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1st Place ASME International Mechanisms & Robotics Competition

September 11, 2015 10:07 AM
BYU Compliant Mechanisms Research graduate student Clayton Grames was awarded 1st Place in the Graduate Division of the 2015 ASME International Student Mechanisms Design Competition at the ASME-sponsored IDETC conference in Boston, Massachusetts.
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CMR Lab Creates Origami Kinetic Sculpture for Art Exhibit

July 21, 2015 03:48 PM
The CMR has released a video of an origami-inspired kinetic sculpture that was on display at the BYU Museum of Art (MOA) as part of the “Y Origami?” a supplement to "Folding Paper: The Infinite Possibilities of Origami.”
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CMR Ph.D. Student Todd Nelson Awarded NSF Fellowship

May 12, 2015 10:09 AM
Mechanical engineering Ph.D. student Todd Nelson was recently awarded a Graduate Research Fellowship from the National Science Foundation.
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CMR Ph.D. Student Alden Yellowhorse Awarded NASA Fellowship

May 11, 2015 10:11 AM
Mechanical Engineering Ph.D. student Alden Yellowhorse has been awarded one of only 65 NASA Space Technology Research Fellowships for the year 2015, with opportunities to renew in future years. These fellowships are awarded to students whose research shows potential for future use in NASA missions.
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Folded BY-U: Available on iTunes

April 14, 2015 03:45 PM
The new Folded BY-U app features origami tutorials for folders of all ages and skill levels.
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Y Origami Exhibit on Display at the MOA

April 09, 2015 03:43 PM
The CMR has collaborated with the BYU Museum of Art (MOA) on an exhibition that is on display through June 20.
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BYU’s CMR video wins NSF/Popular Science "Vizzie" award and national recognition

February 17, 2015 03:31 PM
Over the last five years, BYU mechanical engineers Larry Howell and Spencer Magleby have established themselves as some of the nation's experts in applying origami to engineering.
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NSF Vizzies - CMR Video Makes the Top 10

November 25, 2014 03:33 PM
NSF selects a CMR video as a Top-10 finalist in the Vizzies competition. The video is titled "How Origami is Inspiring Scientific Creativity."
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NSF Highlights Research Done by CMR

October 27, 2014 03:38 PM
This week's Science Nation video focuses on origami research done by faculty and students in the CMR lab.
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CMR professor receives highest societal honors from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers

September 08, 2014 10:01 AM
Larry Howell, BYU professor of mechanical engineering, was recently honored with the American Society of Mechanical Engineers Machine Design Award, one of the highest honors that the society can bestow upon its members.
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CMR paper featured on the cover of Advanced Engineering Materials

July 28, 2014 10:12 AM
Professor Larry Howell and Ph.D. student Shannon Zirbel of the BYU CMR, along with researchers from NASA JPL and Cal Tech, collaborated with Dr. Eric Homer and Matt Haris to write a paper on the use of bulk metallic glasses (BMGs) in compliant mechanisms. BMGs have among the highest elastic strain limit of any metals and can be injection molded like polymers, making them ideal compliant mechanisms materials. This paper was featured on the front cover of Advanced Engineering Material’s most recent issue. Click here to read the paper.
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The CMR releases two new space mechanism animations

May 22, 2014 03:48 PM
The research group released two animations that demonstrate space applications of a monolithic two-degree-of-freedom pointing mechanism.
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