Seminars

Origami engineering has rapidly evolved, offering a powerful framework for designing a variety of systems including metamaterials, robots, waveguides, and space structures. The inherent kinematics of folded structures provide unique advantages, such as multiple states, compact stowing, and tunable stiffness....

Shock waves have been studied for well over a century, and the physics of shock waves forming in steady flows is today considered well understood. The propagation of unsteady shock waves is a far more challenging problem, and more so...

Future long-duration space missions will require in-situ, on-demand manufacturing of tools and components. Photopolymer-based processes are attractive for this purpose due to their low energy requirements and volume efficiency. However, photopolymerization generates significant heat, which is difficult to dissipate in...