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 […]
Members of the Carpick Research Group recently took part in the 79th Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers (STLE) Annual Meeting & Exhibition, held in Atlanta, Georgia, from May 18 to 22, 2025. The team delivered five presentations and presented one research poster, which was honored with the prestigious Platinum Level Robert Erck Presentation Award. […]
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 […]
Dr. Lu Fang defended her thesis, on November 14, 2022. Dr. Fang’s defense focused on “Enabling Ultra-Low Viscosity Lubricants Through Fundamental Understanding of ZDDPs Anti-Wear Additives and their Tribofilm Growth Mechanisms”. When asked how she felt having completed this final step in her Ph.D. journey, Fang replied “Time goes by really fast and I really […]
PhD student, Parker LaMascus, was featured in the Arcadia Exhibitions Instagram. Parker took the image of sand grains using an interferometric microscope and calculated the average major axis of the grains.
PhD Candidate, Lu Fang, will investigate grease-lubricated contact operating under the elastohydrodynamic lubrication regime at ExxonMobil Reseach & Engineering.
A warm welcome to Mr. Romulo Martins, Mr. Zekun Li, Dr. Cangyu Qu, and Dr. Danny Sánchez!