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    • MEAM Ph.D. Thesis Defense: “Development of Microfluidic Platforms for High-Throughput Biomolecular Screening”

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    Room 2C4, David Rittenhouse Laboratory Building 209 S. 33rd Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States

    High-throughput screening (HTS) is an essential step in the discovery and development of novel therapeutics. Single-phase and multiphase microfluidic platforms offer improved sensitivity, reduced cost, and enhanced physiological relevance compared with conventional screening technologies such as microplates and fluorescence-activated cell sorters. However, a challenge towards unlocking the full potential of microfluidic platforms for HTS in […]

    ESE Ph.D. Thesis Defense: “Learning-Enabled Control: Statistical Foundations and Architectures”

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    Amy Gutmann Hall, Room 515 3317 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, United States
    Hybrid Event

    Zoom link: https://upenn.zoom.us/j/93917708817 Recent advances in learning-enabled control have dramatically expanded the capabilities of autonomous systems, with applications ranging from robots and self-driving cars to industrial automation systems. However, reliable real-world deployment remains fundamentally constrained by the uncertainty in learned components, the complexity of large-scale systems, and the high cost of collecting system data. Toward addressing […]

    ESE Ph.D. Thesis Defense: “Co-Design of Resonators, Piezoelectric Materials, and Acoustic Modes for Timing, Communications, and Power Applications”

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    Room 313, Singh Center for Nanotechnology 3205 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States

    The growing demand for high-performance frequency control and power conversion systems has intensified research interest in piezoelectric MEMS resonators. This thesis investigates three piezoelectric material systems, including aluminum nitride (AlN), aluminum scandium nitride (AlScN), and lithium niobate (LiNbO₃), operating in different acoustic modes: bulk acoustic wave (BAW), thickness shear (TS), and Lamb wave modes, By […]

    ESE Ph.D. Thesis Defense: “Spatial Compositions for Agile Quadrupedal Locomotion”

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    Greenberg Lounge (Room 114), Skirkanich Hall 210 South 33rd Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States
    Hybrid Event

    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 targets for robots has demonstrated impressive empirical results while often facilitating formal performance guarantees. However, implementations of this approach have historically tended to restrict their […]

    MEAM Ph.D. Thesis Defense: “Predicting Infant Center of Pressure with Physics and Data-Informed Modeling”

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    David Rittenhouse Laboratory Building, Room 4C6 209 S. 33rd Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States

    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 condition with no cure, but treatment exists through rehabilitation. Evidence suggests that rehabilitation can be especially effective before the age of 2, but to deliver […]

    BE Doctoral Dissertation Defense: Mengdi Tao

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    The Department of Bioengineering at the University of Pennsylvania and Dr. Ravi Radhakrishnan are pleased to announce the Doctoral Dissertation Defense of Mengdi Tao. Title: "Disease Modeling and Systems Pharmacology: Translating Molecular Mechanisms into Clinical Phenotypes using Virtual Population" Advisor: Dr. Ravi Radhakrishnan Date: Monday, July 27 Time: 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM Location: The […]

    MEAM Seminar: “Multiscale Fatigue Fracture of Hierarchical Additively Manufactured Alloys”

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    Raisler Lounge (Room 225), Towne Building 220 South 33rd Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States

    Most mechanical failures are caused by fatigue, where damage accumulates gradually during sub-critical cyclic loading. Yet despite nearly two centuries of study, the microstructural origins of fatigue fracture remain elusive. Bioinspired hierarchical alloys enabled by additive manufacturing offer a promising route to systematically design fatigue-resistant materials. However, it remains unclear how discrete structural constituents independently […]

    • MEAM Seminar: “Additive Manufacturing of Electronic Skins and Musculofascial Multifunctional Structures”

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    Wu and Chen Auditorium (Room 101), Levine Hall 3330 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States

    Materials of the future require burgeoning combinations of outstanding properties (e.g.’s, mechanical, electrical, and stimuli-responsiveness). My talk will cover two broad examples of current and ongoing work from our group towards this effort. The first example will cover our work on designing liquid metal emulsions for 3D printed soft conductors and electrochemically active materials to […]