TEDxGroningen

On October 26th, my talk “What can we learn from crumpling a piece of paper?” featured in TEDxGroningen in the beautiful and cosy Stadsschouwburg. It was an inspirational day, resulting in …

Come and join Frankenstein

Saturday September 16, during the Night of Art and Science, Museum Boerhaave will present: Manufactured Nature. Victor Frankenstein tried to imitate nature by creating a living creature. To what extent …

PINC.18

May 16, I will speak at PINC.18. Check out my talk on the PINC YouTube channel. It promises to be “a bubble bath for your brain. Storytellers from all over the world …

4d printing & metamaterials conference

The second edition of the 4D printing & metamaterials conference was a great succes. It was nice to present my work for a broad audience of physicists, engineers, chemists, designers …

PhD defense

Today was my last day as a PhD student at Harvard. It was great to defend my PhD in the presence of many colleagues and friends. I especially would like to …

3D Printing Materials Conference

This week, I will attend the 3D Printing Materials Conference in Maastricht. I will present some of my work and speak about “Embracing compliance in robots to achieve function”. I …

MRS Fall Meeting 2015

This week, the MRS Fall Meeting was held in Boston and was the first time a session was organized on architected materials, with inspiring talks from invited speakers such as Jennifer Lewis, …

Wyss retreat

This week,  the yearly Wyss retreat took place. I presented a movie and some samples of my work on origami-inspired transformable metamaterials. The conference was attended by many inspiring colleagues, and it …

2014 ASME IMECE in Montréal

Recently, I visited the 2014 ASME IMECE in Montréal (17-20 November). The conference was attended by many inspiring colleagues. The gathering was extra festive for our group as Katia Bertoldi was this …

NEW.Mech 2014

This weekend, I attended NEW.Mech 2014 at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. The autumn leaves colored the campus golden red. It was great to catch up with colleagues and to listen …