A Cornell doctoral student has developed an open-source software package that could transform how engineers design floating ...

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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 ...

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 ...

The increasing threat of climate change has more and more building owners and homebuyers considering the sustainability of their structures and the role construction plays in global warming and use of ...