Month: November 2019

Miscellaneous, Structures

Engineering, Beauty and a Longing for the Infinite

This article originally appeared in Scientific American on October 22, 2019 and was written by Margarita A. Mooney.  I do not have copyright to this article so I strongly encourage you to click on the link and read it in its original version.  It describes so well the value of the 2019 summer course we taught and bringing engineering and beauty together.  Thank you Margarita … Continue reading Engineering, Beauty and a Longing for the Infinite

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Our research, Structures

The art and engineering of curved folding

Curved crease origami is a special type of origami which folds along curved creases instead of straight ones. Due to the curved creases, the paper bends while folding, resulting in complex and beautiful forms that can be used in engineering applications from cars to novel architectural structures. It is no coincidence that the curved crease origami pioneer, David Huffman ,was also a computer scientist and … Continue reading The art and engineering of curved folding

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