Lucia Stein-Montalvo
@lsmontal.bsky.social
Assistant Professor @ Northwestern University Civil and Environmental Engineering | Adaptive Structures Lab | Shape-shifting mechanics + life-like cities | adaptivestructureslab.com | instagram.com/adaptivestructures_nu
Still time to submit -- deadline extended to May 8! (This Friday!)
Lucia Stein-Montalvo@lsmontal.bsky.social · 4mo ago1 week left to submit an abstract to SES! @faniderveni.bsky.social invite abstracts to MS 5.2 -- Instabilities and Nonlinear Mechanics Across Structural Scales. Info & abstract submission: web.cvent.com/event/a94456...
1 week left to submit an abstract to SES! @faniderveni.bsky.social invite abstracts to MS 5.2 -- Instabilities and Nonlinear Mechanics Across Structural Scales. Info & abstract submission: web.cvent.com/event/a94456...
🚀Join us this October at SES 2026 at Purdue University! @lsmontal.bsky.social and I are excited to organize Mini-Symposium 5.2 — Instabilities and Nonlinear Mechanics Across Structural Scales. Abstract submission & details: web.cvent.com/event/a94456... Looking forward to another exciting SES!
Summary - Society of Engineering Science 2026 Annual Technical Meeting
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More about our latest collaborative work... “Architectural Swarms for responsive façades and creative expression” is now published in Science Robotics @science.org ! Read it here: science.org/doi/10.1126/scirobotics.ady7233.
Scientists have developed rearrangeable robotic modules that can “bloom” like flowers to shade a sunlit room by sensing light levels and adapting collectively. Learn more in #ScienceRobotics: https://scim.ag/4jMQais
Thrilled to see our work, titled "Architectural swarms for responsive façades and creative expression", published in Science Robotics @science.org ! Huge congrats to Merihan Alhafnawi, who led this project. Read more: science.org/doi/10.1126/scirobotics.ady7233
Architectural swarms for responsive façades and creative expression
Architectural swarms fuse swarm robotics and architectural façades to create spaces that adapt to people and the environment.
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Deadline extended to 10/31!
Lucia Stein-Montalvo@lsmontal.bsky.social · 10mo agoThere's still time to submit an abstract for the 2026 #APSGlobalPhysicsSummit @apsphysics.bsky.social. By Thurs, 10/23: summit.aps.org Trevor Jones and I invite submissions to the @apsdsoft.bsky.social focus session on Crafted Matter. Excited for invited talks from Lining Yao & @ttc.bsky.social !
There's still time to submit an abstract for the 2026 #APSGlobalPhysicsSummit @apsphysics.bsky.social. By Thurs, 10/23: summit.aps.org Trevor Jones and I invite submissions to the @apsdsoft.bsky.social focus session on Crafted Matter. Excited for invited talks from Lining Yao & @ttc.bsky.social !
2026 APS Global Physics Summit
Join 14,000+ physicists at the 2026 APS Global Physics Summit in Denver and online to share research, explore science, and connect globally.
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Can buildings embedded with #microbes improve #health and quality of life? #Designers and #scientists are teaming up to make #LivingArchitecture a reality. A PNAS Science and Culture piece: https://ow.ly/4jvI50XbNIw #architecture #sustainability #BioinspiredDesign #SciArt
📢 I am so excited to share that I joined @cornelluniversity.bsky.social as an Assistant Professor this August, and our Scalable MetaStructures Laboratory (SCALE Lab) is starting up! Can’t wait to share more as we grow our team and lab—we are hiring!
🌬️ 𝘒𝘪𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘢𝘮𝘪 𝘥’𝘈𝘳𝘪𝘢: 𝘉𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘶𝘳𝘣𝘢𝘯 𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘴. Our installation, Kirigami d’Aria, is on view as part of the biennial architecture exhibition Time Space Existence organized by the European Cultural Centre.
📢 The Adaptive Structures Lab is hiring a postdoc! Learn more here: www.linkedin.com/posts/lsmont...
Postdoc Position Adaptive Structures Lab | Lucia Stein-Montalvo
📢 The Adaptive Structures Lab (adaptivestructureslab.com) at Northwestern University (northwestern.edu) is hiring! Please share this post with your network. We are seeking a postdoctoral researcher t...
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Kirigami d’Aria – our contribution to the ECC’s biennial architecture exhibition – is live and open to the public! You can visit (free entry) through Nov 23 at Palazzo Mora in Venice, Italy. We had a great time at the opening events last week in Venice – huge thanks to the wonderful ECC team! 🤩
Time Space Existence, the European Cultural Centre’s biennial architecture exhibition, opens to the public this week -- on May 10 -- in Venice, Italy! We’re excited to present our installation, Kirigami d’Aria, on the mezzanine terrace of Palazzo Mora.
💨 Kirigami d’Aria is installed on the mezzanine terrace of Palazzo Mora! We’re excited to share our installation with the public soon – The European Cultural Centre's architecture biennale, Time Space Existence, will take place in Venice, Italy, between May 10 and November 23, 2025.
Gearing up for our upcoming exhibition in the European Cultural Centre’s architecture biennale, Time Space Existence 2025! Kirigami d’Aria explores how structures based on kirigami (“cut paper”) can be used in architectural settings, adaptively tailoring airflow and shading in public spaces.
Hey #Chicago! It's time to take a stand for #science. We are rallying on March 7 at noon at the Federal Plaza. Start making your signs! Info standupforscience2025.org/chicago-il/ RSVP (optional) www.eventbrite.com/e/stand-up-f... #standupforscience #scienceforall @standupforscience.bsky.social
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Location: Federal Plaza 211 S Clark St, Chicago, IL, United States Address: 211 S Clark St, Chicago, IL 60604 Time: 12-3 PM
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We are excited to share that we will participate in the European Cultural Centre's 7th biennial architecture exhibition, Time Space Existence. The exhibition will run from May 10-November 23 in Venice, Italy. Our contribution, Kirigami d’Aria, will be featured on Palazzo Mora's mezzanine terrace.
