3D printing of medical devices focus of $2 million NSF grant
Editor’s note: A version of this press release appeared on The University of Texas at Austin’s site.
By Mary Fetzer
Penn State adaptive screen system for buildings featured in Lisbon Triennale
By Pamela Krewson Wertz
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — A Penn State-designed window screen system that automatically changes its shape based on indoor and outdoor environmental conditions is part of the Lisbon Architecture Triennale 2022 in Lisbon, Portugal through Dec. 5. The responsive building façade system features screens made of smart and bistable materials that are located inside a building’s windows that open and close based on the weather conditions and lighting outside, as well as the indoor lighting and climate requirements.
Designed To Adapt: Living Materials Are The Future Of Sustainable Building
The coming decades present a host of challenges for our built environments: a rising global population combined with increasing urbanization; crumbling infrastructure and dwindling resources to rebuild it; and the growing pressures of a changing climate, to name a few.
Zoubeida Ounaies Named Director Of Penn State Center For Living Material Systems
Joint strategic partnership with University of Freiburg to design sustainable materials using biological and bioinspired principles.