Physicist, engineer and world-famous origami artist Robert Lang will hold a lecture with origami workshops Oct. 25-26.

Lang earned his doctorate degree in applied physics at the California Institute of Technology and is known for computational origami and his work in developing formal algorithms for paper-folding. His art has been displayed all over the world, and he has developed and catagorized more than 400 designs.

We expect a large turnout from UT students, as well as high school students, from the area. The lecture is for a general audience,
so I think everyone would get something out of this lecture.  Dr. Paul Lee, Director of the School of Art.

His lecture will be a discussion titled "From Flapping Birds to Space Telescopes: The Art and Science of Origami." The free event will take place in the Alumni Memorial Building Cox Auditorium on Oct. 25 at 7 p.m. The discussion will focus on how development mathematics has been applied to the art and technique of origami throughout the past decade. Origami is the ancient Japanese art of folding paper into artistic creations. 

Lang will also host a workshop on Friday, Oct. 25, entitled "Bringing Origami to Life: Artistic Folding Techniques," at 3:30 p.m. in Room 105 of the Art and Architecture Building.

Lang's second workshop will take place in Room 105 of the Art and Architecture Building from 9 a.m. to noon and will be called "Origami Structures for Technological and Design Applications."