• ESE Ph.D. Thesis Defense: “Modeling and Motion Planning for Robotic Systems with Networked Compliance”

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

    Zoom: https://upenn.zoom.us/j/3458894777?omn=91979093447 Meeting ID: 345 889 4777 Physical compliance enters robotic systems either by design, to yield gracefully to disturbances, or by circumstance, as a property of the environment or task itself. Often this compliance is distributed across many interacting elements, and how those elements are connected determines whether their combined effect on the robot's […]

    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 […]