Kevin T Turner
@kevin_t_turner
Professor and Chair of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics @PennEngineers
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Most people today take for granted or just don’t understand the amount of science, technology, innovation, precision, and efficiency that goes into growing and producing this plant. Sometimes it’s a good thing to stop and remember that. @PurdueAg @PurdueAgronomy
Read the full article here: blog.me.upenn.edu/springfield-mi… or in the Spring/Summer edition of the Morris Arboretum's Seasons magazine: morrisarboretum.org/learn-discover…
Grateful to organize the 2025 GRS Adhesion Science, creating a space for young researchers to share their work. Excited to have experts from academia & industry join us for a career panel discussion! @ProfZhaoMIT @Junsoo_twit Welcome to apply!!! @GordonConf @Princeton @UTAustin
How can many robots work together effectively to collect information about the environment? This is a question Victoria Edwards, a fifth-year doctoral student in MEAM, is working to solve using complex systems theory. Watch the full video: youtube.com/watch?v=VFiebU…
Mechanical metamaterials are often designed with repeating cell geometries to achieve stiffness and high strength for their weight. A study finds disorderly cells—as seen in natural materials like bone—are tougher than neatly ordered cells. In PNAS Nexus: ow.ly/I52S50V0gYX
Stronger materials, inspired by nature? Led by @kevin_t_turner, researchers from @meam_penn, @pennphys and @AarhusUni found that adding just the right amount of disorder to a material’s structure boosts toughness by 2.6x. bit.ly/3QnwHXJ
Congratulations to John Bassani, Professor Emeritus of @MEAM_Penn, on receiving the 2025 @SocEngScience William Prager Medal. bit.ly/40CJSZO
We kicked off our Spring Seminar Series this week with Thao "Vicky" Nguyen of @JohnsHopkins and her talk on "Modeling the Unique Behaviors of Liquid Crystal Elastomers," highlighting the potential of liquid crystal elastomers in soft robotics and advanced materials engineering.
We are excited to welcome Wensi Wu, a new Assistant Research Professor in MEAM. At Penn, Wu plans to develop predictive virtual models of the heart to tackle critical challenges in cardiovascular research. 🫀 @PennCVI @CHOP_Research @HeartCare4Kids blog.me.upenn.edu/wensi-wu/
🚨Exciting Faculty Positions @PennEngineers! Join our AI for Science initiative backed by $750M investment & shape the future of scientific discovery through AI/ML, from materials design and drug discovery to autonomy and climate modeling. ✨Here's what we offer:
Climate Week @ Penn starts today! One of today’s events included a panel of @PennEngineers to discuss and take questions on technological resilience against climate change. One of the panelists was MEAM Professor and Chair @kevin_t_turner.
Amazing day for @PennEngineers, the future is bright for our students @zgives @pappasg69 @DFMeaneyLab @kevin_t_turner @raviradhak @mkearnsupenn @AI4Code @SidDeliwala penntoday.upenn.edu/news/dedicatio…
Chris Stabile has defended his dissertation on Dynamically Tunable Adhesion and Friction via Active Materials under the guidance of @kevin_t_turner. 🎉 "The camaraderie is what I will remember most," says Stabile. Read more: bit.ly/4dxPs3U
Watching the Olympics and surprised to see that the most elite track athletes wearing highly engineered uniforms still must use safety pins to attach their number bibs. Seems like the adhesion community could develop a more elegant solution @adhesion_the
Ready for the great meeting starting Monday morning. Speaking @zhigangsuo @NPeppas @CretonCost @ProfZhaoMIT @NguyenLabJHU @ShuYangPenn @kevin_t_turner and many others.
The technical program for the upcoming AmeriMech Symposium on Fracture of Soft Materials has been posted online: sites.google.com/usacm.org/soft…, featuring many prominent speakers @zhigangsuo @NPeppas @CretonCost @ProfZhaoMIT @NguyenLabJHU @ShuYangPenn @kevin_t_turner and more.
This is Philadelphia. Just a man in tricorn hat boarding a SEPTA train. We have lots of history and mass transit.
Congratulations Dr. Sage Fulco for successfully defending his PhD dissertation, “Controlling Fracture Behavior Through Architecture” under the advisory of MEAM Professor @kevin_t_turner. 🎉 blog.me.upenn.edu/celebrating-ac…
MEAM is pleased to announce the doctoral dissertation defense of Sage Fulco, “Controlling Fracture Behavior Through Architecture." Fulco is advised by @kevin_t_turner. Abstract: bit.ly/43Owx1E Fri, Apr 12 @ 9:30 AM A8, David Rittenhouse Laboratory
Great to visit and give a seminar in Mechanical Engineering at Virginia Tech today! Fantastic discussions with students and faculty, including my host Michael Bartlett @SMSLaboratory
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