Dr. Sina Mostafavi Invited to Present Timber Dowel Reciprocal Lattice Patent at TTU Rawls College of Business as Part of the TTU STEM MBA Program
Sina Mostafavi Presenting TDRL at Rawls College of Business
On January 30, 2026, Associate Professor Dr. Sina Mostafavi presented the Timber Dowel Reciprocal Lattice (TDRL) patent application to Dr. Ron Mitchell’s STEM MBA class on Technology Commercialization at Texas Tech University’s Rawls College of Business.
Each semester, the TTU Office of Research Commercialization provides one filed patent to the class for evaluation. For Spring 2026, the TDRL system, developed within the Hi-DARS Lab, was selected as the featured technology.
The course engages students in screening and developing technology opportunities for commercial products and services. Working directly with filed university patents, the MBA teams analyze potential product concepts and assess their commercial value across different market sectors.
During the session, Dr. Mostafavi introduced the material system, computational design framework, structural logic, and fabrication approach underlying the TDRL technology. The discussion addressed potential applications, production scalability, licensing considerations, and strategic positioning.
Hi-DARS student assistant E. Princess Olali, who is actively involved in the continued development of the project, joined the session and contributed to the discussion on application pathways and future directions.
The patent application was originally filed by Sina Mostafavi, Tahmures Ghiyasi, Edgar Montejano, Bahar Bagheri, and Cole Howell as part of the Hi-DARS research agenda focused on innovative materialization systems and reciprocal timber assemblies enabled through computational design and robotic fabrication workflows.
The class is organized into three project groups, each developing distinct commercialization concepts based on the TDRL patent. At the end of the semester, the teams will present their proposals to a review panel, including Associate Professor Dr. Sina Mostafavi, offering comparative models for translating advanced architectural research into viable business innovation frameworks.
This engagement reflects Hi-DARS Lab’s ongoing effort to position emerging design-build technologies within broader innovation and commercialization ecosystems at Texas Tech University.
Images from the presentation and discussion session are included below.
