Mako Miyatake

Ph.D. Student
Human-computer Interaction, Digital Fabrication, FoodHCI
mako_miyatake@berkeley.edu

https://en.makomiyatake.com/

About

Mako Miyatake is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at University of California at Berkeley, advised by Prof. Lining Yao. Her research interests are in the interdisciplinary field of food and engineering. She designs interactive food systems that combine computational fabrication, AI, and embodied interaction to support reflective and personalized food experiences.

She received a B.E. and M.E. degree in Information and Communication Engineering from the University of Tokyo. She also learned professional cooking skills at Tsuji Culinary Institute and obtained a chef's license in Japan.

For all publications, please visit Google Scholar.

Selected Publications

• KiriOri Food: Embedding Functionalities into Natural Food Ingredients.TEI 2026.
  Mako Miyatake, Anna Matsumoto, Lining Yao.

• BioTube: Designing and Fabricating Biodegradable Hollow Tubular Devices Through Progressive Crosslinking Alginate.CHI 2025.
  ​Yuecheng Peng*, Mako Miyatake*, Tyler L Peng, Qiuyu Lu, Yue Yang, Lining Yao.

• Flower Jelly Printer: Slit Injection Printing for Parametrically Designed Flower Jelly. CHI 2021.
  Mako Miyatake, Koya Narumi, Yuji Sekiya, and Yoshihiro Kawahara.

Awards

• People's Choice Best Demo Honorable Mention Award, KiriOri Food, 2026

• IPSJ Journal Specially Selected Paper, Flower Jelly Printer, 2022

• People's Choice Best Demo Honorable Mention Award, Flower Jelly Printer, 2021

Poster & Demo

• Demonstrating Flower Jelly Printer for Parametrically Designed Flower Jelly. CHI EA 2021.
  Mako Miyatake, Koya Narumi, Yuji Sekiya, and Yoshihiro Kawahara.

• Interactive Cake Decoration with Whipped Cream. CEA 2020.
  Mako Miyatake, Aoi Watanabe, and Yoshihiro Kawahara.

Workshop

• Beyond Interfaces: the Future of Edible Interactions.DIS 2026.
  Hongyue Wang, Jialin Deng, Yuchen Zheng, Ziqi Fang, Charles Spence, Ferran Altarriba Bertran, Koya Narumi, Lei Gao, Weijen Chen, Lining Yao, Mako Miyatake, Marianna Obrist, Homei Miyashita, Chi Thanh Vi, Oussama Metatla, Florian ‘Floyd’ Mueller.

• Mapping FoodHCI Futures. CHI 2022.
  Jialin Deng, Ferran Altarriba Bertran, Lining Yao, Marianna Obrist, Koya Narumi, Humphrey Yang, Mako Miyatake, and Florian 'Floyd' Mueller.

Scholarship & Funding 

• 2026-2029 JASSO Scholarship, Japan Student Services Organization, Japan

• 2024-2026 Funai Overseas Scholarship, The Funai Foundation for Information Technology, Japan