![Tortuca longlisted in Dezeen Awards 2022](https://psl.design.upenn.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/220828_dezeen_longlist.jpg)
Tortuca longlisted in Dezeen Awards 2022
Tortuca has been longlisted in the sustainable design category of Dezeen Awards 2022.
![Hao Zheng successfully defended his PhD thesis!](https://psl.design.upenn.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/hao-zheng-phd.jpg)
Hao Zheng successfully defended his PhD thesis!
Hao Zheng successfully defended his PhD thesis! Congratulations, Dr. Hao Zheng!
![PSL Exhibits at NYCxDesign Event](https://psl.design.upenn.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/nycxdesign.jpg)
PSL Exhibits at NYCxDesign Event
Polyhedral Structures Laboratory and Evenscape NY had an exhibition and a roundtable as part of the NYCxDesign event.
![Tortuca wins 2022 DigitalFUTURES Best Project Award](https://psl.design.upenn.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/project_award_1.jpg)
Tortuca wins 2022 DigitalFUTURES Best Project Award
Tortuca has received the DigitalFUTURES Project Award 2022.
![$2.4 Million ARPA-E Grant to Research the Design of Carbon-Negative Buildings](https://psl.design.upenn.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/arpae_funds.jpg)
$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](https://psl.design.upenn.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/ADFM-3214_OFC-1-768x1010-1.png)
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](https://psl.design.upenn.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/220324_princeton.jpg)
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](https://psl.design.upenn.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/log.jpg)
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](https://psl.design.upenn.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/IASS_2021_sm-1.jpg)
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](https://psl.design.upenn.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/210610_ASCE.jpg)
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](https://psl.design.upenn.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/210105_NSF_FMG.jpg)
Dr. Masoud Akbarzadeh wins an NSF Future Manufacturing Grant
Dr. Masoud Akbarzadeh wins an NSF Future Manufacturing Grant.
![Happy Holidays from Polyhedral Structures Laboratory!](https://psl.design.upenn.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/postcard2020.jpg)
Happy Holidays from Polyhedral Structures Laboratory!
Happy Holidays from Polyhedral Structures Laboratory!
![Dr. Mathias Bernhard will speak at the AIA Symposium ETH Zurich](https://psl.design.upenn.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/201019_aia_ethz.jpg)
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](https://psl.design.upenn.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/201019_data_aided_design.jpg)
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](https://psl.design.upenn.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/201015_SNU.jpg)
Dr. Masoud Akbarzadeh will present at DAAE Seoul National University
Dr. Masoud Akbarzadeh will present at DAAE Seoul National University.
![ASCE Structures Congress 2021](https://psl.design.upenn.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/200524_ASCE_2021.jpg)
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](https://psl.design.upenn.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/200425_Adesign_winner_1.jpg)
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](https://psl.design.upenn.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/200203_Cooper_Union.jpg)
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](https://psl.design.upenn.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/200101_NSF_CAREER.jpg)
Dr. Masoud Akbarzadeh received 2020 NSF CAREER Award
Dr. Masoud Akbarzadeh received 2020 NSF CAREER Award.