Evgueni Filipov

About

Evgueni Filipov is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Michigan. He holds a PhD and MS from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, obtained in 2016 and 2012 respectively, and a BS from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute earned in 2009. His research interests focus on deployable and reconfigurable structural systems, particularly folding and adaptable structures based on origami principles. These structures have practical applications across various scales and disciplines, including biomedical robotics and deployable architecture.

Research topics

• Computer science
• Structural engineering
• Materials science
• Mechanical engineering
• Engineering

Selected publications

• A Review on Origami Simulations: From Kinematics, To Mechanics, Toward Multiphysics

  Applied Mechanics Reviews · 2022-05-01 · 127 citations

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  Abstract Origami-inspired systems are attractive for creating structures and devices with tunable properties, multiple functionalities, high-ratio packaging capabilities, easy fabrication, and many other advantageous properties. Over the past decades, the community has developed a variety of simulation techniques to analyze the kinematic motions, mechanical properties, and multiphysics characteristics of origami systems. These various simulation techniques are formulated with different assumptio…

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• Elastically and Plastically Foldable Electrothermal Micro‐Origami for Controllable and Rapid Shape Morphing

  Advanced Functional Materials · 2020-07-30 · 86 citations

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  Abstract Integrating origami principles within traditional microfabrication methods can produce shape morphing microscale metamaterials and 3D systems with complex geometries and programmable mechanical properties. However, available micro‐origami systems usually have slow folding speeds, provide few active degrees of freedom, rely on environmental stimuli for actuation, and allow for either elastic or plastic folding but not both. This work introduces an integrated fabrication–design–actuation…

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• Large-scale modular and uniformly thick origami-inspired adaptable and load-carrying structures

  Nature Communications · 2024-03-15 · 61 citations

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  Abstract Existing Civil Engineering structures have limited capability to adapt their configurations for new functions, non-stationary environments, or future reuse. Although origami principles provide capabilities of dense packaging and reconfiguration, existing origami systems have not achieved deployable metre-scale structures that can support large loads. Here, we established modular and uniformly thick origami-inspired structures that can deploy into metre-scale structures, adapt into diffe…

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• A bar and hinge model formulation for structural analysis of curved-crease origami

  International Journal of Solids and Structures · 2020-08-28 · 60 citations

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• Evaluation of a Kirigami-inspired double-skin adaptive façade for natural ventilation and solar harvesting to enhance indoor environment and energy performance

  Energy and Buildings · 2024-10-21 · 12 citations

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Recent grants

• Origami for Dexterity in Miniature Manipulation and Testing

  NSF · $684k · 2021–2024

• CAREER: Large, Deployable and Adaptable Structures Through Origami Engineering

  NSF · $620k · 2020–2026

Frequent coauthors

• Zhu Yi

  University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

  15 shared

• Joshua S. Steelman

  10 shared

• Gláucio H. Paulino

  10 shared

• Jerome F. Hajjar

  Northeastern University

  9 shared

• James M. LaFave

  University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

  9 shared

• Larry A. Fahnestock

  9 shared

• Zhongyuan Wo

  8 shared

• Tomohiro Tachi

  The University of Tokyo

  8 shared

Education

• Ph.D., Civil and Environmental Engineering

  University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  2016

• M.S., Civil and Environmental Engineering

  University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  2012

• B.S., Civil and Environmental Engineering

  Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

  2009

Awards & honors

• 2025 Spring Awards Announcement

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