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ESE Ph.D. Thesis Defense: “Toward Scalable Synthesis of High-Quality Two-Dimensional Materials”
Fisher Bennett Hall, Room 24 3340 Walnut Street, Philadelphia
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MEAM Seminar: “Exploiting Bistability for the Static, Dynamic and Aerodynamic Control of Mechanical Metamaterials”
Heilmeier Hall (Room 100), Towne Building 220 South 33rd Street, PhiladelphiaCBE Doctoral Dissertation Defense: “Multiscale Molecular Simulation Approaches to Small Molecule Permeation in Glassy Polymers” (Sam Layding)
Greenberg Lounge (Room 114), Skirkanich Hall 210 South 33rd Street, PhiladelphiaESE Ph.D. Thesis Defense: “Optical Interfacing of Solid-State Spin Defects”
Heilmeier Hall (Room 100), Towne Building 220 South 33rd Street, Philadelphia
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Sunday, July 19, 2026
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Monday, July 20, 2026
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July 20, 2026 -MEAM Ph.D. Thesis Defense: “Predicting Infant Center of Pressure with Physics and Data-Informed Modeling”
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Hybrid EventJuly 20, 2026ESE Ph.D. Thesis Defense: “Spatial Compositions for Agile Quadrupedal Locomotion”
MEAM Ph.D. Thesis Defense: “Predicting Infant Center of Pressure with Physics and Data-Informed Modeling”
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 […]
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ESE Ph.D. Thesis Defense: “Spatial Compositions for Agile Quadrupedal Locomotion”
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 […]
Tuesday, July 21, 2026
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Hybrid EventJuly 21, 2026ESE Ph.D. Thesis Defense: “Toward Scalable Synthesis of High-Quality Two-Dimensional Materials”
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July 21, 2026 -MEAM Seminar: “Exploiting Bistability for the Static, Dynamic and Aerodynamic Control of Mechanical Metamaterials”
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July 21, 2026 -CBE Doctoral Dissertation Defense: “Multiscale Molecular Simulation Approaches to Small Molecule Permeation in Glassy Polymers” (Sam Layding)
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Hybrid EventJuly 21, 2026ESE Ph.D. Thesis Defense: “Optical Interfacing of Solid-State Spin Defects”
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ESE Ph.D. Thesis Defense: “Toward Scalable Synthesis of High-Quality Two-Dimensional Materials”
Two-dimensional (2D) materials offer a route to sustain semiconductor device scaling beyond the limits of silicon, providing atomically thin, dangling-bond-free channels and a versatile platform for further device scaling and the heterogeneous integration of electronic and optoelectronic functions. The principal bottleneck to their adoption, however, is the lack of a manufacturing route that simultaneously delivers […]
MEAM Seminar: “Exploiting Bistability for the Static, Dynamic and Aerodynamic Control of Mechanical Metamaterials”
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 different shapes. However, existing tunable metamaterials often require continuous energy input, rely on global volumetric deformations, or necessitate complex actuation networks. In this talk, I […]
CBE Doctoral Dissertation Defense: “Multiscale Molecular Simulation Approaches to Small Molecule Permeation in Glassy Polymers” (Sam Layding)
Abstract: Glass-forming, disordered materials are ubiquitous in our world. Systems lacking long-range order like a liquid but with many of the mechanical properties of a solid have countless applications and encompass many classes of materials, including polymers, which in many ways define the modern age. The use of glassy polymers to make membranes for separations […]
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ESE Ph.D. Thesis Defense: “Optical Interfacing of Solid-State Spin Defects”
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 half of the thesis, a photonic inverse design methodology called many-body shape optimization is implemented in order to design a metasurface optical interface for the […]
Wednesday, July 22, 2026
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Thursday, July 23, 2026
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Friday, July 24, 2026
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July 24, 2026 -LAMP Seminar: “Walking and Winking: Studying the Water-to-land Transition to Understand How Functional Innovations Evolve”
LAMP Seminar: “Walking and Winking: Studying the Water-to-land Transition to Understand How Functional Innovations Evolve”
This seminar will explore two complementary lines of research on the evolutionary transition from water to land. First, I will present new discoveries from the fossil record of early tetrapods that provide insight into how walking first evolved. Then, I will discuss how studies of mudskippers, small amphibious fishes that live in mangroves and on […]
Saturday, July 25, 2026
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