2016 MichMATYC Fall Conference

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Presenter(s): David Redman
Time: 11:00am-11:20am	Room: J139
Title: Miura-Ori Folding: Art and Engineering
Abstract: From "automobiles" to "zipper tubes", origami has you covered and has recently been one of the hottest topics of research in art, mathematics, chemistry, engineering, material science, medicine, and many other fields. Come see some interesting examples and models that you can take back to your classroom, and create your own metamaterial that you can take home and experiment with. The presenter will share handouts and books that you can use in your classroom.
Materials: Miura-Ori Folding MichMATYC 2016 Miura-ori Folding Robot Surgeons And Artificial Life (BBC) Tiny Machines Win Chemistry Nobel Prize (BBC) Symmetry Chirality and Practical Origami Nanotube Construction Techniques (ICME 13 Activities for 2015 STEM Festival
Biographical: David is motivated by finding fun and unconventional ways to illustrate concepts in mathematics. He enjoys helping people re-examine their expectations of what mathematics is and is not. David is in the last year of his term as division chair at Delta College and is excited to be soon taking a more active role in the classroom.