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Researchers tap into cell power to create building 'skins' that adapt to heat/light of environment
Date:9/21/2010

time how cells interact with and modify substrate geometry, thus guiding the design and fabrication of soft substrates with generic 1-D to 3-D geometrical patterns in Shu Yang's Lab in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering in Penn's School of Engineering and Applied Science.

  • Based on resulting understanding of materials-environment response at the nano- and microscales, Nader Engheta and Jan Van der Spiegel's labs in Penn's Department of Electrical and Systems Engineering will design bio-inspired sensors and high throughput diagnostic tools, as well as their feedback control systems for autonomous tracking/imaging using nanotechnology to minimize energy consumption.

    "Through analyzing several of the body's functions how human pulmonary artery vascular smooth muscle cells contract or relax, for example -- we will attempt to transfer this fine-scale design ecology to the macro-scale design of adaptive building skins," said Yang said. "Our hope is that buildings may one day respond to environmental factors like heat, humidity and light and respond to them most efficiently."

    The proposal represents a unique, avant-garde model for sustainable design via the fusion of the architectural design studio with laboratory-based scientific research. In turn, this will benefit a diverse range of science and technologies.

    The research is considered particularly important as it represents a fusion of disciplines working towards a common goal for the public interest. The hope is that research of this nature will allow scientists and designers to engage the public in the excitement of new technologies and the basic research that bears them out, as well as offering an effective tool to recruit and train students.


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    • Contact: Jordan Reese
    jreese@upenn.edu
    215-573-6604
    University of Pennsylvania
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