05/12/2018 – Purmundus challenge 3D printing design award
4D printing to achieve movement
The focus of the Master’s thesis on “Using 4D printing to achieve movement” was on developing dynamic, form-changing and smart textiles.

Dorothea Lang won for her Master Thesis "Mit 4D-Druck zur Bewegung" the award "special mention" © purmundus challenge

Dorothea Lang, Germany: "„Mit 4D-Druck zur Bewegung“ - Printing dynamic, form-changing textiles. A targeted combination of fabric tension and a corresponding 3D structure, as well as a “smart” printing filament that can remember its shape, allowing us to specify precise movement patterns that it performs independently in response to certain changes in temperature" © purmundus challenge