Morphing structures can adapt their shape to suit their environment and purpose. These are surprisingly difficult for us to make, but nature offers many solutions. For example, the Venus Fly Trap captures its prey using an ingenious morphing structure. Martin Walker introduces examples of these morphing structures: discover how they work and try them for yourself.

Martin Walker is a 3rd year PhD candidate in Engineering at the University of Cambridge studying the mechanics of creased thin metallic shells. He completed his undergraduate studies at the University of Waterloo (Canada) where he obtained a Bachelors of Applied Science in Civil Engineering with Distinction. He won a prestigious Alexander Graham Bell Canada Graduate Scholarship to undertake a Masters in Structural Engineering at the University of Toronto (Canada), where he studied a novel lightweight blast protection system. After working as a structural engineer in London (UK) for three years he returned to academia to pursue a PhD.

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