Morphing Matter Lab

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Tianyu Yu

Lining Yao

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


https://yutianyu.design

About

Tianyu Yu is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at University of California at Berkeley, advised by Lining Yao. He is interested in exploring novel materials and hardware that enable unique interactivities beyond conventional computing devices, and the computational design and fabrication technologies that provide powerful tools for people to propel the trend forward. He believed that computers in the future should bridge the digital and physical worlds in a seamless and natural manner, thus truly weaving “Physical Intelligence“ into the fabric of everyday life.

Before joining the group, he has earned a M.F.A desgree in Information and Art Design from Tsinghua University, and a B.Eng. in Automation and a B.F.A. in Product Design from the interdisciplinary program of Creative Design and Intelligent Engineering in Tsinghua University with outstanding award. He has research experience in many labs, including HCIE Group at CSAIL MIT, Tangible Media Group at Media Lab MIT, and Media and Interaction Lab, the Future Lab, and Pervasive HCI Group at Tsinghua University.

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Selected Publications 

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Awards

Exhibitions & Demos

  • UIST 2023 Demo, Sustainflatable, 2023

  • CHI 2023 Interactivity, Thermotion, 2023

  • China Design Exhibition, CHENG, 2023

  • Zijin Award (Nanjing) China College Student Design Exhibition, CHENG, 2021

Research Experience

  • Media and Interaction Lab & The Future Lab, Tsinghua University | 07/2021 – 09/2024

    Research assistant, Advisor: Prof. Haipeng Mi, Prof. Yingqing Xu

    • Led the project of Themotion (CHI ’23), which proposed a novel design and fabrication method of using thermofluidic composites to create animation effects on two and three-dimensional surfaces and everyday material surfaces.

    • Co-led the project of ViviPaint, a toolkit for thermochromic painting.

  • HCI Engineering Group, CSAIL, MIT | 07/2023 – 10/2023

    Visiting student | Advisor: Stefanie Mueller

    • Proposed the ongoing project of Thermaterial (CHI EA ‘24), which focused on sustainable thermal interfaces using tunable thermal-conductive materials to design and leverage ambient heat transfer.

  • Morphing Matter Lab, Carnegie Mellon University | 03/2022 – 05/2023

    Research assistant | Advisor: Prof. Lining Yao, Dr. Qiuyu Lu

    • Worked on the project of Sustainflatable (UIST’23🏅️), which focused on an energy-harvesting non-electrical pneumatic interface, providing programmable inflatable shape changes, responsive to long-term environmental changes.

  • Pervasive HCI Group, Department of Computer Science, Tsinghua University | 03/2020 – 10/2020

    Research assistant | Advisor: Prof. Chun Yu, Prof. Yuanchun Shi  

  • Tangible Media Group, Media Lab, MIT | 07/2019 – 010/2019

    Visiting student | Advisor: Prof. Hiroshi Ishii, Hila Mor

    • Worked on the project of Venous material (CHI ’20), which focused on a self-contained color-changing microfluidic material responsive to external pressure.