Talk Topic: Building Menger's Sponge
Jeannine Mosely
November 7, 2007

Abstract
Learn about how artist/engineer Dr. Jeannine Mosely led a 10 year project to build an origami model of Menger's Sponge, a fractal named for the mathematician Karl Menger who first described it. She taught classes and gave lectures at schools and colleges, conventions and conferences around the country, recruiting hundreds of volunteers to help fold and assemble 66,048 business cards to complete a cubical sculpture measuring 56" on a side and weighing over 160 pounds.

Bio
Dr. Jeannine Mosely (M.S., E.E., Ph.D. 1984 Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, from MIT) has worked as a software engineer, most notably on computational geometry software written in Lisp at ICAD, Inc. She is a world-famous origami expert. She has designed numerous geometric original models, specializing in mathematical, business-card, and minimalist origami.

In 2002, she was chosen as one of two recipients of the Yoshino Issei Prize by the Japan Origami Academic Society, which paid for her trip to Tokyo to attend and teach at their annual convention.

Her work is currently on display at the Peabody Museum in Salem.