Wednesday: Lunch Plenary- Rethinking Chemistry - Driving Innovation with Renewable Chemical Platforms- Sponsored by: BASF Moderator: Ally La Tourelle, Managing Director, Bioeconomy Partners

Panelists:

- Alexandre Elias, International Markets Director, Braskem

- Francois Monnet, Executive VP, Advanced Technologies Director, Solvay

- William H. Baum, Chief Business Development Officer, Genomatica

- Don Wardius, Head of Renewable and Alternative Feedstocks, Bayer MaterialScience

- Markus Pompejus, Vice President of White Biotechnology, North America, BASF Corporation Chemical company executives, biotech leaders, and industry analysts discussed trends in renewable chemical investments, shifts in attitudes by large scale traditional chemical companies towards the development of a renewable chemicals portfolio, and current state of play for industrial biotech companies.

Ames Laboratory physicist Michael Tringides has discovered a phenomenon in self-assembling nanomaterials. A single lead-on-silicon island (orange) grown over a substrate step. The island includes both 5-layer (stable) and 4-layer (unstable) heights and shows different nucleation as a function of layer height. An additional small amount of lead was added to test how new islands nucleate on top (the white “blobs”). The 4-layer height has many small islands while the 5-layer height has only a few large, fractal islands. Although the island is a single island with two connected parts, the two parts behave as if they are separate and each has different “reactivity.”

Mike Dahl uses the MTS Servohydraulic Test Frame, which tests the strength and fracture properties of materials. The test frame in this photo is being used to test the tensile strength of a hydrided Zircaloy tube used in nuclear power systems. The test frame is enhanced with a digital image correlation system that visualizes the deformation patterns of the tube as it is being tested.

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Wednesday: Lunch Plenary- Rethinking Chemistry - Driving Innovation with Renewable Chemical Platforms- Sponsored by: BASF Moderator: Ally La Tourelle, Managing Director, Bioeconomy Partners

Panelists:

- Alexandre Elias, International Markets Director, Braskem

- Francois Monnet, Executive VP, Advanced Technologies Director, Solvay

- William H. Baum, Chief Business Development Officer, Genomatica

- Don Wardius, Head of Renewable and Alternative Feedstocks, Bayer MaterialScience

- Markus Pompejus, Vice President of White Biotechnology, North America, BASF Corporation Chemical company executives, biotech leaders, and industry analysts discussed trends in renewable chemical investments, shifts in attitudes by large scale traditional chemical companies towards the development of a renewable chemicals portfolio, and current state of play for industrial biotech companies.

Wednesday: Lunch Plenary- Rethinking Chemistry - Driving Innovation with Renewable Chemical Platforms- Sponsored by: BASF Moderator: Ally La Tourelle, Managing Director, Bioeconomy Partners

Panelists:

- Alexandre Elias, International Markets Director, Braskem

- Francois Monnet, Executive VP, Advanced Technologies Director, Solvay

- William H. Baum, Chief Business Development Officer, Genomatica

- Don Wardius, Head of Renewable and Alternative Feedstocks, Bayer MaterialScience

- Markus Pompejus, Vice President of White Biotechnology, North America, BASF Corporation Chemical company executives, biotech leaders, and industry analysts discussed trends in renewable chemical investments, shifts in attitudes by large scale traditional chemical companies towards the development of a renewable chemicals portfolio, and current state of play for industrial biotech companies.

Wednesday: Lunch Plenary- Rethinking Chemistry - Driving Innovation with Renewable Chemical Platforms- Sponsored by: BASF Moderator: Ally La Tourelle, Managing Director, Bioeconomy Partners

Panelists:

- Alexandre Elias, International Markets Director, Braskem

- Francois Monnet, Executive VP, Advanced Technologies Director, Solvay

- William H. Baum, Chief Business Development Officer, Genomatica

- Don Wardius, Head of Renewable and Alternative Feedstocks, Bayer MaterialScience

- Markus Pompejus, Vice President of White Biotechnology, North America, BASF Corporation Chemical company executives, biotech leaders, and industry analysts discussed trends in renewable chemical investments, shifts in attitudes by large scale traditional chemical companies towards the development of a renewable chemicals portfolio, and current state of play for industrial biotech companies.

Wednesday: Lunch Plenary- Rethinking Chemistry - Driving Innovation with Renewable Chemical Platforms- Sponsored by: BASF Moderator: Ally La Tourelle, Managing Director, Bioeconomy Partners

Panelists:

- Alexandre Elias, International Markets Director, Braskem

- Francois Monnet, Executive VP, Advanced Technologies Director, Solvay

- William H. Baum, Chief Business Development Officer, Genomatica

- Don Wardius, Head of Renewable and Alternative Feedstocks, Bayer MaterialScience

- Markus Pompejus, Vice President of White Biotechnology, North America, BASF Corporation Chemical company executives, biotech leaders, and industry analysts discussed trends in renewable chemical investments, shifts in attitudes by large scale traditional chemical companies towards the development of a renewable chemicals portfolio, and current state of play for industrial biotech companies.

Technician Mark Rhodes performs lab work on a variety of structural materials using images from a Polarized Light Optical Microscope.

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Mark Rhodes performs lab work on a variety of structural materials.

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In 1995, MIT’s Nicholas Negroponte predicted that “being digital” would have us entering a realm increasingly unconstrained by the materiality of the world. Two decades later, our everyday lives are indeed ever more suffused by computation and calculation. But unwieldy materiality persists and even reasserts itself. Programmable matter, self-assembling structures, 3D/4D printing, wearable technologies and bio-inspired design today capture the attention of engineers, scientists and artists. “BEING MATERIAL” showcased recent developments in materials systems and design, placing this work in dialogue with kindred and contrasting philosophy, art practice and critique. Panels on the PROGRAMMABLE, WEARABLE, LIVABLE and INVISIBLE—along with a concert, AUDIBLE—explored new and unexpected meetings of the digital and material worlds.

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In 1995, MIT’s Nicholas Negroponte predicted that “being digital” would have us entering a realm increasingly unconstrained by the materiality of the world. Two decades later, our everyday lives are indeed ever more suffused by computation and calculation. But unwieldy materiality persists and even reasserts itself. Programmable matter, self-assembling structures, 3D/4D printing, wearable technologies and bio-inspired design today capture the attention of engineers, scientists and artists. “BEING MATERIAL” showcased recent developments in materials systems and design, placing this work in dialogue with kindred and contrasting philosophy, art practice and critique. Panels on the PROGRAMMABLE, WEARABLE, LIVABLE and INVISIBLE—along with a concert, AUDIBLE—explored new and unexpected meetings of the digital and material worlds.

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Structural domains in CaFe2As2, one of the parent materials of iron-aresnide superconductors. Ames Laboratory physicists have recently shown that the domains in iron arsenides form into stripe-like patterns when the materials are exposed to low temperatures. To learn more and to view videos of how these “twin” patterns form, visit: www.cmpgroup.ameslab.gov/supermaglab/video/Pnictides.html.

Solar Impulse is a Swiss long-range solar powered aircraft project being undertaken at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne. The project eventually hopes to achieve the first circumnavigation of the Earth by a piloted fixed-wing aircraft using only solar power. The project is led by Swiss psychiatrist and aeronaut Bertrand Piccard, who co-piloted the first balloon to circle the world non-stop, and Swiss businessman André Borschberg.

Piccard initiated the Solar Impulse project in 2003. By 2009, he had assembled a multi-disciplinary team of 50 specialists from six countries, assisted by about 100 outside advisers. The project is financed by a number of private companies. The four main partners are Deutsche Bank, Omega SA, Solvay, and Schindler. Other partners include Bayer MaterialScience, Altran, Swisscom and Swiss Re (Corporate Solutions). Other supporters include Clarins, Semper, Toyota, BKW and STG. The EPFL, the European Space Agency (ESA) and Dassault have provided additional technical expertise, while Bay Area based SunPower provided the aircraft's photovoltaic cells.

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•Material Supplier / Toolmaker: Bayer MaterialScience / 3M Co.

•Material / Process: Makralon® AL2447 PC / micro-replication on film

•Description: The uniform lighting lens (ULL) is a patented thermoformed PC film used for an inner lamp lens and containing 2 different microstructure patterns produced via micro-replication. The system is designed to balance optical properties for uniformity and luminous intensity while reducing the number of LEDs needed. Using this technology led to weight and cost reductions as well as lower lead times on lens tooling and greater design freedom.

In 1995, MIT’s Nicholas Negroponte predicted that “being digital” would have us entering a realm increasingly unconstrained by the materiality of the world. Two decades later, our everyday lives are indeed ever more suffused by computation and calculation. But unwieldy materiality persists and even reasserts itself. Programmable matter, self-assembling structures, 3D/4D printing, wearable technologies and bio-inspired design today capture the attention of engineers, scientists and artists. “BEING MATERIAL” showcased recent developments in materials systems and design, placing this work in dialogue with kindred and contrasting philosophy, art practice and critique. Panels on the PROGRAMMABLE, WEARABLE, LIVABLE and INVISIBLE—along with a concert, AUDIBLE—explored new and unexpected meetings of the digital and material worlds.

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The MTS Servohydraulic Test Frame is used to test the strength and fracture properties of materials. The test frame in this photo is being used to test the tensile strength of a hydrided Zircaloy tube used in nuclear power systems. The test frame is enhanced with a digital image correlation system that visualizes the deformation patterns of the tube as it is being tested.

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attendees as they work on their own interpretations of a design/build project for the Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering portion of Discover Engineering on the North Campus of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor on Thursday, July 28, 2022.

Discover Engineering summer camp is designed for Michigan Engineering alumni and the children in their life entering 8th – 10th-grade who want to thoroughly explore various engineering disciplines. Through discussion, hands-on exercises, tours, and Q&A, professors and graduate students will help campers discover the many possibilities that exist for engineers.

Photo: Brenda Ahearn/University of Michigan, College of Engineering, Communications and Marketing

In 1995, MIT’s Nicholas Negroponte predicted that “being digital” would have us entering a realm increasingly unconstrained by the materiality of the world. Two decades later, our everyday lives are indeed ever more suffused by computation and calculation. But unwieldy materiality persists and even reasserts itself. Programmable matter, self-assembling structures, 3D/4D printing, wearable technologies and bio-inspired design today capture the attention of engineers, scientists and artists. “BEING MATERIAL” showcased recent developments in materials systems and design, placing this work in dialogue with kindred and contrasting philosophy, art practice and critique. Panels on the PROGRAMMABLE, WEARABLE, LIVABLE and INVISIBLE—along with a concert, AUDIBLE—explored new and unexpected meetings of the digital and material worlds.

Learn more at arts.mit.edu

All photos ©L. Barry Hetherington

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The MTS Servohydraulic Test Frame is used to test the strength and fracture properties of materials. The test frame in this photo is being used to test the tensile strength of a hydrided Zircaloy tube used in nuclear power systems. The test frame is enhanced with a digital image correlation system that visualizes the deformation patterns of the tube as it is being tested.

Terms of Use: Our images are freely and publicly available for use with the credit line, "Courtesy of Pacific Northwest National Laboratory"; Please use provided caption information for use in appropriate context.

In 1995, MIT’s Nicholas Negroponte predicted that “being digital” would have us entering a realm increasingly unconstrained by the materiality of the world. Two decades later, our everyday lives are indeed ever more suffused by computation and calculation. But unwieldy materiality persists and even reasserts itself. Programmable matter, self-assembling structures, 3D/4D printing, wearable technologies and bio-inspired design today capture the attention of engineers, scientists and artists. “BEING MATERIAL” showcased recent developments in materials systems and design, placing this work in dialogue with kindred and contrasting philosophy, art practice and critique. Panels on the PROGRAMMABLE, WEARABLE, LIVABLE and INVISIBLE—along with a concert, AUDIBLE—explored new and unexpected meetings of the digital and material worlds.

Learn more at arts.mit.edu

All photos ©L. Barry Hetherington

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Please ask before use

In 1995, MIT’s Nicholas Negroponte predicted that “being digital” would have us entering a realm increasingly unconstrained by the materiality of the world. Two decades later, our everyday lives are indeed ever more suffused by computation and calculation. But unwieldy materiality persists and even reasserts itself. Programmable matter, self-assembling structures, 3D/4D printing, wearable technologies and bio-inspired design today capture the attention of engineers, scientists and artists. “BEING MATERIAL” showcased recent developments in materials systems and design, placing this work in dialogue with kindred and contrasting philosophy, art practice and critique. Panels on the PROGRAMMABLE, WEARABLE, LIVABLE and INVISIBLE—along with a concert, AUDIBLE—explored new and unexpected meetings of the digital and material worlds.

Learn more at arts.mit.edu

All photos ©L. Barry Hetherington

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In 1995, MIT’s Nicholas Negroponte predicted that “being digital” would have us entering a realm increasingly unconstrained by the materiality of the world. Two decades later, our everyday lives are indeed ever more suffused by computation and calculation. But unwieldy materiality persists and even reasserts itself. Programmable matter, self-assembling structures, 3D/4D printing, wearable technologies and bio-inspired design today capture the attention of engineers, scientists and artists. “BEING MATERIAL” showcased recent developments in materials systems and design, placing this work in dialogue with kindred and contrasting philosophy, art practice and critique. Panels on the PROGRAMMABLE, WEARABLE, LIVABLE and INVISIBLE—along with a concert, AUDIBLE—explored new and unexpected meetings of the digital and material worlds.

Learn more at arts.mit.edu

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Camp attendees work on their own interpretations of a design/build project for the Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering portion of Discover Engineering on the North Campus of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor on Thursday, July 28, 2022.

Discover Engineering summer camp is designed for Michigan Engineering alumni and the children in their life entering 8th – 10th-grade who want to thoroughly explore various engineering disciplines. Through discussion, hands-on exercises, tours, and Q&A, professors and graduate students will help campers discover the many possibilities that exist for engineers.

Photo: Brenda Ahearn/University of Michigan, College of Engineering, Communications and Marketing

In 1995, MIT’s Nicholas Negroponte predicted that “being digital” would have us entering a realm increasingly unconstrained by the materiality of the world. Two decades later, our everyday lives are indeed ever more suffused by computation and calculation. But unwieldy materiality persists and even reasserts itself. Programmable matter, self-assembling structures, 3D/4D printing, wearable technologies and bio-inspired design today capture the attention of engineers, scientists and artists. “BEING MATERIAL” showcased recent developments in materials systems and design, placing this work in dialogue with kindred and contrasting philosophy, art practice and critique. Panels on the PROGRAMMABLE, WEARABLE, LIVABLE and INVISIBLE—along with a concert, AUDIBLE—explored new and unexpected meetings of the digital and material worlds.

Learn more at arts.mit.edu

All photos ©L. Barry Hetherington

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Camp attendees work on their own interpretations of a design/build project for the Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering portion of Discover Engineering on the North Campus of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor on Thursday, July 28, 2022.

Discover Engineering summer camp is designed for Michigan Engineering alumni and the children in their life entering 8th – 10th-grade who want to thoroughly explore various engineering disciplines. Through discussion, hands-on exercises, tours, and Q&A, professors and graduate students will help campers discover the many possibilities that exist for engineers.

Photo: Brenda Ahearn/University of Michigan, College of Engineering, Communications and Marketing

In 1995, MIT’s Nicholas Negroponte predicted that “being digital” would have us entering a realm increasingly unconstrained by the materiality of the world. Two decades later, our everyday lives are indeed ever more suffused by computation and calculation. But unwieldy materiality persists and even reasserts itself. Programmable matter, self-assembling structures, 3D/4D printing, wearable technologies and bio-inspired design today capture the attention of engineers, scientists and artists. “BEING MATERIAL” showcased recent developments in materials systems and design, placing this work in dialogue with kindred and contrasting philosophy, art practice and critique. Panels on the PROGRAMMABLE, WEARABLE, LIVABLE and INVISIBLE—along with a concert, AUDIBLE—explored new and unexpected meetings of the digital and material worlds.

Learn more at arts.mit.edu

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Mark Moldwin, the Arthur F. Thurnau Professor, Professor of Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering, introduces camp attendees to some of the possibilities available in his field during Discover Engineering on the North Campus of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor on Thursday, July 28, 2022.

Discover Engineering summer camp is designed for Michigan Engineering alumni and the children in their life entering 8th – 10th-grade who want to thoroughly explore various engineering disciplines. Through discussion, hands-on exercises, tours, and Q&A, professors and graduate students will help campers discover the many possibilities that exist for engineers.

Photo: Brenda Ahearn/University of Michigan, College of Engineering, Communications and Marketing

In 1995, MIT’s Nicholas Negroponte predicted that “being digital” would have us entering a realm increasingly unconstrained by the materiality of the world. Two decades later, our everyday lives are indeed ever more suffused by computation and calculation. But unwieldy materiality persists and even reasserts itself. Programmable matter, self-assembling structures, 3D/4D printing, wearable technologies and bio-inspired design today capture the attention of engineers, scientists and artists. “BEING MATERIAL” showcased recent developments in materials systems and design, placing this work in dialogue with kindred and contrasting philosophy, art practice and critique. Panels on the PROGRAMMABLE, WEARABLE, LIVABLE and INVISIBLE—along with a concert, AUDIBLE—explored new and unexpected meetings of the digital and material worlds.

Learn more at arts.mit.edu

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Solar Impulse is a Swiss long-range solar powered aircraft project being undertaken at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne. The project eventually hopes to achieve the first circumnavigation of the Earth by a piloted fixed-wing aircraft using only solar power. The project is led by Swiss psychiatrist and aeronaut Bertrand Piccard, who co-piloted the first balloon to circle the world non-stop, and Swiss businessman André Borschberg.

Piccard initiated the Solar Impulse project in 2003. By 2009, he had assembled a multi-disciplinary team of 50 specialists from six countries, assisted by about 100 outside advisers. The project is financed by a number of private companies. The four main partners are Deutsche Bank, Omega SA, Solvay, and Schindler. Other partners include Bayer MaterialScience, Altran, Swisscom and Swiss Re (Corporate Solutions). Other supporters include Clarins, Semper, Toyota, BKW and STG. The EPFL, the European Space Agency (ESA) and Dassault have provided additional technical expertise, while Bay Area based SunPower provided the aircraft's photovoltaic cells.

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Camp attendees look on as Marcel Chlupsa, a material sciences and engineering PhD student, demonstrates the how heat affects metals during Discover Engineering on the North Campus of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor on Thursday, July 28, 2022.

Discover Engineering summer camp is designed for Michigan Engineering alumni and the children in their life entering 8th – 10th-grade who want to thoroughly explore various engineering disciplines. Through discussion, hands-on exercises, tours, and Q&A, professors and graduate students will help campers discover the many possibilities that exist for engineers.

Photo: Brenda Ahearn/University of Michigan, College of Engineering, Communications and Marketing

In 1995, MIT’s Nicholas Negroponte predicted that “being digital” would have us entering a realm increasingly unconstrained by the materiality of the world. Two decades later, our everyday lives are indeed ever more suffused by computation and calculation. But unwieldy materiality persists and even reasserts itself. Programmable matter, self-assembling structures, 3D/4D printing, wearable technologies and bio-inspired design today capture the attention of engineers, scientists and artists. “BEING MATERIAL” showcased recent developments in materials systems and design, placing this work in dialogue with kindred and contrasting philosophy, art practice and critique. Panels on the PROGRAMMABLE, WEARABLE, LIVABLE and INVISIBLE—along with a concert, AUDIBLE—explored new and unexpected meetings of the digital and material worlds.

Learn more at arts.mit.edu

All photos ©L. Barry Hetherington

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In 1995, MIT’s Nicholas Negroponte predicted that “being digital” would have us entering a realm increasingly unconstrained by the materiality of the world. Two decades later, our everyday lives are indeed ever more suffused by computation and calculation. But unwieldy materiality persists and even reasserts itself. Programmable matter, self-assembling structures, 3D/4D printing, wearable technologies and bio-inspired design today capture the attention of engineers, scientists and artists. “BEING MATERIAL” showcased recent developments in materials systems and design, placing this work in dialogue with kindred and contrasting philosophy, art practice and critique. Panels on the PROGRAMMABLE, WEARABLE, LIVABLE and INVISIBLE—along with a concert, AUDIBLE—explored new and unexpected meetings of the digital and material worlds.

Learn more at arts.mit.edu

All photos ©L. Barry Hetherington

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In 1995, MIT’s Nicholas Negroponte predicted that “being digital” would have us entering a realm increasingly unconstrained by the materiality of the world. Two decades later, our everyday lives are indeed ever more suffused by computation and calculation. But unwieldy materiality persists and even reasserts itself. Programmable matter, self-assembling structures, 3D/4D printing, wearable technologies and bio-inspired design today capture the attention of engineers, scientists and artists. “BEING MATERIAL” showcased recent developments in materials systems and design, placing this work in dialogue with kindred and contrasting philosophy, art practice and critique. Panels on the PROGRAMMABLE, WEARABLE, LIVABLE and INVISIBLE—along with a concert, AUDIBLE—explored new and unexpected meetings of the digital and material worlds.

Learn more at arts.mit.edu

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Camp attendees work on their own interpretations of a design/build project for the Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering portion of Discover Engineering on the North Campus of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor on Thursday, July 28, 2022.

Discover Engineering summer camp is designed for Michigan Engineering alumni and the children in their life entering 8th – 10th-grade who want to thoroughly explore various engineering disciplines. Through discussion, hands-on exercises, tours, and Q&A, professors and graduate students will help campers discover the many possibilities that exist for engineers.

Photo: Brenda Ahearn/University of Michigan, College of Engineering, Communications and Marketing

Crystal Perez and others take part in an industrial operations and engineering experiment to learn how to examine a human flow issue, in this case in a hospital scenario, to determine which choices improve the most positive outcomes for the most people during Discover Engineering on the North Campus of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor on Thursday, July 28, 2022.

Discover Engineering summer camp is designed for Michigan Engineering alumni and the children in their life entering 8th – 10th-grade who want to thoroughly explore various engineering disciplines. Through discussion, hands-on exercises, tours, and Q&A, professors and graduate students will help campers discover the many possibilities that exist for engineers.

Photo: Brenda Ahearn/University of Michigan, College of Engineering, Communications and Marketing

Lauren Czerniak, an industrial operations and engineering PhD student, explains parameters to camp attendees about make their way through a series of obstacles as they experiment and learn how to examine a human flow issue, in this case in a hospital scenario, to determine which choices improve the most positive outcomes for the most people during Discover Engineering on the North Campus of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor on Thursday, July 28, 2022.

Discover Engineering summer camp is designed for Michigan Engineering alumni and the children in their life entering 8th – 10th-grade who want to thoroughly explore various engineering disciplines. Through discussion, hands-on exercises, tours, and Q&A, professors and graduate students will help campers discover the many possibilities that exist for engineers.

Photo: Brenda Ahearn/University of Michigan, College of Engineering, Communications and Marketing

Cameron Louttit and Lizzy Mays give instructions to students as they prepare samples and measurements in one of the labs in the Ann and Robert H. Lurie Biomedical Engineering Building during Discover Engineering on the North Campus of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor on Thursday, July 28, 2022.

Discover Engineering summer camp is designed for Michigan Engineering alumni and the children in their life entering 8th – 10th-grade who want to thoroughly explore various engineering disciplines. Through discussion, hands-on exercises, tours, and Q&A, professors and graduate students will help campers discover the many possibilities that exist for engineers.

Photo: Brenda Ahearn/University of Michigan, College of Engineering, Communications and Marketing

Mark Moldwin, the Arthur F. Thurnau Professor, Professor of Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering, introduces camp attendees to some of the possibilities available in his field during Discover Engineering on the North Campus of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor on Thursday, July 28, 2022.

Discover Engineering summer camp is designed for Michigan Engineering alumni and the children in their life entering 8th – 10th-grade who want to thoroughly explore various engineering disciplines. Through discussion, hands-on exercises, tours, and Q&A, professors and graduate students will help campers discover the many possibilities that exist for engineers.

Photo: Brenda Ahearn/University of Michigan, College of Engineering, Communications and Marketing

Camp attendees work on their own interpretations of a design/build project for the Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering portion of Discover Engineering on the North Campus of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor on Thursday, July 28, 2022.

Discover Engineering summer camp is designed for Michigan Engineering alumni and the children in their life entering 8th – 10th-grade who want to thoroughly explore various engineering disciplines. Through discussion, hands-on exercises, tours, and Q&A, professors and graduate students will help campers discover the many possibilities that exist for engineers.

Photo: Brenda Ahearn/University of Michigan, College of Engineering, Communications and Marketing

In 1995, MIT’s Nicholas Negroponte predicted that “being digital” would have us entering a realm increasingly unconstrained by the materiality of the world. Two decades later, our everyday lives are indeed ever more suffused by computation and calculation. But unwieldy materiality persists and even reasserts itself. Programmable matter, self-assembling structures, 3D/4D printing, wearable technologies and bio-inspired design today capture the attention of engineers, scientists and artists. “BEING MATERIAL” showcased recent developments in materials systems and design, placing this work in dialogue with kindred and contrasting philosophy, art practice and critique. Panels on the PROGRAMMABLE, WEARABLE, LIVABLE and INVISIBLE—along with a concert, AUDIBLE—explored new and unexpected meetings of the digital and material worlds.

Learn more at arts.mit.edu

All photos ©L. Barry Hetherington

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In 1995, MIT’s Nicholas Negroponte predicted that “being digital” would have us entering a realm increasingly unconstrained by the materiality of the world. Two decades later, our everyday lives are indeed ever more suffused by computation and calculation. But unwieldy materiality persists and even reasserts itself. Programmable matter, self-assembling structures, 3D/4D printing, wearable technologies and bio-inspired design today capture the attention of engineers, scientists and artists. “BEING MATERIAL” showcased recent developments in materials systems and design, placing this work in dialogue with kindred and contrasting philosophy, art practice and critique. Panels on the PROGRAMMABLE, WEARABLE, LIVABLE and INVISIBLE—along with a concert, AUDIBLE—explored new and unexpected meetings of the digital and material worlds.

Learn more at arts.mit.edu

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Raegan Harris and other camp attendees prepare samples and measurements in one of the labs in the Ann and Robert H. Lurie Biomedical Engineering Building during Discover Engineering on the North Campus of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor on Thursday, July 28, 2022.

Discover Engineering summer camp is designed for Michigan Engineering alumni and the children in their life entering 8th – 10th-grade who want to thoroughly explore various engineering disciplines. Through discussion, hands-on exercises, tours, and Q&A, professors and graduate students will help campers discover the many possibilities that exist for engineers.

Photo: Brenda Ahearn/University of Michigan, College of Engineering, Communications and Marketing

Camp attendees work on their own interpretations of a design/build project for the Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering portion of Discover Engineering on the North Campus of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor on Thursday, July 28, 2022.

Discover Engineering summer camp is designed for Michigan Engineering alumni and the children in their life entering 8th – 10th-grade who want to thoroughly explore various engineering disciplines. Through discussion, hands-on exercises, tours, and Q&A, professors and graduate students will help campers discover the many possibilities that exist for engineers.

Photo: Brenda Ahearn/University of Michigan, College of Engineering, Communications and Marketing

In 1995, MIT’s Nicholas Negroponte predicted that “being digital” would have us entering a realm increasingly unconstrained by the materiality of the world. Two decades later, our everyday lives are indeed ever more suffused by computation and calculation. But unwieldy materiality persists and even reasserts itself. Programmable matter, self-assembling structures, 3D/4D printing, wearable technologies and bio-inspired design today capture the attention of engineers, scientists and artists. “BEING MATERIAL” showcased recent developments in materials systems and design, placing this work in dialogue with kindred and contrasting philosophy, art practice and critique. Panels on the PROGRAMMABLE, WEARABLE, LIVABLE and INVISIBLE—along with a concert, AUDIBLE—explored new and unexpected meetings of the digital and material worlds.

Learn more at arts.mit.edu

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Megan Wrobel helps Lamont Reed, left, and Raegan Harris as they prepare samples and measurements in one of the labs in the Ann and Robert H. Lurie Biomedical Engineering Building during Discover Engineering on the North Campus of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor on Thursday, July 28, 2022.

Discover Engineering summer camp is designed for Michigan Engineering alumni and the children in their life entering 8th – 10th-grade who want to thoroughly explore various engineering disciplines. Through discussion, hands-on exercises, tours, and Q&A, professors and graduate students will help campers discover the many possibilities that exist for engineers.

Photo: Brenda Ahearn/University of Michigan, College of Engineering, Communications and Marketing

Mark Moldwin, the Arthur F. Thurnau Professor, Professor of Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering, introduces camp attendees to some of the possibilities available in his field during Discover Engineering on the North Campus of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor on Thursday, July 28, 2022.

Discover Engineering summer camp is designed for Michigan Engineering alumni and the children in their life entering 8th – 10th-grade who want to thoroughly explore various engineering disciplines. Through discussion, hands-on exercises, tours, and Q&A, professors and graduate students will help campers discover the many possibilities that exist for engineers.

Photo: Brenda Ahearn/University of Michigan, College of Engineering, Communications and Marketing

Cameron Louttit helps Aahana Ashok, left, and Emily Stewart as they prepare samples and measurements in one of the labs in the Ann and Robert H. Lurie Biomedical Engineering Building during Discover Engineering on the North Campus of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor on Thursday, July 28, 2022.

Discover Engineering summer camp is designed for Michigan Engineering alumni and the children in their life entering 8th – 10th-grade who want to thoroughly explore various engineering disciplines. Through discussion, hands-on exercises, tours, and Q&A, professors and graduate students will help campers discover the many possibilities that exist for engineers.

Photo: Brenda Ahearn/University of Michigan, College of Engineering, Communications and Marketing