Purdue University School of Mechanical Engineering

Materials, Structures, Functionality

Our research in the Programmable Structures Lab focuses on the fundamental interaction between geometry, hierarchy and nonlinearity to design structural systems with intrinsic properties enabling adaptation, autonomy and environmental responsiveness.

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Presentations at the APS Global Physics Summit 2026

Prof. Andres Arrieta presented on Finite-state mechanologic for embodied control in soft machines. Clark Addis, a graduate student of PS Lab, also gave a presentation on Assessing Isometric Folding in Curved-Crease Origami: A Discretized Algorithm with Outlook Toward Stretch Localization. The American Physical Society (APS) Global Physics Summit was organized at Denver, CO from 15-20 March 2026.




Invited Talk on Crafted Matter at APS Global Physics Summit 2026

Prof. Andres Arrieta delivered an invited talk on Crafted Matter at the American Physical Society (APS) Global Physics Summit organized at Denver, CO from 15-20 March 2026.


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