Glaucio Paulino

Margareta Engman Augustine Professor of Engineering. Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and the Princeton Materials Institute

Research interests: Computational mechanics, engineering mechanics and topology optimization.

An origami crane folds and unfolds — Researchers combined their expertise in materials science and and origami to create a durable, programmable robot that moves without a motor. (The video’s speed is increased 40 times from the original.) Video by the researchers

This soft robot has no problem moving with no motor and no gears

Graphic with text "Commendation for Outstanding Teaching".

Faculty commended for outstanding teaching

Multi-colored paper cylinders on a black lab table

Looking for the perfect fold? It’s frustrating.

A cube split in half to show a rabbit shaped structure embedded inside it. — The researchers used microstructures to shield a defect shaped like a rabbit. Illustrations by the researchers

Physical cloaking works like a disappearing act for structural defects

Art and engineering fold into inspiration

A researcher observes a metabot inside a magnetic chamber — Researchers control the metabot’s shape and motion using a magnetic field. Photos by Aaron Nathans, videos by Aaron Nathans and Konstantinos Manos

Material? Robot? It’s a metabot

Three students look closely at a model of an architectural structure.

Civil and Environmental Engineering

Fundamental insights into the built and natural environments, and interactions between the two

Researchers, dressed in white suits, work in "clean room" lab under yellow light.

Princeton Materials Institute

Multidisciplinary research driving advances in materials science and photonics