(Jul. 2020) Research paper on fabrication and actuation of micro-origami published on Adv. Funct. Mater. (Y Zhu, M Birla, KR Oldham, ET Filipov). Link and See papers, details, and media coverage

(Jul. 2020) Our paper just is published in Meccanica. The paper: SR Woodruff, ET Filipov (2020) “Curved creases redistribute global bending stiffness in corrugations: theory and experimentation,” explores the unique property of curved creases to enhance the stiffness of corrugations in multiple directions. (Link)

(Jun. 2020) Welcome, Eden, and Ariel!!! Eden and Ariel are undergraduate students joining the group this summer to work on summer research projects related with origami inspired structures.

(Apr. 2020) Our recent paper is selected as the ASCE 2019 Best Journal Paper in the Analysis and Computation category. The paper “Deployable Sandwich Surfaces with High Out-of-Plane Stiffness” in the Journal of Structural Engineering Vol. 145 No. 2, explores how origami tubes can be used to create smooth and stiff structural surfaces. [more information]

(Jan. 2020) Prof. Filipov receives the National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award. This new project entitled “CAREER: Large, Deployable and Adaptable Structures Through Origami Engineering,” will explore low to zero stiffness origami mechanic s to enable large-scale civil engineering structures that move and reconfigure efficiently, predictably and safely. [more information]

(Jan. 2020) Our group introduces a new course on Deployable and Reconfigurable Structures. Click the image for more information

(Oct. 2019) Prof. Filipov gives Invited Seminar at Northwestern University. Prof. Filipov gave the TAM/SPREE Seminar at Northwestern University entitled “Simulating Elasticity and Contact in Origami-inspired Structures”. The talk discussed the development of a simplified bar-and-hinge model, and recent advances that allow it to simulate contact, buckling, and curved creases in origami. Thank you Prof. Balogun, and the ME and CEE departments at Northwestern University for hosting [Link]  

(Sept. 2019) Research Paper on Simulating Origami Contact is published. Y Zhu, ET Filipov, An Efficient Numerical Approach for Simulating Contact in Origami Assemblages, Royal Society Proceedings A.

 (Apr. 2019) Prof. Filipov present invited seminar at the Ohio State University. The seminar titled “Tailoring the Mechanics of Origami for Deployable and Adaptable Structures,” (Link) discussed how origami mechanics could be applied at multiple scales and was part of the Design, Materials and Manufacturing Seminar Series in the Mechanical Engineering Department at OSU. Thank you Prof. Harne for hosting!