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SUMMARY:IGM Colloquium: Computational Design and Fabrication of Structures
  and Robots
DTSTART:20181009T121500
DTEND:20181009T131500
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CATEGORIES:Conferences - Seminars
DESCRIPTION:Prof. Kristina Shea\, Engineering Design and Computing Laborat
 ory\, ETH Zürich.\nAbstract:\nThe recent rise in digital fabrication\, in
 cluding 3D and 4D printing\, may be the best thing that has ever happened 
 to the area of computational design. For years we have been developing new
  algorithms and methods for automatically generating and optimizing design
 s considering large\, complex solution spaces. Today\, designers struggle 
 with just this\, to design parts\, structures and systems that take full a
 dvantage of the complex shapes and material combinations that are now poss
 ible through 3D printing. 4D printing extends on this to include the time 
 dimension. This enables 3D printed designs to reconfigure themselves in ti
 me and provide locomotion. Highlights of our research on novel methods for
  automatically generating\, simulating\, and optimizing structural and rob
 otic systems are presented with potential applications in the manufacturin
 g\, robotics and biomedical industries.\n\nBio:\nKristina Shea is Full Pro
 fessor for Engineering Design and Computing in Mechanical and Processing E
 ngineering at ETH Zürich since 2012. Her research focuses on developing c
 utting-edge computational models\, methods and tools that enable the desig
 n of more novel and optimized engineered systems and products as well as t
 o automate design and fabrication processes. Currently her research group 
 focuses on new computational design methods for 3D and 4D printing as well
  as computational design synthesis and optimization methods. Application a
 reas include structures\, robotics\, biomedical and buildings. She graduat
 ed in Mechanical Engineering (BS 1993\; MS 1995\; PhD 1997) from Carnegie 
 Mellon University (US). She has held academic positions at EPFL\, Universi
 ty of Cambridge (UK) and TU München (Germany) and worked as a Senior Engi
 neer at Arup (London\, UK). She is a Fellow of the American Society of Mec
 hanical Engineers (ASME).
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