Computational Design Laboratory (CDL), directed by Prof. Horea Ilies, University of Connecticut http://localhost:4000/ Wed, 30 Sep 2026 07:42:22 -0400 A list of 50 brilliant minds who have significantly advanced our understanding of the world and contributed to making it a better place! Fri, 31 May 2024 00:00:00 -0400 http://localhost:4000/blog/2024/great-mathematicians-and-physicists/ http://localhost:4000/blog/2024/great-mathematicians-and-physicists/ Lorentz transformation \[\begin{equation}\label{lorentz} \begin{aligned} x' &amp;= \frac{x-ut/c^2}{\sqrt{1-u^2/c^2}} \\ t' &amp;= \frac{t-ux/c^2}{\sqrt{1-u^2/c^2}}\\ y' &amp;= y \\ z' &amp;= z \end{aligned} \end{equation}\] Rotation \[\begin{equation}\label{rotation} \begin{aligned} x' &amp;= x\cos(\theta) + y\sin(\theta) \\ y' &amp;= y\cos(\theta) - x\sin(\theta) \\ z' &amp;= z \\ t' &amp;= t \end{aligned} \end{equation}\] Equation \eqref{lorentz} is beautiful. So is equation \eqref{rotation}. References The Feynman Lectures on Physics First Year Photos (1961‑62) Lecture 17 Lorentz transformation on Wikipedia Tue, 28 Nov 1961 00:00:00 -0500 http://localhost:4000/blog/1961/space-time/ http://localhost:4000/blog/1961/space-time/ Amir Vahedi presents at IROS 2027 our new paper <I>GAASP: Graph-Based Automated Assembly Sequencing and Planning</I> Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0400 http://localhost:4000/allnews.html New NSF grant <a href='https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7501657068173479937/' target='_blank'>SPI2-F: A Unified, Extensible, and Differentiable Optimization Framework for Conceptual Design of Complex Engineered Systems</a> Sat, 01 Aug 2026 00:00:00 -0400 http://localhost:4000/allnews.html Best Paper Award: our paper titled <a href='https://asmedigitalcollection.asme.org/mechanicaldesign/article/147/7/071704/1210433/Spatial-Packaging-and-Routing-Optimization-of' target='_blank'>Spatial Packaging and Routing Optimization of Complex Interacting Engineered Systems</a> received the 2025 Editor’s Choice (Best Paper) Award for the ASME Journal of Mechanical Design! Sat, 01 Aug 2026 00:00:00 -0400 http://localhost:4000/allnews.html New paper published <a href='https://asmedigitalcollection.asme.org/mechanicaldesign/article/doi/10.1115/1.4070858/1230048' target='_blank'>SPGD Steepest Perturbed Gradient Descent Optimization </a> Thu, 01 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0500 http://localhost:4000/allnews.html New invention disclosure with Amir Vahedi titled <I>Contact Graph-Guided Disassembly Planning for Assembly with Physics-Based Validation</I> Thu, 01 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0500 http://localhost:4000/allnews.html Horea Ilies gave an invited seminar at University of Delaware Sat, 01 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0400 http://localhost:4000/allnews.html New US Patent <I> Electrowetting For Drop-On-Demand Metal Additive Manufacturing</I>, Patent #US12397549B2, with Jiangce Chen Fri, 01 Aug 2025 00:00:00 -0400 http://localhost:4000/allnews.html Mohammad officially graduated and started his position with <I>Google X, The Moonshot Factory</I> Fri, 01 Aug 2025 00:00:00 -0400 http://localhost:4000/allnews.html New invention disclosure with Amir Vahedi titled <I>Medial-Bot - A Reconfigurable Robotic Platform for Shape-Adaptive Locomotion</I> Thu, 01 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0500 http://localhost:4000/allnews.html New paper published <a href='https://asmedigitalcollection.asme.org/mechanicaldesign/article/147/7/071704/1210433/Spatial-Packaging-and-Routing-Optimization-of' target='_blank'>Spatial Packaging and Routing Optimization of Complex Interacting Engineered Systems</a> Wed, 01 Jan 2025 00:00:00 -0500 http://localhost:4000/allnews.html Horea Ilies gave an invited seminar at Carnegie Mellon University on <I>Design Space Parametrizations and Their Role in Mechanical Design Space Exploration.</I> Fri, 01 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0400 http://localhost:4000/allnews.html Mohammad successfully defended his PhD thesis. Congratulations! Fri, 01 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0400 http://localhost:4000/allnews.html Our new paper on Spatial Packaging and Routing Optimization of Complex Interacting Engineered Systems has been accepted to ASME JMD. Tue, 01 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0400 http://localhost:4000/allnews.html Mohammad Behzadi and Amir Vahedi presented their work at ASME IDETC 2024 in Washington DC Thu, 01 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0400 http://localhost:4000/allnews.html Welcome Syed Ahmad to the group. Syed is a new PhD student. Thu, 01 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0400 http://localhost:4000/allnews.html Congratulations to Kyle Vu for his MS defense and graduation Thu, 01 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0400 http://localhost:4000/allnews.html Horea Ilies gave a keynote presentation at WCCM 2024 in Vancouver Mon, 01 Jul 2024 00:00:00 -0400 http://localhost:4000/allnews.html New <a href='https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-64057-5_10' target='_blank'> ARK 2024 paper </a> out: The Evolving Role of Robot Kinematics in Bio-Nanotechnology Mon, 01 Jul 2024 00:00:00 -0400 http://localhost:4000/allnews.html New <a href='https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1748013224001026?via%3Dihub' target='_blank'>Nano Today paper </a> on synthesizing controllable cyclic peptides as novel biomaterials Mon, 01 Apr 2024 00:00:00 -0400 http://localhost:4000/allnews.html Book chapter on exploring the role of robot kinematics in bio-nanotechnology to appear, with K. 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