Timber Dowel Reciprocal Lattice System Lab Exhibited and Presented at TechConnect World 2025 in Austin
TechConnect World Innovation Conference & Expo, 9 – 11 June 2025, JW Marriott Austin
Timber Dowel Reciprocal Lattice (TDRL) research poster and one-to-one prototype exhibited at Tech Connect World 2025, Austin.
One of just three Texas Tech University System innovations chosen for the TTU pavilion, Timber Dowel Reciprocal Lattice (TDRL) System stood front-and-center at the TechConnect World Innovation Conference & Expo, 9 – 11 June 2025, JW Marriott Austin. TechConnect World gathers more than 3,000 researchers, startups, industry leaders, and federal program managers, making it a premier marketplace for translational research and technology commercialization.
Exhibit highlights
Full-scale prototype – a 6-ft robot-fabricated reciprocal lattice column demonstrating joint-free dowel-to-plate construction.
Research poster – detailing voxel-based design, robotic milling, and AR-guided assembly workflows.
Innovation pitch – selected for the conference’s Certificate of Pitch Presentation, an honor awarded to roughly the top ten percent of presenters.
Inventor team & support
Sina Mostafavi, Tahmures Ghiyasi, Edgar Montejano, Cole Howell, and Bahar Bagheri with fabrication and assembly by Uijin Lee.
The Texas Tech Office of Research Commercialization backed the project, which also sponsored the TTU System booth (603).
Patent milestone
After an initial provisional filing, a full patent application for the TDRL System has now been submitted to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
Why it matters
TDRL converts almost any geometry into a modular, self-balancing timber structure through integrated computational design, robotic production, and human–machine collaboration—advancing reusable, fast-assembly building systems at architectural scale.
Photos of the prototype on the expo floor, the award certificate, presentation shots, and the poster accompany this story on the Hi-DARS Lab website and in the upcoming TTU HCOA newsletter.
Suggested tags: #TechConnectExpo #HiDARS #ReciprocalSystems #RoboticTimber #TexasTechResearch
