Thus spake "Winnie Leung" <[email protected]> on 1/24/14 8:31 PM:
>I was wondering if anyone could help with the info in an old post? > >(I would search the archive but they both seem not to work any more). > >Quite a while back, someone on the mailing list (I think it was Robert >Lang) >posted a link to a job in the US Military for doing some origami related >research. Does anyone still have the job description or advertisement? I do, and will post it below. The job was filled (and then went away thanks to the sequester (which, for our foreign readers, is a technical term that means "our government is a hopeless mess")). >Context: I need to do a write up for a piece of team-building artwork for >a >mandatory art competition at work. I was "volunteered" by my boss to do >origami. So around 40 of us, most with no origami experience whatsoever, >ended up doing a few giant sonobe modular objects using 50cm cardboard. > >The boss's boss now wants some more info on how origami is applied in the >real world and where it is used for the artwork's display blurb - hence I >am >looking for the old post. Job posting details below. You'd probably get better information on how origami is applied in the real world from the books Origami3, Origami4, and Origami5. As I alluded to in my posting of last night, our National Science Foundation is funding 13 university teams to explore applications of origami over the next 4 years (so I guess our government isn't *completely* messed up). Origami6, when/if it comes out (after the 6OSME conference, see related postings from today) is likely to be jam-packed with application goodness! Robert Subject: Postdoctoral position in origami design engineering Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2012 ---------- Post-Doctoral Research Associate Origami Design Engineering Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson AFB, OHIO AFRL invites applications for a postdoctoral research associate position. A Ph.D. in Mathematics, Computer science, Aerospace engineering, Mechanical Engineering or related area is required. Appointments are for two year and can extend for a total of up to three years. This position is for US citizens or US permanent residents only. The position supports work in our laboratory for the new initiative of origami structure and mechanism design research. We are looking for an engineer, a mathematician, or a computer scientist with origami design experience or, at least, with enough mathematical background to understand and to apply complex origami mathematics to the design. The successful candidate will collaborate with researchers at AFRL to develop a design framework while satisfying requirements such as is necessary and a synthesis method based on origami mathematics. The investigation of the global structural effect of local pattern folding would be also a great interest to have a systems level understanding in the selection of the best folding pattern. Experience on FEM, topology optimization, and/or compliant mechanism is plus. Applications will be accepted until the position is filled. Applicants should send cover letter, vitae, including a list of publications and presentations, and a summary of research accomplishments and interests to Dr. James Joo, AFRL/RQSE (Email: [email protected] Phone: 937-904-8060).
