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2025 GRASP Robotics Master’s Award Round-Up
June 25th, 2025
Rob Ghrist: The soul of an artist, the mind of a mathematician
The art is both real and not real—a digital representation of an abstract concept—minted on the blockchain and hosted in an online, video-game-like platform by Robert Ghrist, the Andrea Mitchell University Professor of Mathematics and Electrical & Systems Engineering.
Microrobots Navigate Diverse Oral Environments to Deliver Therapies
The team’s 2024 paper, published in Advanced Healthcare Materials, describes their new platform that integrates nanozyme-shelled microrobots, made using microfluidics templates that combine individual iron oxide and silica nanoparticles into 100-µm microcapsules roughly…
2025 John A. Goff Prize Recipients
The annual John A. Goff Prize recognizes outstanding graduate students in Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics (MEAM), chosen by faculty based on their scholarship, resourcefulness, and leadership. This year, MEAM proudly celebrates two recipients…
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I’m happy to share that I’ve been promoted to Associate Professor at Penn! This milestone reflects years of collaboration, mentorship, and support from so many incredible colleagues, students, friends, and family. I’m deeply grateful, and even more excited for the road ahead!
Summer Innovation Institute Day 1: Fire Side Chat with Dr. Mark Yim from @PennEngineers and Dr. Pamela Cacchione @agingsense1 discussing experiences with design thinking in robotics
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