Workshop on Origami Engineering
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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
April 14-16, 2014
Origami Workshop
Overview
This event is funded by the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department and the Computational Science and Engineering (CSE) Program at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign. This workshop is held as part of a investigative thrust to explore potential research directions in Origami Engineering.
The goal of this workshop is to recruit experts in art, science and engineering to discuss potential application of origami to real world engineering applications. The workshop will consist of brief lectures by all senior participants and will encourage discussion, interaction, and future collaboration.
Note: Before and after the workshop an origami art exhibition will be held in the Peoria Riverfront Museum (only 90 miles away). The exhibition entitled "Folding Paper: the Infinite Possibilities of Origami" would be of interest to workshop attendees. For more information view:
Paper bunny from Tachi’s Origamizer software
Speakers and Abstracts
Engineering DNA origami through microscopic simulations
The DNA origami method permits folding of long single-stranded DNA into complex three-dimensional structures with sub-nanometer precision. To ensure that such DNA origami objects behave exactly as designed, their structural, mechanical, and kinetic properties must…
The Art of Scientific Visualization
Donna Cox will provide a visual feast of unique scientific visualizations, arts-technology projects, IMAX movies, and museum shows from her collaborative work with interdisciplinary “Renaissance Teams” at the Advanced Visualization Laboratory (AVL) and Illinois eDream Institute …
3D Curvilinear Shape Formation through 2D Engineering at Nanoscale
Self-assembly of 3D curvilinear shapes can be induced by various driving forces, including capillary interactions and mismatch/residual strains. As the characteristic dimensions of structures and devices become smaller, the surface to volume ratio in…
Origami and Architecture
Origami has traditionally been an art form practiced at a ‘finger’ scale and with materials appropriate to creating forms with one’s hands. Recent developments in practical applications of origami structures have looked at taking them from this meso scale to the micro scale. In this presentation,…
From Flapping Birds to Space Telescopes: The Art and Science of Origami
The last decade of this past century has been witness to a revolution in the development and application of mathematical techniques to origami, the centuries-old Japanese art of paper-folding. The techniques used in mathematical origami design range…
Origami Design Enabled by Active Polymers
Origami design principles allow creating complex three-dimensional structures from a single sheet of paper through folding. The simplicity of this setup renders origami design an appealing concept across a broad range of length scales. However, in addition to carefully designing…
The way from shell buckling to Miura-ori
The notorious problem of buckling of thin cylindrical shell was finally solved with the assumption of “in-extensional deformation”, proposed by Y. Yoshimura. The resulting polyhedral surface is now called Yoshimura-pattern. It is to be noted that the in-extensional deformation is…
High-Fidelity Simulations of Origami Structures: Applications to Retinal Implants
We consider physical realizations of origami crease patterns in thin linear-elastic films, where each crease has finite width and thickness. The folding process is simulated with the ABAQUS finite element code and, through a combination of…
Origami in Deployable Structures for Small Satellites
The key challenge of deployable space structures is developing a method to compactly fold the structure during launch, before unfurling it to its full dimensions once in space. In small satellites storage volume is at an even greater premium, requiring a very high…
Designing Stiff and Flexible Origami
Two of major approaches for applied origami in mechanical engineering are (a) to obtain stiff lightweight structures including folded plate shell structures, and sandwich panels with origami cores, and (b) to obtain flexible deployable mechanisms. Since the stiffness of type (a)…
Flexible, Foldable and Stretchable Electronics
Wearable devices that match the soft, curvilinear, and time-dynamic nature of human body is an important trend for future technologies, redefining not only the appearance, but also the design and fabrication of microelectronics. In this talk, I will discuss the strategy to…
Crashworthy Origami Structures
In recent decades origami folding, an art form of paper folding, has been of increasing interest to both mathematicians and engineers. Mathematicians are more interested in the geometrical aspects of origami objects such as foldability of origami patterns, especially foldability of…
Fractal-inspired interconnect designs for stretchable/foldable batteries and soft device systems
An important trend in electronics involves the development of materials, mechanical designs and manufacturing strategies that enable the use of unconventional substrates, such as polymer films, metal foils, paper sheets or…
Guest Speakers
Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs and Provost Ilesanmi Adesida is the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign’s chief academic officer. He oversees the campus’ academic programs, policies and priorities, which have been designed to ensure the quality of the educational experience for students and to sustain an environment that encourages…
Charles J. Werth is a Professor, Associate Head for Graduate Affairs, Director of Research, and Arthur and Virginia Nauman Faculty Scholar in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He has been on the faculty since 1997.
Professor Werth holds a B.S. (Texas A&M…
Schedule
Venue
The event will be held from April 14-16th at the Siebel Center located on 201 N Goodwin Ave, Urbana, IL.
Accommodations will be provided at the nearby Hampton Inn Hotel located on 1200 W University Ave, Urbana, IL. Please contact workshop organizers with arrival and departure times to make travel arrangements.
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