Herng Yi Cheng
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Outreach


I love to share the things I love with others, which has led me to taking part in exhibitions and giving talks and workshops on my favorite topics — or anything that can help students, teachers or the public appreciate math or origami. Through these outreach efforts I have accumulated resources for a number of topics that I can present about. As an active member of the MIT Educational Studies Program, 

Sprout!

Quek Yihui and I organized Sprout, where alumni of NUS High School returned to teach fun workshops based on their interests, and students of NUS High attended workshops that they were interested in. Students enjoyed taking workshops from "Beatboxing" to "Herpetology: The Study of Ugly Animals". Check out the full list of workshop descriptions, as well as pictures taken at Sprout, at the Facebook event!.
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Building skyscrapers to withstand weight and other challenges

Exhibitions

  • Paper: Folded | Cut | Crumpled at Jaffa Museum, Israel (2015)
  • Origami: from Traditional to Modern by Origami Singapore, touring three public libraries, one per month (2012)
  • OrigamiUSA Convention Exhibition at the OrigamiUSA Convention (2011)
  • 5OSME Exhibition at the 5th International Meeting on Origami in Science, Mathematics and Education (2010)
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Double Happiness (left) displayed in "Paper: Folded | Cut | Crumpled"

Talks

  • ​History of Math for high schoolers at MIT Junction (2015)
  • How to Play Go for high schoolers at MIT Junction (2015)
  • Origami: Art, Science, Math for the OrigaMIT Convention (2014) [Slides]
  • Surfaces in Topology for the Raffles Institution Math Society (2014)
  • Geometric Dissections for students and teachers from Raffles Girls' School (2014)
  • Origami Research for the "Alumni Math Sharings" at NUS High School (2013)
  • Math Research in High School together with Ananya Kumar and Lim Sung Hyun, for the "Alumni Math Sharings" at NUS High School (2013)
  • Tools and Tips for Mathematics together with Ananya Kumar and Lim Sung Hyun, for the "Alumni Math Sharings" at NUS High School (2013)
  • The Schläfli Symbol for the "Alumni Math Sharings" at NUS High School (2013)
  • Polyhedron Weaving for the Random Interest Group (2011)
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Origami: Art,, Science, Math


Workshops

  • Math Research Skills for high schoolers at MIT Junction 2015
  • Origami: Art, Science and Mathematics for Grade 8 students at the "Mathematics Enrichment Workshops" organized by the Ministry of Education (2014)
  • Folding classes for the general public in conjunction with the "Origami: from Traditional to Modern" exhibition by Origami Singapore (2012)
  • Origami and Crease Patterns for Grade 5 students at the "Prmary Mathematics Masterclass" organized by the Ministry of Education (2012)
  • "Simple Box" Folding Class for the 5th International Meeting on Origami in Science, Mathematics and Education (2010)
  • Extrusion Origami for Grade 5 students at the "Prmary Mathematics Masterclass" organized by the Ministry of Education (2009)
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  • Publications
  • CV
  • Outreach
  • Art
    • Origami >
      • Origami Design Gallery
      • Origami Publications
      • Origami Research and Applications
      • Modular Polyhedra from Waterbomb Base Units
    • Performance
  • Software
    • Featured Project
  • Blog
    • Featured Post
  • Links