Research Projects
How can we utilize computational design and fabrication methods to embed unique interactivities into materials and hardware beyond conventional computing devices, weaving “Physical Intelligence” into the fabric of everyday life?
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Multimodal, Flexible Actuators for Interactive Surfaces
2025, ACM UIST ’25 🏆 Best Paper Award
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Co-design with Multistakeholders on Smart Material Applications
2024, ACM DIS ’25
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Programing Heat Transfer with Tunable Thermal-conductive Materials
2023, ACM CHI EA ’24 (Late Breaking Work)
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Harvesting and Utilizing Ambient Energy with “Smart Materials”
2023, ACM UIST’23 🏅️ Honorable Mention
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Creating Animation Effects on Object Surfaces
2022-2023, ACM CHI’23
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Creating Dynamic Painting with a Thermochromic Toolkit
2020-2022, Multimodal Technol. Interact. 2022
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Navigation Feedback for Visual Impaired People
2020-2021, ACM CHI’21
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Towards Interactive Fluidic Mechanisms
2019-2020, ACM CHI’20
Design Projects
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Haptic Surface for Intelligent Vehicle Human-Machine Interface
2024, Tsinghua Graduate Thesis Project
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Interactive Music Chess
2021, 🏆 Tsinghua Outstanding Undergraduate Thesis Project
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Blue Calico Computational Design System
2022, Coursework of On Media Calculation and Artistic Expression
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Form of Light
2020, Coursework of Product Design
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Non-vision Narrative Experience Design
2020, Coursework of Introduction of User Interface Design
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Interactive Expressions in On-line Meetings
2020, Coursework of Introduction of User Experience Design
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Zoetrope Design
2019, Coursework of Fundamental of Machine Manufacturing
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