Workshop on Origami Design for Integration of Self-assembling Systemsfor Engineering Innovation

折叠和展开材料以创建具有新颖形状和功能的结构已被公认为在各种长度范围内的工程系统的一种有前途的设计概念。这次研讨会将汇集不同的国际专家小组，讨论和探索新兴的折纸设计领域的挑战和机遇。研讨会将于2013年5月14日在佛罗里达州奥兰多举行，紧接着第10届结构和多学科优化世界大会(WCSMO-10)。WCSMO-10被认为是拓扑优化的主要会议系列，这种方法对于折纸设计特别有前景。除了计算设计和拓扑优化方面的国际知名领导者外，还将邀请当前NSF EFRI ODISSEI项目的研究人员。研讨会的重点将是折纸设计的基本原理。其主要目标是：(A)确定设计在不同和跨长度尺度上折叠和展开的结构的内在挑战，以及(B)探索优化设计的机会，特别是拓扑优化，以系统地设计(展开)结构。研讨会将全面了解目前折纸设计的拓扑优化能力，以及折纸设计给设计优化社区带来的新挑战。研讨会将教育材料、设备和结构设计研究人员关于折纸设计的系统方法，并将向拓扑优化社区提出新的、令人兴奋的问题。研讨会将汇集来自世界各地的高级研究人员和他们的研究生，从而为新的国内和国际合作埋下种子。

Folding and unfolding materials to create structures with novel shape and functionality has been recognized as a promising design concept for engineering systems at and across a broad range of length scales. This workshop will bring together a diverse group of international experts to discuss and explore challenges and opportunities in the emerging field of origami design. The workshop will be held on May 14, 2013, in Orlando, Florida, directly subsequent to the 10th World Congress on Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization (WCSMO-10). WCSMO-10 is considered the primary conference series in topology optimization, an approach that is particularly promising for origami design. In addition to internationally renowned leaders in computational design and topology optimization, researchers of current NSF EFRI ODISSEI projects will be invited.The focus of the workshop will be on the fundamental principles of origami design. The main goals are to (a) identify the intrinsic challenges of designing structures that fold and unfold at various and across length scales, and (b) explore opportunities for design optimization, in particular topology optimization, to systematically design (unfolding) structures. The workshop will result in a comprehensive understanding of the current capabilities of topology optimization for origami design and the new challenges origami design poses for the design optimization community. The workshop will educate materials, device, and structural design researchers on systematic approaches to origami design, and it will pose novel, exciting problems to the topology optimization community. The workshop will bring together both senior researchers and their graduate students from around the globe, thus planting the seed for new domestic and international collaborations.