I am an Assistant Professor at the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department at the University of Michigan. My research interests lie in the field of deployable, reconfigurable, and adaptable structures. Folding and adaptable structures based on the principles of origami can have practical applications ranging in scale and discipline from biomedical robotics to deployable architecture. I am interested in exploring the fundamental mechanics of these thin sheet systems and creating analytical tools that can simulate mechanical and multi-physical phenomena in such structures. I currently teach the CEE 511 - Structural Dynamics course in the department.


More detailed information on my research, publications, teaching, and research group.


My brief biographical information is below, and a CV is available here.

Education

Ph.D.	Civil Engineering	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) Thesis: Tailoring Stiffness of Deployable Origami Structures	2016
M.S.	Civil Engineering	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) Thesis: Nonlinear Seismic Analysis of Quasi-Isolation Systems for Earthquake Protection of Bridges	2012
B.S.	Civil Engineering	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), Troy, NY	2009

Academic Appointments

Assistant Professor

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering University of Michigan

2017 - present

Awards, Honors and Fellowships

UM Nominee for Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation Inventors Fellowship	2018
ZF Automotive Award	2018
ASCE Excellence in Civil Engineering Education (ExCEEd) Fellowship	2017
National Academy of Sciences 2015 Cozzarelli Prize	2015
CEE Ph.D. Professional Development and Mentoring Certificate, UIUC	2015
National Science Foundation - Graduate Research Opportunities Worldwide (GROW) Fellowship	2014
Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) - Visiting Scholar Fellowship	2014
National Science Foundation - Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)	2010 - 2015
Mavis Future Faculty Fellows Award, UIUC (Awarded Twice)	2012 & 2013
Graduate Teacher Certificate - Center for Teaching Excellence, UIUC	2013
Structural Engineers Foundation Scholarship, Chicago, IL	2010 - 2011
Page Fellowship, Karol Fellowship and Sargent & Lundy Fellowship, UIUC	2009 - 2010
Howard N. Blitman P.E. Patroon Scholar, RPI	2005 - 2009
Alumni Scholarship, RPI	2005 - 2009

Professional Memberships

American Physical Society (APS), Student Member	2014
American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), Student Member	2006
Chi Epsilon – National Civil Engineering Honor Society	2008
Society of Engineering Science (SES)	2016
Tau Beta Pi – National Engineering Honor Society	2009