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Showing 1 to 20 of 142 for “"Computational Design"”.
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Computational design for electromagnetic simulations
An automatic computational procedure has been developed to efficiently and accurately design the shape of complicated electromagnetic objects. These electromagnetic objects can be simulated for operation at high frequencies (~10 GHz), and can be comprised of dissimilar materials. The automated …
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Computational Design of Microvascular Biomimetic Materials
In this work, we propose to design these materials using Genetic Algorithms (GAs), the most common methodology within a broader category of Evolutionary Algorithms (EAs). GAs can be combined with a Pareto-selection mechanism to create Multi-Objective Genetic Algorithms (MOGAs), which enable the …
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Computational design of microvascular biomimetic materials
… of very complex 2D and 3D structures. The computational design of such network structures, which is the focus of this work, involves a set of particular challenges, including a large number of design variables (e.g., topology of the network, number of diameters to consider and their sizes) …
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Computational Design of 2D-Mechanical Metamaterials
… properties displayed at macroscale depend on the design of their microstructural topology. In this work, two classes of mechanical metamaterials are studied within the 2D-space. The first class is made of trusses, referred to as truss-based mechanical metamaterials. These materials are studied …
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Nature-Centered Materiomics: Experimental and Computational Design
… materiomics approach to emulate this in the design of novel sustainable materials. We leverage both computational and experimental strategies to consider multiple length-scales and time-scales across the processing, structure, properties, and performance of material systems with minimal …
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Computational design for the next manufacturing revolution
… In this thesis, I argue that the field of computational design is essential for the next revolution in manufacturing. To build increasingly functional, complex and integrated products, we need to create design tools that allow their users to efficiently explore high-dimensional design …
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Computational design of foldable robots via composition
… in rapid fabrication technologies have given designers the ability to manufacture increasingly complex geometries with little increase in cost, making it easier than ever to build a robot. However, the process of designing a functional robot remains challenging. Robots are complex systems that …
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A visual approach for exploring computational design
… concerns the use of computers for learning about computational design and shape grammars. It discusses how software can be developed to create "microworlds" for designing, and how to take into account the needs of designers whilst retaining a transparency of process in computational design. The …
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Computational design of orthogonal antiparallel homodimeric coiled coils
… interactions simultaneously. The results of the design process can also have interesting applications in synthetic biology or bionanotechnology. The coiled coil, a rope-like structure made of helices, is a PPI ubiquitously found in biological systems and is an attractive fold for engineering …
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Computational Design of Architected Lattices for Construction Applications
… materials, methods, and the transparency of the design process, as major hurdles to adoption of innovation in the industry. This study presents a computational approach to designing architected lattices that seeks to undermine these core issues by making building with architected lattice …
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Computational Design and Control of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles
Design of autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) currently relies heavily on rule-ofthumb techniques shared among those in the field, with many designs ending up with thousands of custom-made components that are not readily transferable to other designs made for different tasks. This is largely …
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Computational design of a theater complex for Boston
The design of a theater complex for Boston is used as a test case for the more integrated use of computers in the design process. In architecture digital media remain mostly tools for efficiency and productivity rather than design and creativity. Simultaneously computational studies have been …
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Methods and Applications of Computational Design in Multiple States
… Over the past two decades, our ability to design proteins has advanced significantly, however, our understanding of and ability to design multistate proteins remains an area of significant challenge. The multistate design challenge hinders our ability to engineer functional proteins like …
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Computational design of functional cyclic peptides using deep learning
… mid-point between biologics and small molecules. Computational design of structured cyclic peptides has been successful using Rosetta, even design of membrane traversing cyclic peptides, but efforts to design binders to protein targets have led to only a handful of successful cases. Deep learning …
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Computational design and analysis of multi-scale polymer machines
This thesis discusses the computational analysis of multi-scale polymer systems for a variety of applications. Two geometries are analyzed, polymer sheets that fold into complex shapes due to a gradient in cross-linking throughout its volume, and a dome structure that experiences limit point …
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Rapid computational design and simulation of highly dynamic legged robots
Submission original under an indefinite embargo labeled 'Open Access'. The submission was exported from vireo on 2025-10-19 without embargo terms
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Embedding engineering intuition into computational design through interactive topology optimization
… pressure to generate low environmental impact designs, topology optimization presents a flexible, material efficient solution. Topology optimization is a computational design method that produces lightweight, high performing designs uniquely suited to a user’s objective function and …
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Computational design with curved creases : David Huffman's approach to paperfolding
… provides a new framework for defining design approaches with curved creases by investigating the work of David A. Huffman, famous computer scientist and pioneer of curved-crease paperfolding. The history of curved folding has diverse cultural origins. I outline the boundaries of …
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