Samar Malek presented her research on the mechanics of grid shells at the 20th IABSE-IASS (International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering – International Association for Shell and Spatial Structures) Symposium held in London Sept. 20-23. Malek, a third year doctoral candidate working with Professor John Ochsendorf, presented a paper titled “Failure Limits of Shallow Grid Shells: The physics behind equivalent thickness and numerical validation.”