Glaucio

Paulino

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

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

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

A man in a blue shirt displays a yellow, honey comb box made of cardboard — Xiangxin Dang, a postdoctoral researcher, displays an adjustable structure made from a cardboard sheet. Photos by Sameer A. Khan/Fotobuddy

With a single paper sheet, engineers make dancing structures that direct light and sound

A group around a table holding cardboard figures folded in origami patterns

A new guide unfolds origami’s principles for beginners and experts alike

Curved, segmented robot on a wooden table — The robot’s segments can flatten and extend into cylinders. Photos by Frank Wojciechowski.

Caterbot? Robotapillar? It crawls with ease through loops and bends

Graphic with text "Commendation for Outstanding Teaching".

Faculty commended for outstanding teaching

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