Unusual Configuration Spaces
November 25, 2015
September 12-16, 2016 This workshop will bring together researchers interested in a panoply of unusual configuration spaces, arising in applied fields or in plausible models, to look for similarities or creative tensions between them.
Penn Humanities Forum: Beautiful Science
December 10, 2014
The Architecture of Butterflies Shu Yang Professor of Material Science and Engineering and Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Pennsylvania Daniel Janzen Professor of Biology and Thomas G. and Louise E. DiMaura Term Chair, University of Pennsylvania John Tresch Associate Professor of History & Sociology of Science, University of Pennsylvania The brilliant colors of butterfly wings reveal much about aesthetics, evolution, and ...
Nano to Macro: The Music of Kirigami
November 7, 2014
Bowerbird and Soundfield are pleased to present the world premiere of three new works by composer and director Gene Coleman. The evening opens with presentations by architect and artist Jenny Sabin and two leading scientists from the University of Pennsylvania (Dr. Shu Yang and Dr. Randall Kamien). Together they will provide a fascinating glimpse into ...
Workshop on Foldable, Buildable, & Responsive Materials
August 22, 2014
EFRIFEST Workshop on Foldable, Buildable, & Responsive Materials from the micro scale to the building scale. The Architecture of Butterflies read more