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Aditya Wins First Place in Chemistry at the Terra North Jersey STEM Fair
From March 22nd-23rd, Aditya attended the Terra North Jersey STEM Fair (TNJSF) at Kean University, where he presented his research on mechanochemistry and lubricant solvents. His project compared PAO40 to toluene and other typical solvents of the Diels-Alder reaction, supporting PAO40 as a viable solvent based on solubility and reaction yields. For his outstanding work,…
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Professor Robert Carpick Honored with 2025 Student Choice Award for Faculty Advocacy
Professor Robert Carpick, John Henry Towne Professor in Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics (MEAM), has been recognized with the Michael L. Barrett (ENG’89) and Traci Barrett (W’91) Faculty Award for Student Advocacy at the 2025 Penn Engineering Student Choice Awards. Presented at this year’s Undergraduate Awards Ceremony by the Engineering Deans’ Advisory Board (EDAB) and…
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Revolutionizing Lubrication: Parker LaMascus Defends Dissertation on Advancements in Nanocrystal Lubrication
On Thursday, November 21, 2024, Parker LaMascus successfully defended his PhD dissertation, “Tribosintering of Metal Oxide Nanocrystals,” at the Glandt Forum, Singh Center for Nanotechnology, University of Pennsylvania. Under the guidance of Prof. Robert Carpick, LaMascus explored how metal oxide nanocrystals can be used as innovative lubricant additives to reduce friction and wear in mechanical…
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CURF Research Expo witnessed Jacob’s impressive poster presentation
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…
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Study on mechanochemistry-enabled Diels-Alder reaction published in Science Magazine
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…
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Carpick Group Members attend 2023 STLE Annual Meeting
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,…
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Dr. Pranjal Nautiyal to start tenure track faculty position at Oklahoma State University
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…
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Daniel Delghandi wins Gold Award in the Student Poster Competition at STLE Annual Meeting
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…
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Dr. Lu Fang receives her PhD degree
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…
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Prof. Carpick to give upcoming CMCC talk on mechanochemistry
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…