in modern technology including electronics and photonics. Atomically precise engineering of thin film materials enables unprecedented control of their structure and properties\, bringing exciting opportunities to materials science. Transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs)\, which form three-atom-thick monolayers with van der Waals surfaces\, provide an ideal material platform with diverse electrical and optical properties for thin film engineering in the atomically thin limit. \nIn this talk\, Dr. Xie will discuss three key synthesis challenges for realizing atomically engineered thin films and superlattices with atomically thin TMDs. Firstly\, he will discuss how high-performance monolayer TMD films can be synthesized with wafer-scale uniformity. Furthermore\, he will discuss how dissimilar TMDs (e.g. tungsten disulfide and tungsten diselenide) can be integrated laterally in the monolayer plane to form superlattices without dislocations\, despite a large 4% lattice mismatch. Lastly\, Dr. Xie will discuss how various TMD monolayers can be stacked vertically to form programmed van der Waals superlattices. These scalable synthesis capabilities will further enable novel atomically engineered materials that hold great potential for future ultrathin electronics.
URL:https://seasevents.nmsdev7.com/event/mse-faculty-candidate-seminar-atomically-thin-films-and-superlattices/
LOCATION:Auditorium\, LRSM Building\, 3231 Walnut Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
ORGANIZER;CN="Materials Science and Engineering":MAILTO:johnruss@seas.upenn.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200206T120000
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SUMMARY:BE Seminar: "Immunomodulatory Biomaterials for Limb Salvage"
DESCRIPTION:Diabetes and peripheral arterial disease affect hundreds of millions of people worldwide. Patients with these conditions frequently develop chronic wounds on the lower limbs that lead to amputation\, with a 5-year mortality rate as high as 77%. Macrophages\, the primary cell of the innate immune system\, are critical regulators of angiogenesis and wound healing. Their dysfunction is strongly implicated in arterial dysfunction\, limb ischemia\, and poorly healing chronic wounds. The goal of the Biomaterials and Regenerative Medicine Laboratory at Drexel University is to understand the mechanisms by which macrophages orchestrate successful angiogenesis and tissue regeneration and to develop novel biomaterial strategies that apply these principles to pathological situations\, in order to ultimately prevent limb amputation. This talk will focus on the effects of temporal changes in macrophage phenotype on angiogenesis\, the design of biomaterials and drug delivery systems to modulate macrophage phenotype for enhanced angiogenesis\, and the development of macrophage phenotype-related biomarkers to assist in clinical decision making for a personalized medicine approach to wound care.
URL:https://seasevents.nmsdev7.com/event/be-seminar-immunomodulatory-biomaterials-for-limb-salvage/
LOCATION:Room 337\, Towne Building\, 220 South 33rd Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Seminar
ORGANIZER;CN="Bioengineering":MAILTO:be@seas.upenn.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200206T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200206T160000
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SUMMARY:ESE & CIS Seminar: "Toward Power-Efficient Computing with Applied Inference"
DESCRIPTION:Abstract: We require computers that extract value from exponential data growth even as exponential transistor scaling falters. With limited scaling\, power and thermal density threaten performance. Architects must pursue power efficiency in design and management. My research group addresses these challenges by integrating systems architecture with statistical inference. First\, we design systems by tailoring hardware to software. We construct statistical surrogates for expensive design tools\, solving previously intractable problems in heterogeneous\, adaptive\, and specialized processing. Second\, we manage systems by allocating datacenter power. We construct multi-agent games and discover statistical equilibria in which users draw power strategically and avoid oversubscribing shared power. Third\, we diagnose system anomalies by inferring causal performance models and extracting themes from these models with semantic clustering. Finally\, we will discuss future directions for efficient computing in datacenters and beyond.
URL:https://seasevents.nmsdev7.com/event/ese-cis-seminar-benjamin-lee/
LOCATION:Wu and Chen Auditorium (Room 101)\, Levine Hall\, 3330 Walnut Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Colloquium
ORGANIZER;CN="Electrical and Systems Engineering":MAILTO:eseevents@seas.upenn.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200207T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200207T170000
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CREATED:20200129T192625Z
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SUMMARY:The Joy of Being Faculty PT I: How to Interview for a Faculty Position
DESCRIPTION:This professional development workshop series is designed to provide Penn Engineering graduate students and postdocs with a richer understanding of what it is like to pursue a career in academia from those that have navigated the process successfully. Deputy Dean Kathleen J. Stebe (SEAS) will lead this extemporaneous discussion with a panel of Penn Engineering professors. Networking reception to follow.
URL:https://seasevents.nmsdev7.com/event/the-joy-of-being-faculty-pt-i-how-to-interview-for-a-faculty-position/
LOCATION:Heilmeier Hall (Room 100)\, Towne Building\, 220 South 33rd Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Doctoral,Graduate,Panel Discussion,Postdoctoral
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