  robert j. lang (born may 4, 1961) is an american physicist who is also one of the foremost origami artists and theorists in the world. he is known for his complex and elegant designs, most notably of insects and animals. he has studied the mathematics of origami and used computers to study the theories behind origami. he has made great advances in making real-world applications of origami to engineering problems. ==education and early occupation==  lang was born in dayton, ohio, and grew up in atlanta, georgia. lang attended california institute of technology for his undergraduate work in electrical engineering, where he met his wife-to-be, diane. he earned a master's degree in electrical engineering from stanford in 1983, and returned to caltech to pursue a ph.d. in applied physics with a dissertation titled "semiconductor lasers: new geometries and spectral properties." lang began work for nasa's jet propulsion laboratory in 1988. lang also w
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