Morphing Ceramics for Seagrass Meadow Restoration
Hybrid Open Lab Session
Tuesday, Oct 5, 2021 @ 1:00 pm
In-person @ Morphing Matter Lab, Newell Simon Hall 3612
Blue Ceramics Team
Rachel Arredondo - CMU MHCI 2021, Kylon Chiang - CMU MHCI 2021, Ofri Dar - Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Industrial Design 2022
“Active intervention strategies such as innovative restoration techniques will be increasingly required to repair ecological functions…”
— Global challenges for seagrass restoration. Ambio
Nature Centered Design
Our team aims to support seagrass conservation actions by designing interventions that support restoration efforts to rehabilitate or protect seagrass meadows.
Blue Carbon
Seagrass meadows are twice as efficient as forests at capturing and storing carbon. But over the last two decades 18% of Eel grass (zostera marina) meadows, the dominant seagrass in the northern hemisphere, have disappeared.
Morphing Ceramics
As part of a holistic approach, we are in the process of designing morphing ceramic structures that can serve multiple environmental purposes as they decay naturally and harmlessly over time.
Agenda
Introductions
1:00 pm - 1:05 pm
Presentation
1:05 pm - 1:50 pm
Demos & Artifacts
1:55 pm- 2:10 pm
Q&A
2:10 pm - 2:30 pm
RSVP
Join us for an open lab session, part conversation, part presentation exploring the intersection of design research, marine science, and digital fabrication as we explore designing for more sustainable and resilient futures for both people and seagrasses.
Thank you
This project is partially supported by Carnegie Mellon’s Berkman Faculty Development Fund grant,
and could have been impossible without the generous help of the following people:
Eran Sharon’s Lab, HUJI
Prof. Eran Sharon
Dr. Arielle Blonder
Fireborn Studios
Dan Vito
Donna Hetrick
Bennett
Morphing Matter Lab - Carnegie Mellon University
Prof. Lining Yao
Dinesh Patel & Jianzhe Gu & Kexin Lu
Bezalel Academy of Art and Design
Noam Dover
Prof. Haim Parnes
Marine Biologists
Dr. Abbey Engelman
Jeffery Good
Seagrass Marine Biologists
Dr. Emmett Duffy
Dr. Jessie Jarvis, UNCW