Abstract: Deployable load-bearing structures are useful for confined or temporary settings due to their stowability and deployability. Designing these structures involves balancing package dimensions with load-bearing capacity—defined ...

Abstract: The gap between the windshield and hood allows windshield wipers to operate, but causes problems gathering leaves and snow. Active morphing approaches provide an opportunity to create a windshield cowling that addresses ...

Abstract: This article explores adaptive moldable surfaces capable of passively conforming to varying shapes, activating to rigidly hold the shape or object, and then resetting back to a passive condition applicable in myriad ...

Abstract: As automobile use expands in populationdense cities across the world, there is a growing need for new approaches to mitigate the consequences to pedestrians of pedestrian/automotive collisions. This is especially challenging ...