I built a 3D printed, scanning laser confocal microscope so I could collect 3D surface topology and profilometry data! The ...

Topology optimization is rapidly gaining popularity in the world of engineering, particularly in 3D printing, and is known for its distinct, almost organic-looking shapes. Now, one car company is ...

As 3D printing has made production more precise, so have methods for designing complex material structures. One of the most advanced computational design techniques is known as topology optimization.

Imagine blowing on a toy pinwheel and watching the blades spin faster, slower, or suddenly reverse. Now replace the toy with pure light, shrink it to the width of a hair, and give it two microscopic ...

This study deals with designing and prototyping lightweight car seat structures. For designing the car seat structures, we apply a density-based topology optimization method. For prototyping the ...

This past October, dozens of mathematicians gathered in Pasadena to create the third version of “Kirby’s list” — a compendium of the most important unsolved problems in topology, the study of ...

You’ve probably heard of 3D-printed guns, but how about a 3D-printed material that’s capable of stopping bullets in their tracks? That’s what researchers from Rice University’s George R. Brown School ...