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Shaping Matter Lab @shapingmatterlab.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Check out the latest paper from Sian Ying Chen, Sourav Patranabish @sourav-p.bsky.social, and Kathrin Weiland presenting a scalable, mechanically robust structural supercapacitor that balances energy storage ⚡️ and load bearing 💪. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Shaping Matter Lab @shapingmatterlab.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Another new paper was published: "Multi-camera fault detection in fused filament fabrication printing" from SML'ers Shantha, Aster and Muhamad! Check it out here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Shaping Matter Lab @shapingmatterlab.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

Snow in Delft! Gustavo and Jimmy made a new friend :)

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Shaping Matter Lab @shapingmatterlab.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

Happy Halloween from SML! The only contamination we're allowing in the biolab this season is ectoplasm! 👻🧫

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Shaping Matter Lab @shapingmatterlab.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

Saurav presented his latest work, developed with Sid Kumar, Prakash Thakolakaran, and Jovana Jovanova, at ESMC 2025 in Lyon and MARSS 2025 at Purdue! He showed how mechanics, machine learning, and additive manufacturing create the next-gen piezoelectric metamaterials 🦾👨‍💻 @saurav-sharma.bsky.social

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Shaping Matter Lab @shapingmatterlab.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

🏐✨ Cheers to the 2 champion teams (winner & runner up) of the ASM Dept.'s Volleyball Tournament on June 4! 🎉 It was a day of friendly rivalry, but they're back to being awesome labmates now. We had lot of fun in their day out with sports & BBQ🤝💪 #Sportsday #LabLife @kmasania.bsky.social

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Shaping Matter Lab @shapingmatterlab.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

🧬✨ Massive props to Jasper & Kunal for their DNA-coated 3D knitted installation at Venice Biennale 2025 🇮🇹🏛️! Teaming up with SO–IL, Mariana Popescu & TheGreenEyl, they’ve spanned the historic Arsenale Corderie columns with next-gen natural fibers 🌿🧵🌌 #VeniceBiennale #DNAKnits @kmasania.bsky.social

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Shaping Matter Lab @shapingmatterlab.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

SML'ers won the Lustrum Photo Challenge for the Aerospace Faculty's 85th Anniversary! We 3D printed fungi for this super fun challenge. Here's some behind the scenes action as well. 📸🍾🎉🍄 @kmasania.bsky.social #AerospaceEngineering

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Shaping Matter Lab @shapingmatterlab.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

🔬Many congratulations to Satya, who defended his PhD "Shaping Mechano-Responsiveness: 3d-Printing of Piezoelectric and Living Materials"! ⚡ Of course, we made him a funny PhD-hat which included the many yoga poses which kept him sane through the journey! 😉 #PhDlife #ELMs #additivemanufacturing ~IN

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Shaping Matter Lab @shapingmatterlab.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

Milestone alert 🥂 SML's Knight in Shining Armour, Sarah, officially knighted her ChemE comrade Reece on April 15th — from labs to vows, what a plot twist 💒🎉 Big cheers to the newlyweds and lots of good luck and happiness for your future! @kmasania.bsky.social @sschyck.bsky.social

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Shaping Matter Lab @shapingmatterlab.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

Last week, @alexluijten.bsky.social passed his go/no-go moment of his PhD! 🏆 This means we can expect more cool work in discrete lattice fabrication and more cool videos of robots doing stuff! 🤖 @kmasania.bsky.social #robotics #science #PhDlife #additivemanufacturing ~IN

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Shaping Matter Lab @shapingmatterlab.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

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

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Shaping Matter Lab @shapingmatterlab.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

🌳How do trees ensure their branches are not blown off by the wind, and can we harness this for 3D-printed structures? Caroline's paper explores how wavy fibre patterns inspired by trees can toughen 3D-printed materials.🪴 Check it out! #3DPrinting #Bioinspired #MaterialsScience #PlantScience ~IN

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Shaping Matter Lab @shapingmatterlab.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

Sourav, Silvan, and Jimmy had a great time trying out our new Shaper Origin hand-held CNC mill. Of course, we divided the work like true #academics! #CNC #milling #woodworking #PhDlife ~IN

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Shaping Matter Lab @shapingmatterlab.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

Have you already checked out this cool paper in Composites Part A, which explores how you can use topology optimisation to make fibre-reinforced composites more eco-friendly? doi.org/10.1016/j.co... #composites #machinelearning #ecodesign @cvjansari.bsky.social @kmasania.bsky.social ~IN

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Shaping Matter Lab @shapingmatterlab.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

Just another day at the Faculty of Aerospace Engineering at TU Delft... We're sad to see our garden piece go, but the @koninklijkemarine.bsky.social apparently want their Westland Lynx back. #aerospace #tudelft ~IN

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Shaping Matter Lab @shapingmatterlab.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

🌳Mu and Alex saved the tree outside our office window from slow strangulation, just in time for the spring! 🌴 Great job guys, saving this #engineeredlivingmaterial! @m-amani.bsky.social @alexluijten.bsky.social @tudelft.bsky.social #plantscience #ELMs

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Shaping Matter Lab @shapingmatterlab.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

Welcome Winston Lindqwister (Post-Doc) and Jimmy Cheng (as phD) to SML! Winston (left) will be making multi-scale computational models of hierarchical fungal engineered living materials 🍄 👩‍💻 while Jimmy is going to be researching Bioinspired Grippers 🤖 . #bioinspiredgrippers #Multiscalemodelling

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Shaping Matter Lab @shapingmatterlab.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

Congratulations on your super successful MSc graduation Aster Tournoy, with a cum laude! 🎉🥂Aster developed a fault detection system for small-scale 3D printers that can identify 12 common printing errors using computer vision with up to 97% accuracy. 📸courtesy - Aster Tournoy @kmasania.bsky.social

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Shaping Matter Lab @shapingmatterlab.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

This week saw SML taking a well-deserved recharge on the slopes of the beautiful french alps!🏂 The beginning of a new tradition... With freshened heads we're now back to work! 👩🏼‍🔬🔬🧪🌱

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Shaping Matter Lab @shapingmatterlab.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

How are wind turbine blades manufactured? Last week, we had the opportunity to find out how the Suzlon group manufactures their wind turbine blades on a visit with the NXTGEN Hightech Composites 3-Zero Defect consortium. It was super enlightening, thanks to everyone involved!

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Shaping Matter Lab @shapingmatterlab.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

LICHEN-BLADES consortia members have transformed wind turbine blade sections into a bike pump track! 🚴‍♂️😮It was on display at the IDE faculty square last few weeks. . @DenizSayinbas, also a project member, had a great day at work thanks to it. 🍃 @kmasania.bsky.social #windenergy #circulareconomy

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Shaping Matter Lab @shapingmatterlab.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

🏠Last weekend @saurav-sharma.bsky.social and @ingonettersheim.bsky.social helped Chintan move to his new place in Delft.📦 We are sure the 1h shorter commute will result in a 10% increase in research output! Stay tuned...📈 #roomwithaview #topologyoptimization

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Shaping Matter Lab @shapingmatterlab.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

Welcome Gustavo Asai🥳He will be working on topology optimization & computational mechanics.He can be seen hard at work on his first week! When he is not kicking ass at being a researcher, he loves to travel to eat good food. Foodies are very welcome at SML 🌮 . #topopt @kmasania.bsky.social

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Shaping Matter Lab @shapingmatterlab.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

✈️Safe trip home Napat! 🚀Napat visited our group for the past six months to 3D print emulsions all the way from Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand. It was great having you around! We figure you will not miss the Dutch winter weather... ⛈️ #3dprinting #emulsions

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Shaping Matter Lab @shapingmatterlab.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

November 11,2024 was a day of celebration 🎉 for SML as it's first ever PhD candidate defended her thesis with a cum laude and is now officially Dr. Caroline Houriet🥂.Read her thesis on 'Shaping Anisotropy of Liquid Crystal Polymers' here: resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:d59312f... @kmasania.bsky.social

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Shaping Matter Lab @shapingmatterlab.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

🚀Congrats to Wouter for successfully defending a really cool thesis! Why is an abalone shell stronger than a piece of chalk? Wouter researched how you can recreate this strong and tough microstructure with the help of mineralising bacteria! 🔬 #engineeredlivingmaterials #ELM #microbiology #3Dprinting

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