Origami8, Volume III

Michael Assis is a mathematical physicist and origami artist. He received his PhD from Stony Brook University in the area of statistical mechanics, with applications in combinatorics and computational mathematics. He has exhibited his original origami models in conferences in several countries, and actively contributes to research in origami mathematics. He is currently based at the University of Melbourne, working in medical research in the area of paediatric oncofertility.Guoxing Lu is a Qiushi Chair Professor in the Department of Engineering Mechanics, Zhejiang University, China. Prior to that, he was a University Distinguished Professor and Founding Director of the Impact Engineering Laboratory, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia. He held academic positions at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. In 1989, he obtained his PhD in Structural Mechanics from the University of Cambridge. Zhong You is a professor of Engineering Science at the University of Oxford. His research encompasses the fields of folding and origami structures, with a particular focus on the development of a systematic approach to the creation of large deployable assemblies. He served as the chairperson for 7OSME, which was held in Oxford in 2018. He obtained his PhD in structural engineering from the University of Cambridge.