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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PhD Defense

Congratulations to José Rivas-Padilla for sucessfully defending his PhD thesis "Multistable Morphing Aircraft Structures: Optimization of Aeroelastic Performance and Definition of Actuation Metrics."

 




PhD Defense

Congratulations to Clark Addis for sucessfully defending his PhD thesis "Origami Design Through Multistability."

 


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American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers

 

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Army Research Laboratory

 

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