The Department of Mechanical Engineering & Applied Mechanics (MEAM) at University of Pennsylvania recently welcomed Dr. Nitya N. Gosvami, Associate Professor at Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IIT Delhi), who delivered a seminar titled “Controlling Friction and Wear via Engineered Surfaces and Advanced Nanomaterials”. The talk took place on October 21 from 10:15-11:15 AM in […]
We are pleased to share that the Surface-Topography Challenge paper has now been published in Tribology Letters. This large-scale, community-driven study set out to improve how surface roughness and topography are measured and described — an issue that is central to applications ranging from robotics and semiconductors to medical devices and everyday safety. Under the […]
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 […]
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 […]
Carpick Research Group participates in launch of the Eidos LGBTQ+ Health Initiative at the University of Pennsylvania on November 2, 2022. Eidos is a social innovation hub where evidence-based strategies and cutting-edge scientific discoveries are shaped into ventures focused on improving LGBTQ+ people’s health and well-being. With support from Penn’s Center for AIDS Research and […]
The US Department of Energy has funded a $1.9M grant for a team including the Carpick Lab at UPenn, where lab members Parker LaMascus and Dr. Pranjal Nautiyal will work with the team to develop high-performance coatings for gears and bearings operating in harsh environments. LaMascus and Nautiyal will specialize in rapid testing and material […]
Reporting in Nature Communications, postdoctoral alum, Dr. Takaaki Sato, and collaborators studied crystalline silver nanocontacts under various loading conditions. The outcomes of these loading schemes were observed using transmission electron microscopy, which unveiled new mechanistic insights into the behavior of materials under sliding contact. Read more about the study in Nature Communications.
In collaboration with Prof. Ju Li from MIT, this work utilizes a multiscale discrete element method to simulate the deformation of amorphous materials and provides insight into the mechanisms of yielding and hardening phenomena observed in experiments. Read more about it here!