Meet the Scientist/Artists!

Meet the scientist/artists who use science and art in their work to make your lives easier and more enjoyable.

Robert Lang, Ph.D., one of the world’s leading origami masters with more than 500 designs catalogued and diagrammed. Lang’s work shows how following simple folding rules and some basic mathematical principals allows the creation of a complex and beautiful 3D world of art made from paper.

Ahna Skop, Ph.D., assistant professor of genetics at the University of Wisconsin. This exhibit showcases Ahna Skop's research of the C. elegans worm. A real microscope with video head allows you to look at live specimens and illustrates what researchers such as Skop have learned from this creature. Next, you will be directed to the “Beautiful Worm,” which combines biology and photography, offering a unique window into the world of scientific research as interpreted through art.

Tristan Perich, 1-Bit Music inventor. 1-Bit is part art, part physics and part mathematics. 1-bit compositions are delivered to listeners via an on/off switch, micro-chip, battery, earphone jack and volume control all squeezed into a plastic CD case.

Leah Buechley, assistant professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), uses electronics and textiles to build soft wearable computers. A display of Buechley’s work allows you to select and see the different LED display patterns designed and programmed into the fabric.

Scott Snibbe, electronic artist and computer scientist. “Three Drops,” is a multimedia experience that allows you to move in front of a large screen and interact with projections of water at the macro, micro and then nano-scale levels and allows you to experience how the physical properties of water change at these three different scales.