Tag: Colloquium
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PICS Colloquium with Omar Valsson: From Stability to Dissociation: Elucidating Unbinding Kinetics of Protein-Protein Complexes via Atomistic Simulations
Abstract: Protein-protein interactions (PPI) are ubiquitous in biological processes. Their study has significant implications for drug discovery as PPIs are important pharmacological targets for small molecules and important in various […]
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PICS Colloquium with Grace Gu: AI-enabled design and manufacturing for multifunctional aerospace systems
Abstract: Future aerospace platforms, from aerial systems and spacecraft, need to meet rising demands for acoustic and electromagnetic interference (EMI) mitigation, operation in harsh environments, and payload maximization, all while […]
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PICS Colloquium: Modelling active matter on large length and time scales
Abstract: Active matter consists of particles that do work on their environment, for example by propelling themselves through a solvent. Fluids made from many interacting self-propelled particles have become popular […]
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PICS Colloquium with Clarence Rowley: Learning parsimonious models by covariance balancing
Abstract: Data-driven reduced-order models often struggle with high-dimensional nonlinear systems sensitive to low-variance coordinates, which are typically truncated. To address this, we use ideas from balanced truncation and active subspaces […]
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![PICS Colloquium: Macroscopic stochastic thermodynamics with Massimiliano Esposito [VIRTUAL]](https://pics.upenn.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/NTAwMDE3NTlfX01hc3NpbWlsaWFubyBFU1BPU0lUTw-scaled.jpg)
PICS Colloquium: Macroscopic stochastic thermodynamics with Massimiliano Esposito [VIRTUAL]
This speaker event is virtual, but will be screened in PICS 534 with refreshments. Abstract: Equilibrium thermodynamics emerges from equilibrium statistical mechanics as the most likely behavior of a system […]
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PICS Colloquium: Flow and heat transfer over rough walls: fundamental physics, numerical simulations, and bulk parametrizations with Elie Bou-Zeid
Abstract: Understanding the physical processes modulating the transport of scalars, such as heat, over very rough surfaces is essential for understanding the thermal environment of cities, how wind and solar […]
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PICS Colloquium: Influence of particle size distribution on random close packing with Eric Weeks
Abstract: The volume fraction phi for random close packed (RCP) spheres is approximately 0.64. It is well known that higher RCP volume fractions are achieved by using collections of particles […]
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PICS Colloquium: Powering decarbonization with modeling and optimization of renewables in the multi-scale atmosphere with Michael F. Howland
Abstract: Flow predictions in the stratified atmospheric boundary layer (ABL) are critical to a range of applications including energy meteorology, sustainability and resilience of the built environment, and wildfire management. […]
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PICS Colloquium: Complex Polymer Design in the Age of AI: Why, What, and How? with Michael A. Webb
Abstract: Polymers are essential to a wide range of technologies, yet designing them with targeted structural and functional properties remains a grand challenge. A major opportunity lies in applying machine […]
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PICS Colloquium: Enabling computationally efficient first-principles kinetic simulations in nanoporous catalysts using machine learning and data science with Brandon Bukowski
Abstract: Machine learning tools have tremendous potential to accelerate computationally complex physics-based simulations. One example is the need to accelerate materials discovery through first-principles Density Functional Theory (DFT) calculations. This […]