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On February 3, the Carpick Group captivated visitors with the intriguing realm of tribology at Philly Materials Day. Through interactive exhibits and lively demonstrations, the group delved into the science of friction, lubrication, and wear, igniting curiosity among attendees. The Bike Brakes demonstration provided a real-world application, illustrating how tribological principles enhance everyday technologies, while […]

Jacob Goell, an undergraduate who made valuable contributions to our lab’s research over the summer, delivered an exceptional poster presentation at CURF’s 2023 Fall Research Expo held in Houston Hall on Monday, September 18th. Employing a combination of atomic force microscopy, Raman spectroscopy, and optical microscopy, Jacob conducted an in-depth investigation into the tribological and […]

Reporting in Science, co-authors Li Yuan (doctoral student) and Alejandro Boscoboinik (former postdoctoral researcher) show how mechanics can drive chemical reactions. This project was a collaborative effort between research groups at University of Pennsylvania, University of California – Merced, and the City University of New York. Read more about the work in the Penn Engineering […]

Multiple Carpick group members attended the 77th STLE Annual Meeting in May 2023 in Long Beach, CA. They gave a total of seven presentations at the STLE Annual Meeting, with undergraduate student Daniel Delghandi winning a gold award in the student poster competition. Group members enjoyed meeting up with several other alumni from the group, […]

Postdoctoral Researcher, Dr. Pranjal Nautiyal, has accepted an offer to join the faculty of the Oklahoma State University School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering as an Assistant Professor. Dr. Nautiyal will establish a research program on advanced manufacturing, with a focus on materials processing and interfacial mechanics. He will begin this new role in Fall […]

Undergraduate Research Assistant Daniel Delghandi attended the 77th Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers (STLE) Annual Meeting and Exhibition in Long Beach, CA, along with other members of the Carpick Research Group. Daniel presented a poster titled “Metal Oxide Tribofilms: Relating Antiwear Additive Synergy with Mechanical Properties”, for which he was awarded the top award […]

Carpick Research Group alumna Dr. Lu Fang returned to Penn to receive her PhD at the 2023 Penn Engineering Doctoral Ceremony on May 11, 2023. Dr. Fang, who defended her thesis in November 2022, is now a Senior Lubrication Engineer at Tesla, Inc. in Palo Alto, CA where she’s working on understanding and optimizing the […]

Prof. Robert Carpick will be giving his CMCC Mechanochemistry Discussions seminar: The Stress-Controlled Mechanochemical Reactor: A Novel Tool to Determine Which Stress Components Drive Mechanochemistry on Thursday, March 16 at 10:00 AM (CT), and his presentation will live stream on our YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7eCYPKbGTKpgO7W2bNABxg.  The CMCC online forum was created to showcase world experts and […]

Pranjal Nautiyal has been chosen as the recipient of a 2022-2023 Early Career Award by the Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers (STLE). STLE is the premier technical society serving the needs of more than 15,000 individuals and 250 companies and organizations that comprise the tribology and lubrication engineering business sector.  The Early Career Awards recognize the […]

Members of the Carpick Group set up their tribology demos Saturday morning at Drexel University on February 11, 2023. Read more about the event on LinkedIn.