Adel Research Group (ARG), formerly Adel Design Research (ADR), was launched in January 2021 by Professor Arash Adel at the University of Michigan. It was renamed to ARG after the team moved to Princeton University.
RECENT NEWS
Adel Featured on the Dean of the Faculty Website
July 25, 2025
Our director, Dr. Arash Adel, is featured on Princeton University’s Office of the Dean of the Faculty website.
New Publication in Automation in Construction
July 22, 2025
Our new journal paper, “Advancing robotic assembly in construction: Innovations, challenges, and opportunities,” is published in Automation in Construction.”
Doctoral Committee Member at EPFL
May 26, 2025
Our director, Dr. Arash Adel, serves on the doctoral committee for Andrea Settimi, a member of the Laboratory for Timber Construction (Professor Yves Weinand) at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), for the dissertation titled “Augmented Carpentry: Integration of Manual Fabrication into the Digital Value Chain.”
FEATURED AWARDS
ARCC New Researcher Award
Our director, Dr. Arash Adel, is the 2023 recipient of the prestigious Architectural Research Centers Consortium (ARCC) New Researcher Award. The New Researcher Award recognizes Adel’s leading-edge research, which the award committee remarked "promises to shape one or more aspects of architectural research and practice."
Canadian Wood Council Awards Jury’s Choice
Our project, Robotically Fabricated Structure (RFS), has been awarded the Jury’s Choice Award for the 2023 Wood Design & Building Awards program!
Global Future Design Awards
Our project, Robotically Fabricated Structure (RFS), is the Gold Winner for the 2022 Global Future Design Awards under the Temporary Structure category.
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