Skylar Tibbits is an

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designer and computer scientist known for his work on self-assembly and

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Education

Skylar Tibbits graduated from

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with a

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and received a

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as well as a

in Design and Computation from

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Career

Tibbits’ work has been exhibited at the

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in New York, the Frac Center’s 2014 Archilab Exhibition and the 2008 Beijing Biennale. Tibbits also co-curated the 2007 ScriptedbyPurpose exhibition in Philadelphia with Marc Fornes. He currently teaches at the

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, Department of Architecture where he has founded the Self-Assembly Laboratory. Tibbits is also the founder of SJET (a cross-disciplinary design firm in

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). Tibbits has appeared on numerous television and documentary episodes, including BBC Click,

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'' and BBC World News Live. His work has been featured in various print and media outlets including ''

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, the

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and

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Awards

Tibbits' work has won awards including a 2014

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Inaugural Fellowship, 2014 Gifted Citizen Initiative, the 2013 Architectural League NYC Prize, 2013 Next Idea in Art and Technology Award at

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, 2012

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Senior Fellowship, 2011 TED Fellowship and named a “Revolutionary Mind” in SEED Magazines 2008 Design Issue.

Publications

* Tibbits, S. (2012), "Design to Self-Assembly." ''Architectural Design'', 82: 68–73. doi: 10.1002/ad.1381 * Dan Raviv, Wei Zhao, Carrie McKnelly, Athina Papadopoulou, Achuta Kadambi, Boxin Shi, Shai Hirsch, Daniel Dikovsky, Michael Zyracki, Carlos Olguin, Ramesh Raskar & Skylar Tibbits (2014), “Active Printed Materials for Complex Self-Evolving Deformations,” ''Scientific Reports'', 4, 7422 doi:10.1038/srep07422 * Kara'in, L., Schaeffer, J., de Puig, H., Gomez-Marquez, J., Young, A. and Tibbits, S. (2014), “DNA disPLAY: Programmable Bioactive Materials Using CNC Patterning,” ''Architectural Design'', 84: 104–111. doi: 10.1002/ad.1788 *Tibbits, S. (2014), “4D Printing: Multi-Material Shape Change,” ''Architectural Design'', 84: 116–121. doi: 10.1002/ad.1710 *Tibbits, S. and Cheung, K. (2012) "Programmable materials for architectural assembly and automation", ''Assembly Automation'', Vol. 32 Iss: 3, pp. 216 - 225

References

External links

MIT Self-Assembly Lab

SJET
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