3D-printed volumetric knits

Programmable materials built from a single entangled thread

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Acoustic shaping of imperfect shells

Using sound to sculpt defects into thin shells

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Deployable wafer devices

Flat sheets that snap into stable 3D shapes, scaled down to the chip

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Knit mechanics, from yarn to garment

A multi-level modeling and design framework for weft-knitted fabrics

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Engineering knitted wearables

Programmable-stiffness textiles for wearable haptics

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Temperature-switchable metamaterials

Materials that change how they behave under load when warmed or cooled

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Weaving curved surfaces from flat ribbons

From basketry to computer-designed woven shells

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A reprogrammable metamaterial with memory

A material you can rewrite like a hard drive

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Bistable auxetic surface structures

Flat sheets of snapping cells that deploy into a curved shape and hold it

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Printed bistable structures that deploy and reconfigure

Flat-printed assemblies that snap into stable, load-bearing 3D shapes

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A solar array that deploys itself

Elastic flasher origami and scissor rings, triggered by warmth alone

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Programmable active lattices

4D-printed cellular solids that reconfigure their own mechanics

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Untethered soft robots that swim by snapping

Battery-free locomotion powered by bistable snaps

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