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Design of Origami-based Reconfigurable System for Sustianable and Resilient Buildings

Company: Cocoziello Institute of Real Estate Innovation

Major(s):
Primary: ME
Secondary: MATSE
Optional: BME, EGEE

Non-Disclosure Agreement: NO

Intellectual Property: NO

This capstone project aims to using origami engineering to develop protective systems on buildings. This multidisciplinary project will have mentors from architecture, engineering design, mechanical engineering design, and structural engineering to develop novel solutions for adaptive systems from small scale prototyping, manufacturing/constructing origami specimens, instrumenting it with sensors and actuation (robotics and control), as well as conducting computational simulations for understanding wind performance, feedback control, and lifecycle environmental assessment. The deliverable for this project is a final prototype showcasing the capability of the proposed origami-based reconfigurable solution for protecting buildings against worst-case scenarios.