About Us

Modern spacecraft are explorers of unknown environments. Their scientific instruments are often designed with uncertainty in what they are going to find. Research at the Reconfigurable and Active Structures (ReAct) Lab develops spacecraft structures that can vary their physical properties in response to what they encounter in their environment. We create space structures that change shape, material properties, electromagnetic and optical performance leading to shape shifting antennas, crawling robots, and sun-tracking solar arrays.

Join

Want to join the group? Students at all levels are encouraged to contact sakovsky@stanford.edu. We are especially looking for students with experience and interest in composite materials, solid mechanics, smart materials and multi-disciplinary engineering. 

Students interested in the PhD and Masters program will need to apply through the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics at Stanford University.