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SUMMARY:Physical Sciences Onco-development Colloquium (PSOC): "From physics to therapeutics – An entrepreneurial journey across disciplines" (Kandaswamy Vijayan)
DESCRIPTION:Physical Sciences Onco-development Colloquium (PSOC) \nHybrid talk in Raisler Lounge and on Zoom (contact manu@seas.upenn.edu for the Zoom link).
URL:https://seasevents.nmsdev7.com/event/psocpenn-talk-tba-3/
LOCATION:Raisler Lounge (Room 225)\, Towne Building\, 220 South 33rd Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Seminar
ORGANIZER;CN="PSOC":MAILTO:manu@seas.upenn.edu
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SUMMARY:MEAM Ph.D. Thesis Defense: "The Design of a Community-Informed Socially Interactive Humanoid Robot and End-effectors for Novel Edge-Rolling"
DESCRIPTION:This dissertation discusses my work in building an HRI platform called Quori and my once separate now integrated work on a manipulation method that can enable robots like Quori\, or any more capable robot\, to move large circular cylindrical objects. \nQuori is a novel\, affordable\, socially interactive humanoid robot platform for facilitating noncontact human-robot interaction (HRI) research. The design of the system is motivated by feedback sampled from the HRI research community. The overall design maintains a balance of affordability and functionality. Ten Quori platforms have been awarded to a diverse group of researchers from across the United States to facilitate HRI research to build a community database from a common platform. \nThis dissertation concludes with a demonstration of Quori transporting a large cylinder for which Quori does not have the power to lift nor the range of motion to dexterously manipulate. Quori is able to achieve this otherwise insurmountable tasks through a novel robotic manipulation technique called robotic edge-rolling. Edge-rolling refers to transporting a cylindrical object by rolling on its circular edge\, as human workers maneuver a gas cylinder on the ground for example. This robotic edge-rolling is achieved by controlling the object to roll on the bottom edge in contact with the ground\, and to slide on the surface of the robot’s end-effector. It can thus be regarded as a form of robotic dexterous\, in-hand manipulation with nonprehensile grasps. This work mainly addresses the problem of grasp planning for edge-rolling by studying how to design appropriately shaped end-effectors with zero internal mobility and how to find feasible grasps for stably rolling the object with the simple end-effectors.
URL:https://seasevents.nmsdev7.com/event/meam-ph-d-thesis-defense-the-design-of-a-community-informed-socially-interactive-humanoid-robot-and-end-effectors-for-novel-edge-rolling/
LOCATION:Room 337\, Towne Building\, 220 South 33rd Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
ORGANIZER;CN="Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics":MAILTO:meam@seas.upenn.edu
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SUMMARY:MEAM Seminar: "Motion Planning for a Variable Topology Truss Robot"
DESCRIPTION:Variable Topology Trusses (VTTs) are a new type of modular\, self-reconfigurable robot (MSRR). Like other self-reconfigurable robot systems\, a VTT can change its shape to adapt to a variety of tasks\, offering a wider range of capabilities than a single robot configuration. While most MSRRs consist of robot modules that are connected in a chain or lattice architecture\, VTTs use a truss-based architecture instead. A VTT can be thought of as a variable geometry truss—a set of linear actuator modules that are connected together to form a rigid structure—with the additional ability to reconfigure by merging and splitting the truss nodes. This truss architecture gives improved structural efficiency and scalability\, but it presents unique challenges for motion planning and reconfiguration planning. \nIn this talk\, I will first introduce the Variable Topology Truss concept and show our recent progress on developing the robot hardware. Then\, I will present my work on motion planning for reconfiguration and shape morphing of VTTs. Traditional probabilistic motion planning techniques are ineffective because the collision constraints generate a configuration space with many narrow passageways and inaccessible regions. I will present a technique that guides a motion planner by leveraging the topological and knot-theoretic information embedded in a robot configuration.
URL:https://seasevents.nmsdev7.com/event/meam-seminar-motion-planning-for-a-variable-topology-truss-robot/
LOCATION:Towne 313\, 220 S. 33rd Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Seminar
ORGANIZER;CN="Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics":MAILTO:meam@seas.upenn.edu
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SUMMARY:BE Doctoral Dissertation: "Fundamentals and Application of 3D Suspension Bath Bioprinting for the Engineering of Meniscal Tissue" (Margaret Prendergast)
DESCRIPTION:The Department of Bioengineering at the University of Pennsylvania and Dr. Jason Burdick are pleased to announce the Doctoral Dissertation Defense of Margaret Prendergast. \n\nTitle: Fundamentals and Application of 3D Suspension Bath Bioprinting for the Engineering of Meniscal Tissue\nDate: Friday\, July 29th\, 2022\nTime: 9 AM ET\nLocation: Towne Building\, Room 337\, 107 Towne Bldg\, Philadelphia PA 19104 \n(If you wish to join virtually\, Please reach out to Maggie (prendm@seas.upenn.edu) for zoom link and passcode.)
URL:https://seasevents.nmsdev7.com/event/be-doctoral-dissertation-fundamentals-and-application-of-3d-suspension-bath-bioprinting-for-the-engineering-of-meniscal-tissue-margaret-prendergast/
LOCATION:Room 337\, Towne Building\, 220 South 33rd Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Doctoral,Graduate,Student,Dissertation or Thesis Defense
ORGANIZER;CN="Bioengineering":MAILTO:be@seas.upenn.edu
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SUMMARY:Quantum Engineering Summer Seminar Series: Hannes Bernien\, PhD [trapped ion systems] (University of Chicago)
DESCRIPTION:About the Series: The Quantum Engineering Summer Seminar Series is hosted by the Quantum Engineering Graduate Association (QEGA) every Friday at 12:00 – 1:00 pm EDT throughout the summer months and will be followed by a separate Fall series. The series invites leading world leading experts across academia\, industry\, and government working on experimental\, theoretical\, and policy aspects of quantum science and engineering. Each seminar will be followed by a 10 minute networking session with the invited speaker. \nSpeaker List: \nJuly 8th\, 2022 – Jon Felbinger\, PhD [private-public partnerships] (Quantum Economic Development Consortium) \nJuly 15th\, 2022 – William Oliver\, PhD [superconducting qubits] (MIT and MIT Lincoln Labs) \nJuly 22nd\, 2022 – Sinead Griffin\, PhD [novel qubit materials design] (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory) \nJuly 29th\, 2022 – Hannes Bernien\, PhD [trapped ion systems] (University of Chicago) \nAugust 5th\, 2022 – Prineha Narang\, PhD [computational quantum dynamics] (Harvard University) \nAugust 12th\, 2022 – Peter McMahon\, PhD [quantum annealing] (Cornell University) \nAugust 19th\, 2022 – Nick Bronn\, PhD [NISQ era quantum computing] (IBM) \nAugust 26th\, 2022 – Riccardo Manenti\, PhD [scalable quantum computing systems] (Rigetti) \nMeeting Information: The seminar series will be a hybrid event with talks broadcasted on campus (Wu and Chen Auditorium\, Levine Hall) and available online via Zoom. The Zoom link will be posted weekly for each individual talk. \nJoin QEGA: The Quantum Engineering Graduate Association (QEGA) is a new organization at Penn founded by Nima Leclerc and Noah Johnson\, two Penn ESE PhD students in the Sigillito Group. QEGA’s goal is to increase graduate student and faculty engagement in quantum engineering at Penn through school-wide events such as this seminar series\, quantum-career networking opportunities\, and a quantum engineering outreach program program. If you would like to stay connected with us\, please email Nima at nleclerc@seas.upenn.edu with the subject line ‘qega listserv’ to get added to our mailing list!
URL:https://seasevents.nmsdev7.com/event/quantum-engineering-summer-seminar-series-hannes-bernien-phd-trapped-ion-systems-university-of-chicago/
LOCATION:https://upenn.zoom.us/j/96715197752
CATEGORIES:Seminar
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SUMMARY:BE Doctoral Dissertation Defense: "Designing Hyaluronic Acid Granular Hydrogels for Biomaterials Applications" (Victoria Grace Muir)
DESCRIPTION:The Department of Bioengineering at the University of Pennsylvania and Dr. Jason Burdick are pleased to announce the Doctoral Dissertation Defense of Victoria Grace Muir.\n\nTitle: Designing Hyaluronic Acid Granular Hydrogels for Biomaterials Applications\nDate: Friday\, July 29th\, 2022\nTime: 12pm ET\nLocation: John Morgan Building\, Class of 62 Auditorium\, 3620 Hamilton Walk\, Philadelphia\, PA 19104.\n\nThe public is welcome to attend.
URL:https://seasevents.nmsdev7.com/event/be-doctoral-dissertation-defense-designing-hyaluronic-acid-granular-hydrogels-for-biomaterials-applications-victoria-grace-muir/
LOCATION:Class of 62 Auditorium\, John Morgan Building\, 3620 Hamilton Walk\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104
CATEGORIES:Doctoral,Graduate,Student,Dissertation or Thesis Defense
ORGANIZER;CN="Bioengineering":MAILTO:be@seas.upenn.edu
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