Author: Katherine Thompson
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PICS Colloquium: “Computation of Flow-Induced Sound at Low Mach Numbers” with Meng Wang
On Friday, October 21 at 2:00 PICS will present a colloquium featuring Dr. Meng Wang, Professor of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering at the University of Notre Dame College of Engineering. Title: Computation of Flow-Induced Sound at Low Mach Numbers Abstract: Flow-induced noise is a significant problem for air, road and marine vehicles as well as many…
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PICS Colloquium, “Sound Attenuation and the Vibrational Properties of Glasses” with Elijah Flenner
On Friday, October 14 at 2:00 PICS will host a colloquium featuring Dr. Elijah Flenner, Research Scientist at Colorado State University. This talk will take place in PICS room 534 (3401 Walnut Street, Wing A, 5th Floor. Use the entrance next to the Starbucks) Title: “Sound Attenuation and the Vibrational Properties of Glasses” Abstract: Understanding of the universal low-temperature…
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Amish Patel Receives Lindback Teaching Award
Congratulations to Professor Amish Patel who was awarded the 2022 Christian R. and Mary F. Lindback Foundation Awards for Distinguished Teaching.
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The Bassani Group has published a new paper: “Finite deformation near a crack tip terminated at an interface between two neo-Hookean sheets”
This work was published in the Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids. Abstract A crack terminating at an arbitrary angle to the interface between two neo-Hookean sheets is investigated under plane stress conditions using finite deformation theory. The asymptotic crack-tip deformation and stress fields are analyzed as a function of the ratio of the moduli…
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The Bassani Group has a paper out in the Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids: “Exploiting interface patterning for adhesion control.”
The Bassani Group has a paper out in the Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids Abstract Surface force-mediated adhesion, e.g. via van der Waals forces, is critical for direct bonding of bulk solids in the absence of chemical bonding or an adhesive layer. However, no two surfaces are ideally flat or perfectly conformal due to surface…
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PICS Colloquium: “Transforming Healthcare from the Outside: the OBSERVER project” with Kevin Johnson
On Friday, April 15 at 2:00 PICS will present a colloquium featuring Kevin Johnson, David L. Cohen University Professor, Annenberg School for Communication, Bioengineering, Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Informatics Primary, Computer and Information Science Primary, Pediatrics at the University of Pennsylvania. Title: Transforming Healthcare from the Outside: the OBSERVER project Abstract: We live with a health care system that has evolved…
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“Relationships between structure, memory and flow in sheared disordered materials”
Members of the Reina Group, The Jerolmack Group, and the Arratia Group have worked together on a new paper in Nature Physics. Abstract:A fundamental challenge regarding disordered solids is predicting macroscopic yield—the point at which elastic behaviour changes to plastic behaviour—from the microscopic arrangements of constituent particles. Yield is accompanied by a sudden and large…
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PICS Colloquium: “Taking a layman’s perspective to turbulence modeling” with Xiang Yang
Title: Taking a layman’s perspective to turbulence modeling Friday, March 25 at 2:00 PICS will host a colloquium with Professor Xiang Yang, Assistant Professor in Mechanical Engineering at Penn State University. Abstract: Turbulence is an unsolved problem in classical physics. Its modeling often involves physical, mathematical, and numerical concepts that are daunting to even experienced engineers. This makes…
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PICS Colloquium: “Computational Image Analysis For Individualized Surgical Treatment Planning of Bicuspid Aortic Valves” with Alison Pouch
On Friday, March 18 at 2:00 in the large conference room (PICS 534), PICS will present a colloquium featuring Professor Alison Pouch, Assistant Professor of Radiology and Bioengineering. Title: Computational Image Analysis For Individualized Surgical Treatment Planning of Bicuspid Aortic Valves Abstract: The bicuspid aortic valve (BAV) is a congenital heart defect in which the…
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PICS Colloquium: “Mechanics of Polymeric Gels” with Shawn Chester
Location: PICS 534 Title: Mechanics of Polymeric Gels Abstract:This talk discusses recent and ongoing research on the multiphysics response of polymeric gels. A polymeric gel is a polymeric material swollen by a fluid, and the intake or out-flow causes large deformations. Also, many gels respond to environmental stimuli such as temperature, electric and magnetic fields, pH,…