Graduate Students
Current Program: PhD in Civil Engineering
Steven graduated from Tufts University with a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering. His graduate research is focused on modeling the geometry and structural behavior of deployable, curved-fold structures inspired by origami. His long-term goal is to implement analytical methods for this unique flavor of structures in order to gain a greater understanding of their anisotropic and geometry-dependent stiffness properties in the context of large-scale, civil structures. Personal Website.
Current Program: PhD in Civil Engineering
Zhongyuan received a Bachelor degree (with top honors) in Civil Engineering from Tsinghua University, China. His graduate research is focused on exploring local behaviors of thin-walled cellular origami structures. The work is studying how the self-restricting nature of thin sheets can be harnessed to create reconfiguring structures with unique physical properties. Personal Website.
Current Program: PhD in Civil Engineering
Maria has a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from the University of Michigan. Her early research focused on bistable origami patterns including the hyperbolic paraboloid (hypar pattern). Her research interests include deployable and multistable structures as well as the intersection of civil engineering and sustainability. Currently, she is exploring new frontiers for origami inspired structures including micro-fabrication of origami, and incorporating knitting in origami fabrication.
Current Program: PhD in Civil Engineering
Yi earned his Master degree from UC Berkeley and his Bachelor degree from Tongji University, China. His PhD research focuses on optimizing small-scale actuators with principles learned from Origami. If successful, the research will improve the efficiency of small-scale actuators and create multi-functional actuating systems. Personal Website.Undergraduate Students
Kevin Turaczy - Undergraduate researcher 2018 - Currently: Continuing B.S. in Civil Engineering at the University of Michigan
Julia Raneses - SURE Participant 2018 - Currently: Continuing B.S. in Civil Engineering at the University of Michigan
Ella Yazbeck - SURE Participant 2017 - Currently: Continuing B.S. in Civil Engineering at the University of Michigan
Former Members
Bolivar Perez - SROP Participant 2018 - Currently: Pursuing B.S. in Civil Engineering at the University of Central Florida
Myo Thu Ya Aung - SROP Participant 2017 - Currently: Pursuing B.S. in Civil Engineering at UCLA
Shumeng Yang - M.S. Researcher 2017
Opportunities
Our group is always looking for talented students and researchers.
Graduate Students : Please apply for graduate admission to the University of Michigan CEE program here. For detailed discussion on our research see the research page or contact Prof. Filipov.
Undergraduate Students: During the school year there are undergraduate research opportunities through the UROP program or through independent study. For Summer Research Projects consider applying to the SURE/SROP programs - see CEE Project 11.