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A new class of concrete and additive manufacturing is here. Two key contributions: 1) engineering new toughening mechanisms in concrete, “arrest-bridging-reenucleation” enabled by soft materials in layered concrete, 2) a multi-material AM technique from scratch. #princeton #CEE

Mahsa Rabiei (G3 PhD) is presenting her work on pressure-based feedback control in robotic additive manufacturing of concrete is today’s Princeton’s Inaugural Humanity-driven robotics. @EPrinceton

Happy holidays from Moini Lab! Another great year with these thoughtful secret Santas came to a nice end 🎁🎄 2025 came upon us w/ creativity in & inspiration for new paths in teaching & research, and marked new life adventures for some! Wishing everyone the best in 2026! 🎊🎉🥳

#CPI2025 is a week away! PMI associated faculty member @moini_reza is among the Featured Innovators for this year. Register: eventbrite.com/e/celebrate-pr…

New paper on making use of back-pressure, to develop new types of feedback control in additive manufacturing, that directly deals w/ material uncertainty upstream vs. downstream computer vision feedback, releasing a need for path tracking: sciencedirect.com/science/articl… #control #c3dp

A quick but great quick intro to CEE and robotics by some of our best members: #c3dp #cee

@RuiHuangUTAus @aymannaj93 @RuiHuangUTAus here you go: sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

@LabMoini @aymannaj93 Sounds interesting! Can you share a link? Thanks.

Happy to share our lab’s new comprehensive framework, coupling phase-field & cohesive zone model within a variational formulation led by @aymannaj93, capturing fracture across interfaced multi-materials w/ implication in additive, heterogen., & architected mater. #fracture #c3dp

2024 on the last issue of AM w/ my PhD student Shashank concluded a great year, featuring how fundamentals of statistical & fracture mechanics can be used to define disorder & engineer fracture toughness, inspired by mechanisms in cortical bone: lnkd.in/efM-Z4KV #cement

Happy holidays from AM2 lab secret Santa’s…🌲🎉🌲🎁

Strength. Toughness. @moini_reza discusses the importance of these properties in the concrete that makes up our public infrastructure in this @NSF podcast. Watch it at the link below ⬇️youtube.com/watch?v=RdPGs6…

My reflections on future of design, construction, & additive/advanced manufacturing in a recent interview with @NSF Discovery Channel can be found in Apple podcast: shorturl.at/IJAh5 #NSFFunded #ScienceHappensHere #NSFStories #concrete #c3dp #Robotics #3dcp @EPrinceton

@FastCompany @Princeton Thanks for sharing our work!

This new bone-like cement from Princeton researchers could change how we build just about everything. f-st.co/5m57BcJ

This new crack-resistant cement created by @Princeton researchers was inspired by cortical bone, the tough outer layer of human bone that is made of tubular structures to resist fractures while keeping it light. Read about it in @FastCompany ⬇️ fastcompany.com/91209504/bone-…

Fall foliage outing of 2024! This one in our very own mountain lakes!

Inspired by the architecture of human bone’s tough outer layer, engineers at Princeton led by PMI's @moini_reza have developed a cement-based material that is 5.6 times more damage-resistant than standard counterparts. materials.princeton.edu/news/2024/toug…

Our work on engineering fracture mechanics by nacre-like hard-soft cementitious composites made it the cover! This one on AFM back cover. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.100… @Shashan05867248 @HShagerdi #architectedmaterials #nacre #nature #fracture #concrete #bioinspired

Engineers at #PrincetonU focused on geometric design to develop a new kind of concrete material that resists cracking and could make for a more durable, promising solution in architectural structures. (via @Archinect) bit.ly/3TASEok

@Princeton Thanks for sharing our work. Here is the link to the article: nature.com/articles/s4146…

Inspired by the double-helical structures that make up the scales of an ancient fish, Princeton researchers have developed a method for 3D printing concrete that improves crack resistance. bit.ly/3MKnsip