NOTE: click on the links in the image sources and throughout this blog to see more articles on bionic design and biomimicry. Evolutionary Light Structure Engineering (ELiSE) is a systemized approach ...

Programmable material systems are emerging architectural structures but the co-design of structure, material, and external stimuli present grand challenges. A team with Northwestern Engineering’s Wei ...

Proteins mediate the critical processes of life and beautifully solve the challenges faced during the evolution of modern organisms. Our goal is to design a new generation of proteins that address ...

Phononic band-gap materials prevent elastic waves in certain frequency ranges from propagating, and they may therefore be used to generate frequency filters, as beam splitters, as sound or vibration ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Earthquake-resistant design of structures has grown into a true multi-disciplinary field of engineering wherein many exciting developments are ...

Opterus’ carbon fiber composite booms, like the one shown here, are designed with high strain composites that allow them to fold up for compact storage on a spacecraft. In space, the boom will be ...

How can we make our structures stronger – so they don’t fall over? We could give our structures strong foundations. Like Isabel here. She's building her tower wide and thick at the bottom. Nice work, ...