Elastomer based tunable optofluidic devices

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Elastomer based tunable optofluidic devices

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Rising from rubble - Leveraging existing construction tools for upcycling concrete waste into slender walls

FLO:RE – A new floor system made of reused reinforced concrete and steel elements

Reusability Assessment of Obsolete Reinforced Concrete Structural Components

Design of New Low-Carbon Floor Systems by Reusing Cut Cast-in-Place Concrete Pieces

Robotic Assembly of Integrally-Attached Timber Plate Structures: From Computational Design to Automated Construction

Low-tech methods for the reuse of reinforced concrete structural elements

From Marshall Plan to “Hilton in the wild”: The Transnational History of a Cooperative Housing Block in Esat, Ankara

A Collaborative Workflow to Automate the Design, Analysis, and Construction of Integrally-Attached Timber Plate Structures

Interlaboratory Test Program to Determine the Precision of the R3 Test Method (ASTM C1897-20) for Measuring Reactivity of Supplementary Cementitious Materials

Digital twins for post-earthquake damage assessment of free-standing buildings including damage information

Environmental and economic analysis of new construction techniques reusing existing concrete elements: two case studies

Shape programmable multi-stable polymer actuators

Upcycling Space Structures (Preface to special issue)

Structural design methodology in Integrally-Attached Timber Plate structures

A High Efficiency Pneumatic Drive System Using Vane-Type Semi-Rotary Actuators

Closed-Loop Position Control of a Self-Sensing 3-DoF Origami Module With Pneumatic Actuators

Case-Study on the Creep Behavior of Interconnected Timber Elements using Wood-Wood Connections

A 4D printed active compliant hinge for potential space applications using shape memory alloys and polymers

Development of Novel Standardized Structural Timber Elements Using Wood-Wood Connections

Design and control of a prototype structure that adapts to loading through large shape changes