This is Yuming(Jason) Jiang's official blog for Smartsurface project at the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor.
"Smartsurfaces offers a collaborative, project-based learning experience in which artists, designers, architects and engineers come together to build physical systems and structural surfaces that have the capability to adapt to information and environmental conditions."--Course description
As a material engineer, I am interested to power the system using solar energy with environmental, health and commercial considerations.
My job as a research assistant in Prof. Goldman group is mainly about semiconductor nano-materials, which are promising in next generation thermoelectric (heat to electricity)and solar devices. This course is a great opportunity to realize sustainable energy by nanotechnology.
A more arresting aspect of smartsurface is its multidisciplinary team setup. As I benefitted from a multidisciplinary entrepreneurship project before, collaboration with people of different background like architects and artists will drive me to jump out the limits of conventional engineering methods and inspire more crazy possibilities in system design. I am eager to learn how artists and architects see, understand, analyze and solve problems.
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