July 20, 2026
Affecting 5-10% of infants worldwide, Cerebral Palsy (CP) is the most common motor disability among infants, presenting as a variety of motor, perception, and cognitive impairments. CP is a lifelong […]
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ESE Ph.D. Thesis Defense: “Spatial Compositions for Agile Quadrupedal Locomotion”
July 20, 2026
Zoom Link: https://upenn.zoom.us/j/98563756560?pwd=yXnuhaTv2V2jSOHzgiz1DujOa2Ubdw.1 Robots still have a lot to learn from animals when it comes to agile locomotion. Abstracting low-DOF dynamical models from animal locomotion and using them as control […]
Read MoreMEAM Seminar: “Exploiting Bistability for the Static, Dynamic and Aerodynamic Control of Mechanical Metamaterials”
July 21, 2026
Mechanical metamaterials achieve extraordinary physical properties through their internal geometric architectures. While traditional metamaterials are limited by fixed designs, multistable reprogrammable metamaterials can modify these properties post-fabrication and morph into […]
Read MoreESE Ph.D. Thesis Defense: “Optical Interfacing of Solid-State Spin Defects”
July 21, 2026
Zoom link: https://upenn.zoom.us/j/94300725438?pwd=ULEYFh03w6gJQemJJ1rx6HlaPA2kZn.1 Solid-state spin defects are a versatile class of systems for emerging quantum technologies. This thesis focuses on the optical interfacing of such defect platforms. In the first […]
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BE Doctoral Dissertation Defense: Jaesik Kim
The Department of Bioengineering at the University of Pennsylvania and Dr. Dokyoon Kim are pleased to announce the Doctoral Dissertation Defense of Jaesik Kim. Title: "Toward AI Co-scientists for Immunophenotyping: […]
ESE Ph.D. Thesis Defense: “Structured Learning of Flow Fields for Robot Navigation with Koopman Operators”
Vector field design plays a fundamental role in a wide range of robot motion control and navigation strategies. More recently, effort has been made to learn these vector fields from […]