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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230508T100000
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SUMMARY:BE Doctoral Dissertation Defense: "Resident Macrophages in Tendon Growth and Development" (Catherine Bautista)
DESCRIPTION:The Department of Bioengineering at the University of Pennsylvania and Dr. Nathaniel Dyment are pleased to announce the Doctoral Dissertation Defense of Catherine Bautista.\n\nTitle: Resident Macrophages in Tendon Growth and Development\nDate: May 8\, 2023\nTime: 10:00am\nLocation: JMB Class of ’62 Auditorium\n\nZoom: https://upenn.zoom.us/j/94981950758?pwd=TEdHN0FQU2MvMk52KzhaTTM0MWJvZz09\n\nThe public is welcome to attend.
URL:https://seasevents.nmsdev7.com/event/be-doctoral-dissertation-defense-resident-macrophages-in-tendon-growth-and-development-catherine-bautista/
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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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230508T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230508T140000
DTSTAMP:20260404T124342
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SUMMARY:2023 Heilmeier Award Lecture: Dr. Dani S. Bassett
DESCRIPTION:“On Being Curious”\nWhat is curiosity? Is it an emotion? A behavior? A cognitive process? Curiosity seems to be an abstract concept — like love\, perhaps\, or justice — far from the realm of those bits of nature that science can possibly address. However\, contrary to intuition\, leading theories of curiosity from history\, philosophy\, and psychology are surprisingly amenable to formalization in an emerging branch of mathematics known as network science. Such a formalization allows theories of curiosity to be explicitly tested and validated in linguistic and behavioral data. In understanding the foundational processes of curiosity\, we can turn to pressing societal questions that can only be addressed through interdisciplinary work that foregrounds a critical consciousness. How can we practice\, mentor\, and teach curiosity? In what ways might we value and support diverse curiosities? What is an ethical curiosity?
URL:https://seasevents.nmsdev7.com/event/2023-heilmeier-award-lecture-dr-dani-s-bassett/
LOCATION:Glandt Forum\, Singh Center for Nanotechnology\, 3205 Walnut Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Seminar,Distinguished Lecture,Faculty
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230510T093000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230510T093000
DTSTAMP:20260404T124342
CREATED:20230508T140331Z
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SUMMARY:ESE PhD Thesis Defense: "Event-based Perception for Ground Vehicle Control"
DESCRIPTION:Autonomous vehicles rely on environmental perception to inform the system on how to act. Vision sensors\, such as conventional cameras\, have been at the forefront of the perception of most mobile platforms. However\, conventional cameras have limitations such as high data rates\, low dynamic range\, and high latency. Dynamic vision sensors\, such as event cameras\, address and overcome those shortcomings by recording changes in the logarithm of light intensity at pixel level asynchronously and independently. With the benefits of high dynamic range\, low power consumption\, low latency\, and high temporal resolution\, event cameras excel as vision sensors for autonomous ground vehicle applications. This dissertation highlights the use of event cameras to inform control decisions for autonomous ground vehicles. Additionally\, it introduces a new 1/10th scale autonomous testing platform\, Ryder.
URL:https://seasevents.nmsdev7.com/event/ese-phd-thesis-defense-event-based-perception-for-ground-vehicle-control/
LOCATION:Wu and Chen Auditorium (Room 101)\, Levine Hall\, 3330 Walnut Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Dissertation or Thesis Defense
ORGANIZER;CN="Electrical and Systems Engineering":MAILTO:eseevents@seas.upenn.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230510T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230510T150000
DTSTAMP:20260404T124342
CREATED:20230419T153059Z
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SUMMARY:BE Doctoral Dissertation Defense: "Engineering stem cells and organoids on a chip for the study of human health and disease" (Sunghee Estelle Park)
DESCRIPTION:The Department of Bioengineering at the University of Pennsylvania and Dr. Dan Huh are pleased to announce the Doctoral Dissertation Defense of Sunghee Estelle Park. \nTitle: Engineering stem cells and organoids on a chip for the study of human health and disease\nDate: Wednesday\, May 10\, 2023\nTime: 1:00 pm\nLocation: Towne 225 Raisler Lounge \nThe public is welcome to attend. \n 
URL:https://seasevents.nmsdev7.com/event/be-doctoral-dissertation-defense-engineering-stem-cells-and-organoids-on-a-chip-for-the-study-of-human-health-and-disease-sunghee-estelle-park/
LOCATION:Raisler Lounge (Room 225)\, 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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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230510T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230510T160000
DTSTAMP:20260404T124342
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SUMMARY:MEAM Ph.D. Thesis Defense: "Aluminum Scandium Nitride (AlScN) Films for Microelectromechanical Systems"
DESCRIPTION:Advancements in wireless and sensor technology have resulted in increasing demand for piezoelectric MEMS devices in wireless handsets and base stations\, automobile technology\, health monitoring sensors\, and environmental sensors. Due to its high-quality factor (Q)\, Young’s modulus\, sound velocity\, and low mechanical and dielectric losses\, AlN is an advantageous resonator material with applications in radio frequency filtering. AlN’s low piezoelectric coefficients\, however\, limit its application\, especially when large electromechanical coupling is required such as wide bandwidth acoustic filters and energy harvesters. In 2009 it was discovered that alloying AlN with Scandium (Sc) increases its d33 piezoelectric coefficient by over 500% and maintains compatibility with post-CMOS integration when deposited below 400∘{1}*C. As process parameters and Sc levels are modified to enhance performance\, this also impacts the built-in stress in the film. Undesired stress can degrade device performance in thin films and cause undesired deformations in released MEMS structures. Undesired phases and anomalously oriented grains (AOGs) reduce piezoelectric coefficients\, film orientation\, and modify stress. AOGs also render etching of device structures problematic as the AOG regions etch at a much lower rate. AlScN theoretical material models do not capture these and other fabrication related effects and often fail to accurately predict the electromechanical properties of AlScN thin films. \nThis presentation will discuss the origins of stress and anomalous grain formation in AlScN physical vapor deposition processes\, establish methods to control the stress\, and inhibit anomalous grain growth over a range of scandium alloying levels to yield high quality AlScN films with large piezoelectric coefficients. The physical mechanism behind stress gradients in AlScN thin films and methods mitigate stress gradients to reduce out-of-plane deformations in released MEMS structures will also be discussed. I demonstrate a technique where the total process gas flow is varied during the deposition to compensate for the native through-thickness stress gradient in sputtered AlScN thin films. Finally\, I will provide methods to extract the AlScN stiffness\, piezoelectric\, and permittivity tenors from MEMS structures carefully designed to isolate various electromechanical parameters. A suite of device structures capable of measuring the key electromechanical properties of AlScN materials as a function of Sc alloying are demonstrated. Extraction of electromechanical properties is performed by matching solutions using COMSOL Multiphysics Finite Element Solver with the measurements obtained from the suite of device structures. This presentation provides physical vapor deposition parameters to deposit low stress\, stress gradient free\, and AOG free AlScN films\, fabrication processes to develop AlScN devices\, as well as electromechanical material models with complete material parameters to predict device performance. These are crucial innovations enabling the realization of devices in Al1−xScxN thin films. \n{1}*M. Akiyama\, T. Kamohara\, K. Kano\, A. Teshigahara\, Y. Takeuchi\, and N. Kawahara. (2009). Enhancement of piezoelectric response in scandium aluminum nitride alloy thin films prepared by dual reactive cosputtering. Advanced Materials\, 21(5)\, 593-596.
URL:https://seasevents.nmsdev7.com/event/meam-ph-d-thesis-defense-aluminum-scandium-nitride-alscn-films-for-microelectromechanical-systems/
LOCATION:Towne 307\, 220 S. 33rd Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Doctoral,Dissertation or Thesis Defense
ORGANIZER;CN="Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics":MAILTO:meam@seas.upenn.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230511T113000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230511T123000
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SUMMARY:MSE David P. Pope Distinguished Lecture: "Intelligentsia of Nano-Architected Hierarchical Materials"
DESCRIPTION:  \nCreation of reconfigurable and multi-functional materials can be achieved by incorporating architecture into material design. In our research\, we design and fabricate three-dimensional (3D) nano-architected materials that can exhibit superior and often tunable thermal\, photonic\, electrochemical\, biochemical\, and mechanical properties at extremely low mass densities (lighter than aerogels)\, which renders them useful and enabling in technological applications. Dominant properties of such meta-materials are driven by their multi-scale nature: from characteristic material microstructure (atoms) to individual constituents (nanometers) to structural components (microns) to overall architectures (millimeters and above). \nThe focus of this talk is on additive manufacturing via vat polymerization and function-containing chemical synthesis to create 3D nano- and micro-architected metals\, ceramics\, multifunctional metal oxides (nano-photonics\, photocatalytic\, piezoelectric\, etc.)\, and metal-containing polymer complexes\, etc.\, as well as demonstrate their potential in some real-use biomedical\, protective\, and sensing applications. I will describe how the choice of architecture\, material\, and external stimulus can elicit stimulus- responsive\, reconfigurable\, and multifunctional response.
URL:https://seasevents.nmsdev7.com/event/mse-david-p-pope-lecture-intelligentsia-of-nano-architected-hierarchical-materials/
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
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230511T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230511T163000
DTSTAMP:20260404T124342
CREATED:20230324T200626Z
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SUMMARY:Penn Engineering Commencement 2023: Doctoral Ceremony
DESCRIPTION:Celebrate Penn Engineering’s 2023 Doctoral Graduates. Additional information is available on the Penn Engineering Commencement website.
URL:https://seasevents.nmsdev7.com/event/penn-engineering-commencement-2023-doctoral-ceremony/
LOCATION:Irvine Auditorium\, 3401 Spruce Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Faculty,Doctoral,Graduate,Student,Alumni,Commencement
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230512T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230512T100000
DTSTAMP:20260404T124342
CREATED:20230505T202001Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230505T202001Z
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SUMMARY:ESE PhD Thesis Defense: "Control and Optimization over Large-Scale Networks"
DESCRIPTION:The future of the Internet of Things (IoT) envisions very large networks of spatially distributed devices cooperating to solve common tasks in both industrial and urban environments. That vision fundamentally relies on the use of wireless communication across such networks to enable flexibility\, mobility\, and dynamic configurations. To help realize that vision\, we discuss three related challenges in this dissertation. First\, we present a constrained reinforcement learning framework for the joint design of control and communication policies in wireless control systems. As the scale of deployment of spatially distributed control systems grows\, however\, the performance of learned policies deteriorate. In the second part of this talk we then investigate the design of scalable and transferable resource allocation policies to govern communication in wireless control systems. We conclude the talk by generalizing that approach to large-scale distributed optimization problems and show that one can learn distributed optimization algorithms that match or exceed the performance of hand-crafted ones.
URL:https://seasevents.nmsdev7.com/event/ese-phd-thesis-defense-control-and-optimization-over-large-scale-networks/
LOCATION:Room 452 C\, 3401 Walnut\, 3401 Walnut Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Dissertation or Thesis Defense
ORGANIZER;CN="Electrical and Systems Engineering":MAILTO:eseevents@seas.upenn.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230512T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230512T163000
DTSTAMP:20260404T124342
CREATED:20230324T201232Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230324T201232Z
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SUMMARY:Penn Engineering Commencement 2023: Master's Ceremony
DESCRIPTION:Celebrate the Penn Engineering 2023 Master’s Graduates. Additional information is available on the Penn Engineering Commencement website.
URL:https://seasevents.nmsdev7.com/event/penn-engineering-commencement-2023-masters-ceremony/
LOCATION:Palestra\, 223 South 33rd Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Faculty,Graduate,Student,Master's,Alumni,Commencement
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230513T093000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230513T101500
DTSTAMP:20260404T124342
CREATED:20230504T134157Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230504T134157Z
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SUMMARY:Penn Engineering Portrait Celebration in Honor of Ms. Cora Ingrum and Ms. Donna Hampton
DESCRIPTION:Dean Vijay Kumar invites members of the Penn Engineering community to attend the unveiling of commissioned portraits of: \nMs. Cora Ingrum \nby Patricia Watwood \nand \nMs. Donna Hampton\nby Ashon Crawley \nThere will be a breakfast reception to follow.
URL:https://seasevents.nmsdev7.com/event/penn-engineering-portrait-celebration-in-honor-of-ms-cora-ingrum-and-ms-donna-hampton/
LOCATION:Heilmeier Hall (Room 100)\, Towne Building\, 220 South 33rd Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Faculty,Doctoral,Graduate,Student,Master's,Alumni,Commencement,Undergraduate,Diversity, Equity and Inclusion,Staff
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230513T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230513T160000
DTSTAMP:20260404T124342
CREATED:20230324T201525Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230324T201525Z
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SUMMARY:Penn Engineering Commencement 2023: Undergraduate Ceremony
DESCRIPTION:Celebrate the Penn Engineering Undergraduate Class of 2023. Additional information is available on the Penn Engineering Commencement website.
URL:https://seasevents.nmsdev7.com/event/penn-engineering-commencement-2023-undergraduate-ceremony/
LOCATION:Palestra\, 223 South 33rd Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Faculty,Student,Alumni,Commencement,Undergraduate
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