Humphrey Yang
Human-Computer Interaction
Ph.D. Student
mvincigu@andrew.cmu.edu
About
Humphrey Yang is a Ph.D. Student in the Human-Computer Interaction Institute, advised by Assistant Professor Lining Yao. His research focuses on using smart materials to make sensing and actuatable devices, applying these materials to different application contexts, and adapting machine learning to model smart materials and develop interactive design tools. Prior to joining the HCII, Humphrey earned his bachelor’s degree in architecture from the National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan, and an M.Sc. degree in computational design from the School of Architecture at CMU.
Education
2019 -
Carnegie Mellon University, Human-Computer Interaction, Ph.D.
2017 - 2019
Carnegie Mellon University, Computational Design, M.S.
2009 - 2014
National Cheng Kung University (Taiwan), Architecture: Engineering Division, B.S.
Professional Experience
2017 -
Researcher/Research Assistant | CMU Morphing Matter Lab
2016 - 2017
Project Designer | NCKU C-Hub
2016
Assistant Designer | NCKU Campus Planning Committee
2014 - 2015
Alternative Military Serviceman | Taiwan Department of Land Administration
2013 - 2013
Design Intern | Tomita Structural Design, Taiwan
2011 - 2014
Digital Factory Administrator | NCKU College of Design
Publications
Morphing Pasta and Beyond. Science Advances
SimuLearn: Fast and Accurate Simulator to Support Morphing Materials Design and Workflows. UIST 202
Thermoplastic Fiber Reinforced Composite Material Characterization and Precise Finite Element Analysis for 4D Printing. Journal of Computer-Aided Design 2020
Morphlour: Personalized Flour-based Morphing Food Induced by Dehydration or Hydration Method.
A-line: Printing Morphing Linear Composite Structures. CHI 2019
4DMesh: 4D Printing Morphing Non-Developable Mesh Surfaces. UIST 2018
Awards and honor
2021
Fellowship in Digital Health | Center for Machine Learning and Health, CMU
2020
Graduate Student Study Abroad Scholarship | Taiwan
2018
Honorary Mention | Ars Electronica STARTS PRIZE
2018
2nd place | CMU Siemens FutureMakers Challenge
2014
1st place | Taoyuan Airport City Student Competition, Taiwan
Teaching Experiences
2021
Programming Usable Interfaces (TA, Instructor: Alexandra Ion)
2018
Inquiry into Computation, Architecture, and Design (TA, Instructor: Daniel Cardoso Llach)
2018
Fundamental of Computational Design (TA, Instructor: Daniel Cardoso Llach)
2017
Generative Modeling (TA, Instructor: Joshua Bard)
Skills
Design
Digital fabrication
Physical Prototyping
Mechanical engineering and analysis
Biomedical engineering
Front- and back-end development
Machine Learning and reinforcement learning
Computer graphics
Research Interest
Computational Design and Fabrication
Shape-Changing Interfaces
Wearables and Haptics
Material and Mechanical Simulation
Applied Machine Learning
Human-AI Partnership
Biomedical Tissue/ Biohybrid Engineering
Tate Johnson, Dinesh K. Patel, Humphrey Yang, Umut Civici, Adriane Minori, Lining Yao✉. FlexTure: Designing Configurable and Dynamic Surface Features. The ACM conference on Designing Interactive Systems (DIS). 2023. PDF | DOI
🏅 Awards: Best Paper Honorable Mention Award