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Racing to the Future
For most engineering classes, the final day is reserved for an exam. It’s a way for students to test their understanding of the key concepts by putting pen to paper, solving complex problems by applying the formulas they spent months committing to memory. Rahul Mangharam, Professor in Electrical and Systems Engineering (ESE) and Computer and Information Science (CIS), has a different approach: “I like to test their skills by making them race.” READ MORE
The Penn Forum on Quantum Systems (FoQuS), QUIEST's First Inaugural Symposium, Hosts International Experts in Quantum Research
Sometimes, nature’s smallest objects have the biggest impact. Take the quantum realm, which involves the building blocks of matter itself. Quantum science aims to understand the behavior of matter and energy at the scale of atoms and subatomic particles. Because particles frequently defy human intuition at this scale, the field likely offers great, untapped potential to solve some of our most complex issues. “Bringing ‘quantum superstars’ from academia and industry to a space where scientists of all levels could interact, exchange ideas and gain inspiration is just one way we can foster collaboration in advancing the field and exploring new possibilities,” says Lee Bassett, Associate Professor in Electrical and Systems Engineering (ESE) and Director of the Center for Quantum Information, Engineering, Science and Technology (QUIEST). READ MORE
Unfolding the Next Generation of Robots: GRASP Researchers Win Award for Kinegami
Researchers in the GRASP Laboratory are developing an algorithm for designing functioning robots through folding. The paper that details the design and code behind the project, Kinegami: Algorithmic Design of Compliant Kinematic Chains From Tubular Origami, was awarded an honorable mention for the 2023 IEEE Transactions on Robotics King-Sun Fu Memorial Best Paper Award. The motivation behind the Kinegami algorithm originated from a design project in which Wei-Hsi Chen, a postdoctoral researcher in Electrical and Systems Engineering (ESE), was using origami-inspired methods to create new lightweight and power-dense dynamical robots. READ MORE
The Structure of Sound: Network Insights into Bach's Music
Even today, centuries after he lived, Johann Sebastian Bach remains one of the world’s most popular composers. On Spotify, close to seven million people stream his music per month, and his listener count is higher than that of Mozart and even Beethoven. The Prélude to his Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major has been listened to hundreds of millions of times. In a recent paper in Physical Review Research, Dani S. Bassett, J. Peter Skirkanich Professor in Bioengineering (BE) and in Electrical and Systems Engineering (ESE), and Suman Kulkarni, a doctoral student in Physics & Astronomy, applied network theory to Bach’s entire oeuvre. READ MORE
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