Crafted Matter

Presentations

• Invited Talk

  Invited · Invited

  March 19, 2026, 12:00 PM – March 19, 2026, 12:36 PM

  Presenters

  • Andres Arrieta

    • Purdue University

  Authors

  • Andres Arrieta

    • Purdue University

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• Nonlinear geometric mechanics of spatially periodic surfaces

  Oral-In-person

  March 19, 2026, 12:36 PM – March 19, 2026, 12:48 PM

  Presenters

  • Wenqian Sun

    • Georgia Institute of Technology

  Authors

  • Wenqian Sun

    • Georgia Institute of Technology

  • Yanxin Feng

    • Georgia Institute of Technology

  • Zeb Rocklin

    • Georgia Institute of Technology

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• Symmetry-induced constraints on the isometries of thin periodic surfaces

  Oral-In-person

  March 19, 2026, 12:48 PM – March 19, 2026, 1:00 PM

  Presenters

  • Yanxin Feng

    • Georgia Institute of Technology

  Authors

  • Yanxin Feng

    • Georgia Institute of Technology

  • Wenqian Sun

    • Georgia Institute of Technology

  • Nan Cheng

    • University of Michigan

  • Zeb Rocklin

    • Georgia Institute of Technology

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• Multistability in Nanoscale Origami: Interplay of Geometry, Thermal Fluctuations, and Molecular Forces

  Oral-In-person

  March 19, 2026, 1:00 PM – March 19, 2026, 1:12 PM

  Publication: Grasinger, Matthew, and Pradeep Sharma. "Thermal fluctuations (eventually) unfold nanoscale origami." Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids 184 (2024): 105527.

  Presenters

  • Matthew Grasinger

    • Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL)

  Authors

  • Matthew Grasinger

    • Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL)

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• Tailoring the stiffness of kirigami space frames through geometric patterning

  Oral-In-person · Withdrawn

  March 19, 2026, 1:12 PM – March 19, 2026, 1:24 PM

  Publication: Tailoring the stiffness of kirigami space frames through geometric patterning. (In preparation)

  Presenters

  • Isabel M. de Oliveira

    • Princeton University

  Authors

  • Isabel M. de Oliveira

    • Princeton University

  • Rafael Pastrana

  • Sigrid Adriaenssens

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• How to craft actuators and power generators by cutting, folding, and laminating

  Oral-In-person

  March 19, 2026, 1:24 PM – March 19, 2026, 1:36 PM

  Publication: We are drafting a manuscript for eventual publication in a peer reviewed journal

  Presenters

  • Xilai Xiao

    • Columbia University

  Authors

  • Ozgur Sahin

    • Columbia University

  • Xilai Xiao

    • Columbia University

  • Ren Deng

    • Columbia University

  • Brunvens Sejour

  • Adedayo Ogunlana

  • Aleksandr Vankov

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• Self-sustained and autonomous locomotion of mobius strip polymer gels

  Oral-In-person

  March 19, 2026, 1:36 PM – March 19, 2026, 1:48 PM

  Presenters

  • Xiaona Xu

    • University of Massachusetts Amherst

  Authors

  • Xiaona Xu

    • University of Massachusetts Amherst

  • Gregory Grason

    • University of Massachusetts Amherst

  • Christian Santangelo

    • Syracuse University

  • Alfred Crosby

    • University of Massachusetts Amherst

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• Locomotion of elastic sheets driven by curvature incompatibility

  Oral-In-person

  March 19, 2026, 1:48 PM – March 19, 2026, 2:00 PM

  Publication: Omri Y. Cohen, Yael Klein, Eran Sharon, Surfing Locomotion of Active Sheets Driven by Curvature Modulation, Phys. Rev. Res., 7, L032065 (2025).

  Presenters

  • Omri Cohen

    • The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

  Authors

  • Omri Cohen

    • The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

  • Yael Klein

  • Eran Sharon

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• Fracture, by design: topology-programmed damage in Maxwell lattices

  Oral-In-person

  March 19, 2026, 2:00 PM – March 19, 2026, 2:12 PM

  Presenters

  • Marcelo A. Dias

    • University of Edinburgh

  Authors

  • Marcelo A. Dias

    • University of Edinburgh

  • Leo de Waal

    • University College London

  • Matthaios Chouzouris

    • University of Edinburgh

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• High-Fidelity TPMS Shell Structures: A New Algorithm for Enhanced Structural Performance

  Oral-In-person

  March 19, 2026, 2:12 PM – March 19, 2026, 2:24 PM

  Presenters

  • Victor Riera Naranjo

    • Georgia Institute of Technology

  Authors

  • Victor Riera Naranjo

    • Georgia Institute of Technology

  • Kai Qian

    • Georgia Institute of Technology

  • Xinyi Yang

  • Alper Erturk

    • Georgia Tech

  • Bolei Deng

    • Georgia Institute of Technology

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