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Art form function
The engineer as artist; the artist as engineer… or the two coming together to create something new and entirely unexpected.
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Structural art: Melding engineering and aesthetics
The International Network for Structural Art promotes engineering as art, a discipline with a clear aesthetic defined by elegance, efficiency and economy.
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A modern mosaic
Serguei Bagrianski created a prototype dome to test a new type of concrete in the EQuad courtyard this fall, opening the possibility for dramatic new forms.
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Streicker Bridge links engineering and aesthetics
With bridge supports that are weathered and branched to resemble tree trunks and a deck that curves to meet the varying grades on both sides of the road, the Streicker Bridge fits perfectly into the landscape.
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Drawing classes extends the engineering mind
Art was not something that Bianca DiGiovanni thought she would create when she decided to pursue an engineering degree.
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RX for art and architecture
George Scherer’s tours of campus are not typical. Instead of beauty, he points to deterioration, or at least the type of wear and tear that comes from years of exposure.
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City of gold
As part of a museum exhibit, a computer scientist worked closely with archaeologists, to create 3D digital models of ancient art and to simulate the reconstruction of ancient buildings in Cyprus.
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Coaxing the ‘inherently musical’
Rebecca Fiebrink is a music teacher who doesn’t teach students how to play instruments. Instead, Fiebrink, an assistant professor of computer science, teaches instruments how to play for their users.
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Placing the 1970s in the palm of a hand
The original Moog synthesizer, a staple of ’70s music, had its heyday long before senior Jeffrey Snyder learned to play the keyboard, but Snyder loved that warm ’70s sound.
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Analyzing dance through mathematics
An audience can sense the meaning of dance intuitively, but Adam Stasiw, a computer science major, wanted to view the message of movement through a mathematical filter.
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‘Flocking’ project combines dance and engineering
The Flock Logic dance project began after renowned choreographer Susan Marshall attended a lecture on groups and collective motion by Naomi Leonard, a professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering.
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Art of incorrect: poetry and math shed details to illuminate truths
Like much of the poetry by engineer and mathematician Philip Holmes, “Gaps” doesn’t seek to mirror the world. It is more like a lens, allowing Holmes to focus and manipulate an interesting aspect of reality.
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Artful algorithms
Carter Cleveland ’09, founder of Art.sy, says that as an undergraduate he was always interested in subjects such as dance and art history.
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Art of Science
A retrospective of Princeton's "Art of Science" exhibit has gone on the road. The traveling show consists of 44 images chosen from the more than 250 exhibited during the competition's first five years.
