Category: Honors & Awards
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Penn Engineering Spotlights Cangyu Qu’s Research on Force-Driven Chemistry
We’re excited to share that Penn Engineering has published a featured story on the recent work by Dr. Cangyu Qu, Dr. Lu Fang, and Prof. Rob Carpick, exploring how mechanical forces can drive chemical reactions at solid interfaces. The article, titled “Cracking the Code of Force-Driven Chemistry”, highlights key insights from their recent paper in…
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Congratulations to Pezhman Palahang on Receiving the Philadelphia STLE Scholarship
We’re excited to share that Pezhman Palahang has been awarded the Philadelphia Section STLE Scholarship for 2025! This $2,000 scholarship is presented by the Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers (STLE) to recognize outstanding students in the field. Pezhman’s achievement reflects not only his dedication to research and academic excellence, but also the strength of…
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Tertuliano-Carpick Collaboration Reveals 3D Auto-Kirigami in Layered Graphite
In a recent collaboration with the Tertuliano Lab, researchers from the Carpick Group contributed to a groundbreaking study uncovering three-dimensional (3D) auto-kirigami behavior in graphite—a phenomenon where the material spontaneously folds, tears, and lifts into intricate 3D structures when indented. Published in Nano Letters, the study was led by Luc Capaldi, a Ph.D. student in…
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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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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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Dr. Pranjal Nautiyal wins the Early Career Award from the Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers
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…
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Dr. Danny Sánchez nominated for best poster at Materials Research Society conference
Postdoctoral fellow, Dr. Danny Sánchez, presented preliminary results from a collaborative project studying the mechanics of spontaneously folding two-dimensional materials at the 2022 Materials Research Society Fall Meeting. The poster, titled “Suspended, Self-tearing, and Strained Graphene Nanostructures Formed by Nanoindentation” elaborated on the types of structures that form in substrate supported graphene after indenting. The…