Joerg Lahann, Professor, Chemical Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering, Bio Medical Engineering, University of Michigan. Dr. Lahann introduced rationale for designing adaptive structural ...

Tensegrity structures comprise isolated compressive members suspended within a continuous network of tensioned elements, yielding lightweight yet remarkably resilient systems. The inherent self-stress ...

An example of the polarized communities in an attributed signed network. Solid edges are positive, while dashed edges are negative. The polarized communities where the green box is located utilize ...

The NABUCCO project aims to develop radically new concepts of adaptive and buckling-driven composite structures for next generation aircraft. In aeronautics, buckling is generally avoided because it ...

In 2012, the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) approached the National Research Council’s TIGER standing committee and asked it to develop a list of workshop topics to explore the impact of emerging ...