Thrilled to share that our paper on piezoelectric truss metamaterials is finally out in npj Metamaterials. 🚀 The backstory: Anisotropy of natural piezoelectric ⚡️ materials is limited by their crystal symmetry. We break this limit — not with chemistry, but with geometry. 📐 doi.org/10.1038/s444...

Had a great time with Jasper last week running the Building Blocks of Life workshop for #TUDelft Girls' Day 💥 The high school girls got to isolate their own DNA and even took it home in a little test tube. Hopefully, we sparked some curiosity for a future in #STEM 💡🧬 @shapingmatterlab.bsky.social

A big shoutout to @saurav-sharma.bsky.social, @sourav-p.bsky.social, @ingonettersheim.bsky.social, Jasper, Stefan, Chris, and all the others involved in making it happen! 🚀 🥳

Last week was a lot of fun—we helped organise workshops for #TUDelft Girls' Day! High school girls tried 3D printing chocolate on cookies, made Prince Rupert drops, isolated DNA, and loads more cool stuff. Hopefully, we sparked some curiosity and maybe even inspired a few future #WomenInSTEM ✨ ~IN

We have two new vacancies to join our research team at TU Delft! @shapingmatterlab.bsky.social 1. postdoc on 🐝 insect inspired 3D printing! lnkd.in/eDigGhRY 2. phd/postdoc to develop a new sustainable bio-inspired material based on 🦠 bacteria & 🧬 protein. lnkd.in/enK8-UKj lnkd.in/eS3USYxX

Interested in designing curvature-based morphologies for bio-mimetic applications? Or bridging curvature and mechanics for stronger metamaterials? Check out our recent paper👇 Link: doi.org/10.1002/aisy... Great work by Yaqi Guo and @saurav-sharma.bsky.social