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 […]
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 […]
The Department of Bioengineering at the University of Pennsylvania and Dr. Jennifer Phillips-Cremins are pleased to announce the Doctoral Dissertation Defense of Thomas Malachowski. Title: "Disease Modeling and Systems Pharmacology: Translating Molecular Mechanisms into Clinical Phenotypes using Virtual Population" Advisor: Dr. Jennifer Phillips-Cremins Date: Wednesday, July 29, 2026 Time: 3:00pm EST Location: The defense will […]
In recent decades the use of soft materials as ‘active’ materials, especially as soft actuators for robotics applications, has grown. One thrust of work has focused on the use of porous elastomers, with direct control of the pore pressure as the actuation mechanism. Motivated by this interest, we investigate here the behavior of porous elastomeric […]
