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Rob Ghrist: The soul of an artist, the mind of a mathematician
May 2nd, 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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Congratulations to Brian Acosta for defending his doctoral dissertation, “Real-Time Perception and Mixed-Integer Footstep Control for Underactuated Bipedal Walking on Rough Terrain” under the guidance of @MichaelAPosa, Asst. Prof in MEAM.
Read more: https://blog.me.upenn.edu/brian-acosta-defends-dissertation-on-real-time-locomotion-control-for-bipedal-robots/
Healthcare Hero: Daniel Hashimoto, MD, MS, FACS
Dr. Hashimoto is the Assistant Professor of Surgery with @PennMedicine and performs minimally invasive robotic and endoscopic surgery to help patients restore their ability to eat, heal, and live fully.
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Congratulations to Brian Acosta for a successfully defending his Ph.D., ""Real-time Perception and Mixed-Integer Footstep Control for Underactuated Bipedal Walking on Rough Terrain," on May 6, 2025! @MEAM_Penn @GRASPlab
Recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZqUSpQ30FnE
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