Contact: [email protected] | http://lauren.design
Interests: Mechanics, form, and expression in soft matter
| PhD candidate, School of Architecture, Princeton University (PU) | 2020–present |
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| Co-advised by P.-T. Brun (Chemical and Biological Engineering), Andrej Košmrlj (Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering), Forrest Meggers (School of Architecture) | |
| Bachelor of Arts in Architecture, University of Pennsylvania (UPenn) | 2004–2007 |
| Magna cum laude |
| Liquids and Elasticity Lab (P.-T. Brun), Košmrlj Group (Andrej Košmrlj), PU | 2021–present |
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| Harnessing mechanical instabilities in “soft” i.e. largely deforming material systems, can lead to novel means of manufacturing, emergent structural behavior, and shape morphing across scales. Projects include: | |
| Beading Gravity Fabrics cannot typically withstand compressive forces, limiting their applicability in some settings. Our research shows that by introducing discrete rigid units in textiles, i.e. beads, we can form shape-morphing objects with tunable stiffness and the capacity to withstand large compressive forces. | |
| Liquid Lace Extrusion-driven instabilities can exhibit self-organizing phenomena, leading to the quasi-autonomous manufacture of materials with periodic holes. | |
| The Shoelace Problem Friction and elasticity in discrete fiber networks (in progress). | |
| Faceted Fabrics Mechanics of discrete, panelized textiles (in progress). | |
| VertiCoil Stacking coiling instabilities in curable liquid ropes to create ordered foam-like materials (in progress). | |
| Form Finding Lab (Sigrid Adriaenssens), CREATE Lab (Stefana Parascho), PU | 2019–2021 |
| Lace in Space Making bobbin lace with non-traditional materials can cause the textile to pop out-of-plane, forming lightweight elastic networks with emergent mechanical properties. | |
| Robotic Lacing Building indeterminate, compliant structures in 3D space using cooperating robotic arms. Situated in the context of the history of lace making by hand and machine with Basile Baudez, Dept. of Art and Archeology, PU. | |
| Bringing Social Distancing to Light Interactive floor projection for directing pedestrian traffic for social distancing using floor projections. |
Highlight indicates solo show
| Gallery of Soft Matter, American Physical Society (APS) March Meeting, Minneapolis, MN | 2024 |
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| Gallery of Fluid Motion, APS Division of Fluid Dynamics, Washington, D.C. | 2023 |
| Connecting Artifacts 03, Komaba Museum, Tokyo, Japan. | 2023 |
| Balancing Act, AIA NC Center for Architecture and Design, Raleigh, NC. | 2023 |
| Art of Science (three entries accepted), Princeton University, Princeton, NJ | 2023 |
| Gallery of Soft Matter, American Physical Society March Meeting | 2022 |
| Lace in Space, Labatut Gallery, Princeton School of Architecture, Princeton, NJ | 2021 |
| Joint Mathematics Meetings 2021 Art Exhibition (online) | 2021 |
| Strands, in conjunction with NY Fashion Week, 198 Allen St, New York, NY | 2018 |
| Boundless: New Works in Printmaking, Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, CT | 2012 |
| 23rd National Drawing and Print Competitive Exhibition, Gormley Gallery, Baltimore, MD | 2012 |
| Volumes: Artist Editions, Causey Contemporary, Brooklyn, NY | 2012 |
| Philly(heart)Design, Philadelphia, PA | 2008 |
| Philly(heart)Design, Philadelphia, PA | 2007 |
| Milton van Dyke Award: American Physical Society Division of Fluid Dynamics | 2023 |
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| Best of Diversity, Access, and Inclusion: Outstanding Programming Award, Princeton University | 2022 |
| Art Purchase Prize: Notre Dame of Maryland University | 2012 |
| Michael Yaron Prize in Architecture, UPenn | 2005 |
| L. Dreier, T. Jones, A. Koŝmrlj, P.-T. Brun, “Load-bearing Textiles” (under review) | 2024 |
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| L. Dreier, R. David, T. Marzin, A. Koŝmrlj, P.-T. Brun, “Liquid Lace: characterizing periodic stick-slip instability in under-extruded polymers,” (manuscript in progress). | 2024 |
| T. Yu, L. Dreier, F. Marmo, S. Gabriele, S. Parascho, S. Adriaenssens, “Numerical modeling of static equilibria and bifurcations in bigons and bigon rings”, Journal of Mechanics and Physics of Solids, DOI: 10.1016/j.jmps.2021.104459 | 2021 |
| L. Dreier, “Look 1” and “Look 5” in Friends of the Artist: Volume 12, https://www.friendoftheartist.com/volume12 (Accessed July 18, 2023) | 2020 |
| L. Dreier, T. Marzin, A. Košmrlj, P.-T. Brun. “Soft to solid: unraveling the mechanics of discrete textile networks” APS March Meeting 2024: F34.00008. | 2024 |
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| L. Dreier, R. David, T. Marzin, B. Venkateswaran, S. Pienaar, P.-T. Brun. “Liquid lace: under-extruding viscous threads to build periodic structures” APS Division of Fluid Dynamics 2023: G23:00002 | 2023 |
| L. Dreier, T. Jones, A. Košmrlj, P.-T. Brun. “Beading is the new jamming: leveraging compliance and rigidity in discrete shape morphing structures” APS March Meeting 2023: F09.00012 | 2023 |
| L. Dreier, A. Košmrlj, P.-T. Brun. “Building with blobs: harnessing liquid thread instability to assemble regular structures”, APS Division of Fluid Dynamics 2022: T15.03 | 2022 |
| L. Dreier, T. Jones, A. Košmrlj, P.-T. Brun. “Think big: overcoming gravity in large scale shape morphing structures” APS March Meeting 2022: B21.00006 | 2022 |
| T. Yu, L. Dreier, F. Marmo, S. Gabriele, S. Adriaenssens. “Static equilibria and bifurcations of interlaced bigon rings” APS March Meeting 2021: F16.005. | 2021 |
Graduate student advisor, PU
| Kaleb Areda ‘24, Chemical and Biological Engineering: Mechanics of Carbopol jets. | 2023–present |
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| Lawrence Azzariti ‘24, Chemical and Biological Engineering: Characterization and mechanical applications of photopolymers. | 2023–present |
| Liora Nasi ‘24, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering: Bubble-casting soft robotic actuators | 2023–present |
| Stephane Pienaar ‘23, Chemical and Biological Engineering: Machine learning prediction for defect printing. | 2022–2023 |
| Aman Eujayl ‘23, Rice University via NSF Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program, Princeton Center for Complex Materials: Defect printing characterization. | 2022 |
| Raphael Vogeley ‘25, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering: Defect printing characterization. | 2022 |
| Christine Ohenzuwa’23, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering: Using elasticity to bring mechanical intelligence to “Hex Bug” robots. | 2022 |
Research supervisor, PU School of Architecture