August 28, 2024
I was hoping to ask if you could advertise the 2 research projects below to undergraduates and Masters students, respectively?
This would be for research during the Fall semester (and onwards), and I’d love to advertise this to students across AA, ME, CSE, ECE and HCDE, if possible!
Contact and project descriptions can be found at: https://www.programmablematterlab.com/
Best, Martin
Generative Design Tools for End User Manufacturing
Generative design tools are today emerging that can empower end users themselves to custom-design 3D objects. However, irregularities in the generated design files prevent small-scale manufacturers from producing them using techniques like 3D printing. In this project, we seek to identify key challenges facing the manufacturability of AI-generated designs and to develop new software tools that address them.
- Prior experience: some background in generative design, machine learning, HCI or digital fabrication is ideal.
Hybrid Manufacturing for Robotics
Building functional devices, such as robots, is a today manual and difficult process that requires recruiting a number of disparate manufacturing processes, from 3D printing to PCB assembly. In this project, we are hybridizing manufacturing techniques to create new multi-process fabrication machines that can automate the production of customized robots and other electromechanical devices.
- Prior experience: some background in digital fabrication, electronics, robotics, or materials is ideal.