Selected Interviews and Radio Show/Podcast Appearances
2023 Could seafood-inspired skins slash emissions from buildings? Interviewed for: CBC What On Earth.
2023 How Does Nature Modify Light and Color? With Raphael Kay. Learning from Nature: The Biomimicry Podcast with Lily Urmann. Apple. Spotify.
2023 "The future of construction is liquid," claims a Harvard researcher. Habitability.
2023 ‘Liquid windows’ inspired by squid skin could help buildings react to changing environments, save on energy costs. University of Toronto Engineering News.
2023 ‘Liquid windows’ could be the answer to more sustainable buildings. Fast Company.
2023 Using Fluids to Control Energy Use in Buildings. American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
2023 Chameleon Skins Slash Building Energy Use. IEEE Spectrum.
2022 A Green Building Technique, Inspired by Fish Food. Bloomberg News.
2022 One Solution to the Climate Crisis is a Pane in the Glass. H2O Radio.
2022 These color-changing, energy-saving windows are inspired by an unlikely sea creature. Fast Company.
2022 Skin: the next frontier? Novae Res Urbis, Toronto Edition.
2022 Dynamic building facades inspired by marine organisms could reduce heating, cooling, and lighting costs. University of Toronto Engineering News.
2022 Could a ‘virtual slime mould’ design a better subway system? University of Toronto Engineering News.
2022 What slime mould can teach us about optimizing the TTC. The Varsity, University of Toronto.
2020 Check out the work of the Daniels Faculty's first-ever undergraduate thesis students. Faculty of Architecture, University of Toronto.
2019 A Graduate of the University of Toronto Faculty of Architecture Receives Soprema’s Leaders of Tomorrow Award. Soprema.
Selected Academic Research Features and Highlights
2023 Optical tuner for sustainable buildings. Research Highlight, Communications Engineering.
2023 Optofluidics-based climate control in buildings. Research Highlight, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
2023 Pigmented fluids. Included in the Biomimicry Design Toolkit, bioSEA.
2022 Sea creatures’ sunshades inspire low-cost ‘smart’ windows. Research Highlight, Nature.
Selected Research Mentions in Magazines, Newspapers, and Blogs
2023 ‘Liquid windows’ inspired by squid skin could help buildings save energy. University of Toronto.
2023 Squid-inspired smart windows could slash building energy use. Anthropocene.
2023 Squid-like 'liquid windows' react to environment, saving energy costs. Interesting Engineering.
2023 Squid Skin Inspires Novel “Liquid Windows” For Greater Energy Savings. Galaxy Concerns. Ars Technica.
2023 ‘Liquid windows’ could reduce buildings’ energy consumption. Engineering and Technology.
2023 Researchers Develop Energy-Saving Multi-Layer “Liquid Window”. Parametric Architecture.
2023 Multi-layer "liquid window" tech could help buildings save energy. New Atlas.
2023 Liquid windows: Energy-saving inspiration from squid skin. Tech Explore. Morning News. News Azi.
2023 Energy-saving inspiration from squid skin. Today Headline.
2023 ‘Liquid Windows’ Could Help Buildings React to Changing Environments. Lab Manager.
2023 These Squid-Inspired Liquid Windows Could Help Buildings Preserve Energy. Tech Times.
2023 ‘Liquid windows’ inspired by squid skin could help buildings react to changing environments, save on energy costs. ScienMag. Bioengineer.
2022 The Krill Building. Bloomberg Navigator.
2022 Krill-inspired dynamic facades could reduce building’s heating and cooling costs. Inceptive Mind.
2022 Smart Windows Inspired by Marine Animals. Optica.
2022 Marine life inspires dynamic buildings. HVAC & R News.
2022 Krill-inspired solar shades could reduce energy bills by up to 30 percent. Interesting Engineering.
2022 Krill-Inspired Shading System Could Drastically Cut Energy Use. Intelligent Living.
2022 Researchers Developed Krill-Inspired Solar Shades That Could Significantly Reduce Energy Bills. Tech Times.
2022 Buildings can take inspiration from nature to become efficient — and beautiful. Inverse.
2022 Low-energy fluidic cells could shade and cool buildings dynamically. New Atlas.
2022 Dynamic building facades inspired by marine organisms could reduce heating, cooling and lighting costs. ScienMag.
2022 Dynamic building facades inspired by marine organisms could reduce heating, cooling and lighting costs. EurekAlert, AAAS.
2022 Dynamic building facades inspired by marine organisms could reduce heating, cooling and lighting costs. Bioengineer. Mirage News. TechXplore. Tech News.
2022 Dynamic building facades inspired by marine organisms could reduce heating, cooling and lighting costs. Morning News. DNYUZ. University of Toronto News. 2022 Dynamic building facades inspired by marine organisms could reduce heating, cooling and lighting costs. University of Toronto Defy Gravity Campaign.
2022 Researchers use ‘virtual slime mould’ to design TTC subway network less prone to disruption. University of Toronto News.
2022 Toronto researchers are using bright green slime to improve the TTC subway network. BlogTO.
2022 Using a 'virtual slime mold' to design a subway network less prone to disruption. Phys Org.
2022 Researchers use ‘virtual slime mould’ to design TTC subway network less prone to disruption. Mirage.
2022 Using a 'virtual slime mold' to design a subway network less prone to disruption. True Viral News.
2022 Could a 'virtual slime mould' design a better subway system? Terra Daily.
2022 Raphael kay uses ‘virtual slime mould’ to design a TTC subway network less prone to disruption. University of Toronto Alumni News.
2020 Molten Snowflakes. Research Revealed Feature, University of Toronto.