Tag: Katia Bertoldi

  • Nation & World

    Five faculty members named Harvard College Professors

    Five faculty members have been named Harvard College Professors for their contributions to undergraduate teaching.

    9 minutes
    Gate Outside of Emerson Hall at Harvard.
  • Nation & World

    Funding the future

    The Star Family Challenge makes grants every year to high-risk, high-reward research efforts that might not receive funding through other programs. This year’s recipients are Edo Berger, Katia Bertoldi, Edward Glaeser, Talia Konkle, and Bence Ölveczky.

    9 minutes
  • Nation & World

    3-D material changes shape as it prepares for next task

    Harvard researchers have designed a new type of foldable material that is versatile, tunable, and self-actuated. It can change size, volume, and shape; it can fold flat to withstand the weight of an elephant without breaking, and pop right back up to prepare for the next task.

    3 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Buckling under pressure

    Inspired by a spherical toy that expands and collapses, researchers at Harvard and MIT have created a new type of engineered capsule, called a “buckliball,” that exploits the phenomenon of buckling. The buckliball is the first morphable structure to incorporate buckling as a desirable engineering design element.

    5 minutes