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Morphing Matter Lab Directed by Lining Yao

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To adapt to a sustainable lifestyle that supports ‘human-nature-symbiosis’, we must re-examine and re-invent the way we design, manufacture, transport, use and recycle physical materials. In Morphing Matter Lab, we explore the positive impact of active and morphing materials to sustainable design across different scales and contexts. Research focuses on the discovery and study of morphing material mechanisms, and algorithms for their computational design and fabrication pipelines. We also focus on several application domains, with a particular focus on ecology and sustainability. The discovery of morphing mechanisms involves hands-on experimentation of material composition, structure, mechanics, and geometry across scales. Project examples Differential Bi-layers | Bi-layer biohybrid hygromorphic actuator | Bi-layer paper composite structure Yarn Arrangments | 3D knitting with inlayed tendon Residual Stress Distribution | Residual stress-induced self-folding Groove-induced Differential

Rain Triggered Self-burying Seed Carrier Nature | project page | Nature Cover | Nature News Rain Triggered Self-burying Seed Carrier Nature | project page | Nature Cover | Nature News Rain Triggered Self-burying Seed Carrier Nature | project page | Nature Cover | Nature News Rain Triggered Self-burying Seed Carrier Nature | project page | Nature Cover | Nature News Rain Triggered Self-burying Seed Carrier Nature | project page | Nature Cover | Nature News We advance science and society with the design of sustainable morphing matter. Directed by Prof. Lining Yao at UC Berkeley Morphing Pasta an

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