
$2.4 Million ARPA-E Grant to Research the Design of Carbon-Negative Buildings
Penn Receives $2.4M for Research on Turning Buildings into Carbon Storage Structures.

Shellular Funicular Featured on the cover of Advanced Functional Materials
Our recent research “Strut-Based Cellular to Shellular Funicular Materials” is on the cover of Advanced Functional Materials.

Dr. Masoud Akbarzadeh presents at Princeton
Dr. Masoud Akbarzadeh will present Polyhedral Structures Laboratory’s recent research at Princeton University, Civil and Environmental Engineering Department.

Dr. Masoud Akbarzadeh presents at Log’rithms: The Science of Architecture
Dr. Masoud Akbarzadeh presents at Log’rithms: The Science of Architecture.

Salma Mozaffari is attending the CEE Rising Stars Workshop at MIT
Salma Mozaffari has been selected and awarded a scholarship to attend the CEE Rising Stars Workshop on the MIT campus.

ASCE Structures Congress 2022
Dr. Josephine Carstensen and Dr. Masoud Akbarzadeh are co-organizing the Optimized Structural Design Session for Structures Congress 2022.

Dr. Masoud Akbarzadeh wins an NSF Future Manufacturing Grant
Dr. Masoud Akbarzadeh wins an NSF Future Manufacturing Grant.

Happy Holidays from Polyhedral Structures Laboratory!
Happy Holidays from Polyhedral Structures Laboratory!

Dr. Mathias Bernhard will speak at the AIA Symposium ETH Zurich
Dr. Mathias Bernhard is speaking at the AIA Symposium on Artificial Intelligence in Architecture, Engineering, and Construction at ETH Zurich.

Polyhedral Structures Laboratory has been featured in Data-Aided Design
Data-Aided Design has featured the design research of the Polyhedral Structures Laboratory.

Dr. Masoud Akbarzadeh will present at DAAE Seoul National University
Dr. Masoud Akbarzadeh will present at DAAE Seoul National University.

ASCE Structures Congress 2021
Dr. Masoud Akbarzadeh and Dr. Josephine Carstensen are co-organizing the Optimized Structural Design Session for Structures Congress 2021.

A’ Design Award for Saltatur
Saltatur Furniture has won the A’ Design Award in Furniture, Decorative Items and Homeware Design Category.

Dr. Masoud Akbarzadeh presents at the structures course at Cooper Union
Dr. Masoud Akbarzadeh presents at the structures course at Cooper Union.

Dr. Masoud Akbarzadeh received 2020 NSF CAREER Award
Dr. Masoud Akbarzadeh received 2020 NSF CAREER Award.

Spatial Effciency Now Exhibition at the Center for Architecture and Design
Spatial Efficiency Now exhibition was held at the Center for Architecture and Design.

Dr. Masoud Akbarzadeh spoke at the Center of Architecture and Design
Dr. Masoud Akbarzadeh spoked at the Center of Architecture and Design.

Dr. Masoud Akbarzadeh as a Scientific Chair of ACADIA 2020
Dr. Masoud Akbarzadeh will be a Scientific Chair of ACADIA 2020.

Dr. Masoud Akbarzadeh is a co-leader of Graphical Methods at IASS
Dr. Masoud Akbarzadeh is a co-leader of Graphical Methods at IASS.