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Smart Materials and Shock Lab

Caleb Swain

Master's Student

About

Caleb is from Sacramento, California. He earned his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from BYU in 2023. His career interests involve prosthetic limbs and exosuits. In his free time, Caleb enjoys playing board games and card games. He also likes learning about religions and mythologies.

Research

Caleb is a part of the Elbow Brace Project. He is working to build a prototype of an elbow cast made from a 2.5D cluster tensegrity system.

Publications

T.C.P. Masmeijer, C.C. Swain, J.R. Hill, E. Habtour, Programming tension in 3D-printed networks inspired by spiderwebs, Materials & Design, Volume 261, 2026, 115281, ISSN 0264-1275, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matdes.2025.115281.

Denning, HC, Swain, C, & Hill, JR. "Validation of Continuous Cable Tensegrity Simulation Tools." Proceedings of the ASME 2025 Conference on Smart Materials, Adaptive Structures and Intelligent Systems. ASME 2025 Conference on Smart Materials, Adaptive Structures and Intelligent Systems. St. Louis, Missouri, USA. September 8–10, 2025. V001T03A001. ASME. https://doi.org/10.1115/SMASIS2025-165500

Brown, AR, Swain, CC, Usevitch, NS, & Hill, JR. "Development of a Continuous Cable Tensegrity." Proceedings of the ASME 2024 Conference on Smart Materials, Adaptive Structures and Intelligent Systems. ASME 2024 Conference on Smart Materials, Adaptive Structures and Intelligent Systems. Atlanta, Georgia, USA. September 9–11, 2024. V001T03A002. ASME. https://doi.org/10.1115/SMASIS2024-140185