Livermore physicists RULE!!!

Model by Robert Lang. Wet Folded by Robert Lang from 12 inch elephant hide






Since he was a small boy, Robert Lang has been taking single sheets of paper and transforming them through a myriad of different folds into figures. Night Hunter
Medium: One uncut square of Korean hanji.

Biography

Lang was born in Ohio.^[1] He has been interested in folding paper since he was 6 years old^[2], growing up in Atlanta, Georgia^[1]. He received a Ph.D. in Applied Physics^[3] from the California Institute of Technology. Lang had a long career as a laser physicist and engineer, with a background in NASA.

Lang specializes in finding real-world applications for the various theories of origami he has developed. These included designing folding patterns for a German airbag manufacturer.^[3] He has worked with the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in Livermore, California, where a team is developing a powerful space telescope, with a 100 m (328 ft) lens in the form of a thin membrane. Lang was hired by the team to develop a way to fit the tremendous lens, known as the Eyeglass, into a small rocket in such a way that the lens can be unfolded in space and will not suffer from any permanent marks or creases.^[3]

In 2002, Lang moved from being an engineer to being a full-time origami artist and consultant.

Lang has authored and co-authored over 80 publications on semiconductor lasers, optics, and integrated optoelectronics. He holds 46 patents in these fields. He has written and co-written eight books.

He resides in Alamo, California.^[1]

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