Shaping Matter Lab
@shapingmatterlab.bsky.social
An interdisciplinary research group at TU Delft, Aerospace Engineering, exploring: additive manufacturing, bio-inspired materials, and engineered living materials.
Led by Kunal Masania (@kmasania.bsky.social)
https://www.shapingmatterlab.com/
Led by Kunal Masania (@kmasania.bsky.social)
https://www.shapingmatterlab.com/
Happy Halloween from SML! The only contamination we're allowing in the biolab this season is ectoplasm! 👻🧫
October 31, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Happy Halloween from SML! The only contamination we're allowing in the biolab this season is ectoplasm! 👻🧫
Saurav presented his latest work, developed with Sid Kumar, Prakash Thakolakaran, and Jovana Jovanova, at ESMC 2025 in Lyon and MARSS 2025 at Purdue! He showed how mechanics, machine learning, and additive manufacturing create the next-gen piezoelectric metamaterials 🦾👨💻
@saurav-sharma.bsky.social
@saurav-sharma.bsky.social
August 11, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Saurav presented his latest work, developed with Sid Kumar, Prakash Thakolakaran, and Jovana Jovanova, at ESMC 2025 in Lyon and MARSS 2025 at Purdue! He showed how mechanics, machine learning, and additive manufacturing create the next-gen piezoelectric metamaterials 🦾👨💻
@saurav-sharma.bsky.social
@saurav-sharma.bsky.social
🏐✨ Cheers to the 2 champion teams (winner & runner up) of the ASM Dept.'s Volleyball Tournament on June 4! 🎉 It was a day of friendly rivalry, but they're back to being awesome labmates now. We had lot of fun in their day out with sports & BBQ🤝💪 #Sportsday #LabLife
@kmasania.bsky.social
@kmasania.bsky.social
June 12, 2025 at 8:44 AM
🏐✨ Cheers to the 2 champion teams (winner & runner up) of the ASM Dept.'s Volleyball Tournament on June 4! 🎉 It was a day of friendly rivalry, but they're back to being awesome labmates now. We had lot of fun in their day out with sports & BBQ🤝💪 #Sportsday #LabLife
@kmasania.bsky.social
@kmasania.bsky.social
🧬✨ Massive props to Jasper & Kunal for their DNA-coated 3D knitted installation at Venice Biennale 2025 🇮🇹🏛️!
Teaming up with SO–IL, Mariana Popescu & TheGreenEyl, they’ve spanned the historic Arsenale Corderie columns with next-gen natural fibers 🌿🧵🌌 #VeniceBiennale #DNAKnits
@kmasania.bsky.social
Teaming up with SO–IL, Mariana Popescu & TheGreenEyl, they’ve spanned the historic Arsenale Corderie columns with next-gen natural fibers 🌿🧵🌌 #VeniceBiennale #DNAKnits
@kmasania.bsky.social
June 12, 2025 at 8:36 AM
🧬✨ Massive props to Jasper & Kunal for their DNA-coated 3D knitted installation at Venice Biennale 2025 🇮🇹🏛️!
Teaming up with SO–IL, Mariana Popescu & TheGreenEyl, they’ve spanned the historic Arsenale Corderie columns with next-gen natural fibers 🌿🧵🌌 #VeniceBiennale #DNAKnits
@kmasania.bsky.social
Teaming up with SO–IL, Mariana Popescu & TheGreenEyl, they’ve spanned the historic Arsenale Corderie columns with next-gen natural fibers 🌿🧵🌌 #VeniceBiennale #DNAKnits
@kmasania.bsky.social
SML'ers won the Lustrum Photo Challenge for the Aerospace Faculty's 85th Anniversary! We 3D printed fungi for this super fun challenge. Here's some behind the scenes action as well. 📸🍾🎉🍄
@kmasania.bsky.social #AerospaceEngineering
@kmasania.bsky.social #AerospaceEngineering
May 26, 2025 at 3:06 PM
SML'ers won the Lustrum Photo Challenge for the Aerospace Faculty's 85th Anniversary! We 3D printed fungi for this super fun challenge. Here's some behind the scenes action as well. 📸🍾🎉🍄
@kmasania.bsky.social #AerospaceEngineering
@kmasania.bsky.social #AerospaceEngineering
🔬Many congratulations to Satya, who defended his PhD "Shaping Mechano-Responsiveness: 3d-Printing of Piezoelectric and Living Materials"! ⚡
Of course, we made him a funny PhD-hat which included the many yoga poses which kept him sane through the journey! 😉
#PhDlife #ELMs #additivemanufacturing ~IN
Of course, we made him a funny PhD-hat which included the many yoga poses which kept him sane through the journey! 😉
#PhDlife #ELMs #additivemanufacturing ~IN
May 16, 2025 at 7:28 AM
🔬Many congratulations to Satya, who defended his PhD "Shaping Mechano-Responsiveness: 3d-Printing of Piezoelectric and Living Materials"! ⚡
Of course, we made him a funny PhD-hat which included the many yoga poses which kept him sane through the journey! 😉
#PhDlife #ELMs #additivemanufacturing ~IN
Of course, we made him a funny PhD-hat which included the many yoga poses which kept him sane through the journey! 😉
#PhDlife #ELMs #additivemanufacturing ~IN
Milestone alert 🥂
SML's Knight in Shining Armour, Sarah, officially knighted her ChemE comrade Reece on April 15th — from labs to vows, what a plot twist 💒🎉 Big cheers to the newlyweds and lots of good luck and happiness for your future!
@kmasania.bsky.social @sschyck.bsky.social
SML's Knight in Shining Armour, Sarah, officially knighted her ChemE comrade Reece on April 15th — from labs to vows, what a plot twist 💒🎉 Big cheers to the newlyweds and lots of good luck and happiness for your future!
@kmasania.bsky.social @sschyck.bsky.social
April 29, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Milestone alert 🥂
SML's Knight in Shining Armour, Sarah, officially knighted her ChemE comrade Reece on April 15th — from labs to vows, what a plot twist 💒🎉 Big cheers to the newlyweds and lots of good luck and happiness for your future!
@kmasania.bsky.social @sschyck.bsky.social
SML's Knight in Shining Armour, Sarah, officially knighted her ChemE comrade Reece on April 15th — from labs to vows, what a plot twist 💒🎉 Big cheers to the newlyweds and lots of good luck and happiness for your future!
@kmasania.bsky.social @sschyck.bsky.social
Last week, @alexluijten.bsky.social passed his go/no-go moment of his PhD! 🏆 This means we can expect more cool work in discrete lattice fabrication and more cool videos of robots doing stuff! 🤖
@kmasania.bsky.social #robotics #science #PhDlife #additivemanufacturing ~IN
@kmasania.bsky.social #robotics #science #PhDlife #additivemanufacturing ~IN
April 22, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Last week, @alexluijten.bsky.social passed his go/no-go moment of his PhD! 🏆 This means we can expect more cool work in discrete lattice fabrication and more cool videos of robots doing stuff! 🤖
@kmasania.bsky.social #robotics #science #PhDlife #additivemanufacturing ~IN
@kmasania.bsky.social #robotics #science #PhDlife #additivemanufacturing ~IN
Last week was a lot of fun—we helped organise workshops for #TUDelft Girls' Day!
High school girls tried 3D printing chocolate on cookies, made Prince Rupert drops, isolated DNA, and loads more cool stuff.
Hopefully, we sparked some curiosity and maybe even inspired a few future #WomenInSTEM ✨ ~IN
High school girls tried 3D printing chocolate on cookies, made Prince Rupert drops, isolated DNA, and loads more cool stuff.
Hopefully, we sparked some curiosity and maybe even inspired a few future #WomenInSTEM ✨ ~IN
April 15, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Last week was a lot of fun—we helped organise workshops for #TUDelft Girls' Day!
High school girls tried 3D printing chocolate on cookies, made Prince Rupert drops, isolated DNA, and loads more cool stuff.
Hopefully, we sparked some curiosity and maybe even inspired a few future #WomenInSTEM ✨ ~IN
High school girls tried 3D printing chocolate on cookies, made Prince Rupert drops, isolated DNA, and loads more cool stuff.
Hopefully, we sparked some curiosity and maybe even inspired a few future #WomenInSTEM ✨ ~IN
🌳How do trees ensure their branches are not blown off by the wind, and can we harness this for 3D-printed structures?
Caroline's paper explores how wavy fibre patterns inspired by trees can toughen 3D-printed materials.🪴
Check it out! #3DPrinting #Bioinspired #MaterialsScience #PlantScience ~IN
Caroline's paper explores how wavy fibre patterns inspired by trees can toughen 3D-printed materials.🪴
Check it out! #3DPrinting #Bioinspired #MaterialsScience #PlantScience ~IN
April 3, 2025 at 12:59 PM
🌳How do trees ensure their branches are not blown off by the wind, and can we harness this for 3D-printed structures?
Caroline's paper explores how wavy fibre patterns inspired by trees can toughen 3D-printed materials.🪴
Check it out! #3DPrinting #Bioinspired #MaterialsScience #PlantScience ~IN
Caroline's paper explores how wavy fibre patterns inspired by trees can toughen 3D-printed materials.🪴
Check it out! #3DPrinting #Bioinspired #MaterialsScience #PlantScience ~IN
Sourav, Silvan, and Jimmy had a great time trying out our new Shaper Origin hand-held CNC mill.
Of course, we divided the work like true #academics!
#CNC #milling #woodworking #PhDlife ~IN
Of course, we divided the work like true #academics!
#CNC #milling #woodworking #PhDlife ~IN
April 1, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Sourav, Silvan, and Jimmy had a great time trying out our new Shaper Origin hand-held CNC mill.
Of course, we divided the work like true #academics!
#CNC #milling #woodworking #PhDlife ~IN
Of course, we divided the work like true #academics!
#CNC #milling #woodworking #PhDlife ~IN
Have you already checked out this cool paper in Composites Part A, which explores how you can use topology optimisation to make fibre-reinforced composites more eco-friendly?
doi.org/10.1016/j.co...
#composites #machinelearning #ecodesign
@cvjansari.bsky.social @kmasania.bsky.social ~IN
doi.org/10.1016/j.co...
#composites #machinelearning #ecodesign
@cvjansari.bsky.social @kmasania.bsky.social ~IN
March 26, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Have you already checked out this cool paper in Composites Part A, which explores how you can use topology optimisation to make fibre-reinforced composites more eco-friendly?
doi.org/10.1016/j.co...
#composites #machinelearning #ecodesign
@cvjansari.bsky.social @kmasania.bsky.social ~IN
doi.org/10.1016/j.co...
#composites #machinelearning #ecodesign
@cvjansari.bsky.social @kmasania.bsky.social ~IN
Just another day at the Faculty of Aerospace Engineering at TU Delft...
We're sad to see our garden piece go, but the @koninklijkemarine.bsky.social apparently want their Westland Lynx back. #aerospace #tudelft ~IN
We're sad to see our garden piece go, but the @koninklijkemarine.bsky.social apparently want their Westland Lynx back. #aerospace #tudelft ~IN
March 25, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Just another day at the Faculty of Aerospace Engineering at TU Delft...
We're sad to see our garden piece go, but the @koninklijkemarine.bsky.social apparently want their Westland Lynx back. #aerospace #tudelft ~IN
We're sad to see our garden piece go, but the @koninklijkemarine.bsky.social apparently want their Westland Lynx back. #aerospace #tudelft ~IN
🌳Mu and Alex saved the tree outside our office window from slow strangulation, just in time for the spring! 🌴
Great job guys, saving this #engineeredlivingmaterial!
@m-amani.bsky.social @alexluijten.bsky.social @tudelft.bsky.social #plantscience #ELMs
Great job guys, saving this #engineeredlivingmaterial!
@m-amani.bsky.social @alexluijten.bsky.social @tudelft.bsky.social #plantscience #ELMs
March 14, 2025 at 11:43 AM
🌳Mu and Alex saved the tree outside our office window from slow strangulation, just in time for the spring! 🌴
Great job guys, saving this #engineeredlivingmaterial!
@m-amani.bsky.social @alexluijten.bsky.social @tudelft.bsky.social #plantscience #ELMs
Great job guys, saving this #engineeredlivingmaterial!
@m-amani.bsky.social @alexluijten.bsky.social @tudelft.bsky.social #plantscience #ELMs
Welcome Winston Lindqwister (Post-Doc) and Jimmy Cheng (as phD) to SML! Winston (left) will be making multi-scale computational models of hierarchical fungal engineered living materials 🍄 👩💻 while Jimmy is going to be researching Bioinspired Grippers 🤖
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#bioinspiredgrippers #Multiscalemodelling
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#bioinspiredgrippers #Multiscalemodelling
March 6, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Welcome Winston Lindqwister (Post-Doc) and Jimmy Cheng (as phD) to SML! Winston (left) will be making multi-scale computational models of hierarchical fungal engineered living materials 🍄 👩💻 while Jimmy is going to be researching Bioinspired Grippers 🤖
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#bioinspiredgrippers #Multiscalemodelling
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#bioinspiredgrippers #Multiscalemodelling
Congratulations on your super successful MSc graduation Aster Tournoy, with a cum laude! 🎉🥂Aster developed a fault detection system for small-scale 3D printers that can identify 12 common printing errors using computer vision with up to 97% accuracy.
📸courtesy - Aster Tournoy
@kmasania.bsky.social
📸courtesy - Aster Tournoy
@kmasania.bsky.social
February 28, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Congratulations on your super successful MSc graduation Aster Tournoy, with a cum laude! 🎉🥂Aster developed a fault detection system for small-scale 3D printers that can identify 12 common printing errors using computer vision with up to 97% accuracy.
📸courtesy - Aster Tournoy
@kmasania.bsky.social
📸courtesy - Aster Tournoy
@kmasania.bsky.social
This week saw SML taking a well-deserved recharge on the slopes of the beautiful french alps!🏂 The beginning of a new tradition... With freshened heads we're now back to work! 👩🏼🔬🔬🧪🌱
February 9, 2025 at 2:14 PM
This week saw SML taking a well-deserved recharge on the slopes of the beautiful french alps!🏂 The beginning of a new tradition... With freshened heads we're now back to work! 👩🏼🔬🔬🧪🌱
How are wind turbine blades manufactured? Last week, we had the opportunity to find out how the Suzlon group manufactures their wind turbine blades on a visit with the NXTGEN Hightech Composites 3-Zero Defect consortium. It was super enlightening, thanks to everyone involved!
February 7, 2025 at 3:12 PM
How are wind turbine blades manufactured? Last week, we had the opportunity to find out how the Suzlon group manufactures their wind turbine blades on a visit with the NXTGEN Hightech Composites 3-Zero Defect consortium. It was super enlightening, thanks to everyone involved!
LICHEN-BLADES consortia members have transformed wind turbine blade sections into a bike pump track! 🚴♂️😮It was on display at the IDE faculty square last few weeks.
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@DenizSayinbas, also a project member, had a great day at work thanks to it. 🍃
@kmasania.bsky.social #windenergy #circulareconomy
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@DenizSayinbas, also a project member, had a great day at work thanks to it. 🍃
@kmasania.bsky.social #windenergy #circulareconomy
February 4, 2025 at 1:58 PM
LICHEN-BLADES consortia members have transformed wind turbine blade sections into a bike pump track! 🚴♂️😮It was on display at the IDE faculty square last few weeks.
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@DenizSayinbas, also a project member, had a great day at work thanks to it. 🍃
@kmasania.bsky.social #windenergy #circulareconomy
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@DenizSayinbas, also a project member, had a great day at work thanks to it. 🍃
@kmasania.bsky.social #windenergy #circulareconomy
🏠Last weekend @saurav-sharma.bsky.social and @ingonettersheim.bsky.social helped Chintan move to his new place in Delft.📦
We are sure the 1h shorter commute will result in a 10% increase in research output! Stay tuned...📈
#roomwithaview #topologyoptimization
We are sure the 1h shorter commute will result in a 10% increase in research output! Stay tuned...📈
#roomwithaview #topologyoptimization
February 3, 2025 at 9:09 AM
🏠Last weekend @saurav-sharma.bsky.social and @ingonettersheim.bsky.social helped Chintan move to his new place in Delft.📦
We are sure the 1h shorter commute will result in a 10% increase in research output! Stay tuned...📈
#roomwithaview #topologyoptimization
We are sure the 1h shorter commute will result in a 10% increase in research output! Stay tuned...📈
#roomwithaview #topologyoptimization
Welcome Gustavo Asai🥳He will be working on topology optimization & computational mechanics.He can be seen hard at work on his first week!
When he is not kicking ass at being a researcher, he loves to travel to eat good food. Foodies are very welcome at SML 🌮
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#topopt
@kmasania.bsky.social
When he is not kicking ass at being a researcher, he loves to travel to eat good food. Foodies are very welcome at SML 🌮
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#topopt
@kmasania.bsky.social
January 28, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Welcome Gustavo Asai🥳He will be working on topology optimization & computational mechanics.He can be seen hard at work on his first week!
When he is not kicking ass at being a researcher, he loves to travel to eat good food. Foodies are very welcome at SML 🌮
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#topopt
@kmasania.bsky.social
When he is not kicking ass at being a researcher, he loves to travel to eat good food. Foodies are very welcome at SML 🌮
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#topopt
@kmasania.bsky.social
✈️Safe trip home Napat! 🚀Napat visited our group for the past six months to 3D print emulsions all the way from Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand.
It was great having you around! We figure you will not miss the Dutch winter weather... ⛈️ #3dprinting #emulsions
It was great having you around! We figure you will not miss the Dutch winter weather... ⛈️ #3dprinting #emulsions
January 24, 2025 at 4:20 PM
✈️Safe trip home Napat! 🚀Napat visited our group for the past six months to 3D print emulsions all the way from Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand.
It was great having you around! We figure you will not miss the Dutch winter weather... ⛈️ #3dprinting #emulsions
It was great having you around! We figure you will not miss the Dutch winter weather... ⛈️ #3dprinting #emulsions
November 11,2024 was a day of celebration 🎉 for SML as it's first ever PhD candidate defended her thesis with a cum laude and is now officially Dr. Caroline Houriet🥂.Read her thesis on 'Shaping Anisotropy of Liquid Crystal Polymers' here: resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:d59312f...
@kmasania.bsky.social
@kmasania.bsky.social
January 17, 2025 at 5:41 PM
November 11,2024 was a day of celebration 🎉 for SML as it's first ever PhD candidate defended her thesis with a cum laude and is now officially Dr. Caroline Houriet🥂.Read her thesis on 'Shaping Anisotropy of Liquid Crystal Polymers' here: resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:d59312f...
@kmasania.bsky.social
@kmasania.bsky.social
🚀Congrats to Wouter for successfully defending a really cool thesis! Why is an abalone shell stronger than a piece of chalk? Wouter researched how you can recreate this strong and tough microstructure with the help of mineralising bacteria! 🔬 #engineeredlivingmaterials #ELM #microbiology #3Dprinting
December 12, 2024 at 9:25 AM
🚀Congrats to Wouter for successfully defending a really cool thesis! Why is an abalone shell stronger than a piece of chalk? Wouter researched how you can recreate this strong and tough microstructure with the help of mineralising bacteria! 🔬 #engineeredlivingmaterials #ELM #microbiology #3Dprinting