We publish in both physical sciences and computer science venues.
For physical sciences, we publish in journals including Nature, Science Advances, Advanced Materials, Advanced Materials Technologies, etc. We present in SES, MRS, APS, IROS, etc.
In computer science, conferences are the premier venues (~ 20% acceptance rates). In Human-Computer Interaction, the top venues include the ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI), the ACM User Interface Software and Technology Symposium (UIST), the ACM conference on Designing Interactive Systems (DIS), and the ACM International Conference on Ubiquitous Computing (UbiComp).
Theme 1: Design, Engineering and Science of Sustainable Morphing Matter
Journal Cover Feature - Nature 2023
Autonomous self-burying seed carriers for aerial seeding
By Danli Luo, Aditi Maheshwari, Andreea Danielescu, Jiaqi Li, Yue Yang, Ye Tao, Lingyun Sun, Dinesh K. Patel, Guanyun Wang✉, Shu Yang✉, Teng Zhang✉, Lining Yao✉
Nature Cover Feature 2023 Feb 15 Free Access to the Paper | Nature Paper | Nature Cover Story | Media Package download | Nature News and View | Nature Video
🔍 Project Page
📹 Documentary Film | Creators Interview
🗃 Patent
ACM CHI 2023
Fluidic Computation Kit: Towards Electronic-free Shape-changing Interfaces
By Qiuyu Lu, Haiqing Xu, Yijie Guo, Joey Yu Wang, Lining Yao✉
The ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI) 2023 PDF | DOI
🔍 Project Page: Fluidic Computation Kit
Journal Cover Feature - Science Advances 2021
Morphing Pasta and Beyond
Ye Tao, Yi-Chin Lee, Haolin Liu, Xiaoxiao Zhang, Jianxun Cui, Catherine Mondoa, Mahnoush Babaei, Jasio Santillan, Guanyun Wang, Danli Luo, Di Liu, Humphrey Yang, Youngwook Do, Lingyun Sun, Wen Wang✉, Teng Zhang✉, Lining Yao✉
Science Advances Cover Feature 2021 May 5 PDF | DOI | Project Page | Video 1 | Video 2
🏅 Honors: Cover Story of Science Advances, Fast Company Innovation by Design Award | Creative Food Cycles Honorable Mention Award
📣News: New York Times , Science Magzine, Scientific American, Fast Company, National Geographic, PBS, BBC, ABC NEWS, Science Friday, Smithsonian Magzine, Inverse, UK Daily Mail, Science News, Designboom, Yahoo, GIZMODO, TechXpore, physicsworld, NewScientist, cnet | Tracking Live Metrics
🗃 Patent 1, Patent 2
Journal - Advanced Materials - 2022
Journal - Science Advances 2017
Harnessing the Hygroscopic and Biofluorescent Behaviors of Genetically-Tractable Microbial Cells to Design Bio-hybrid Wearables
Wen Wang, Lining Yao, Chin-Yi Cheng, Teng Zhang, Hiroshi Atsumi, Luda Wang, Guanyun Wang, Oksana Anilionyte, Helene Steiner, Jifei Ou, Kang Zhou, Chris Wawrousek, Katherine Petrecca, Angela M. Belcher, Rohit Karnik, Xuanhe Zhao✉, Daniel I. C. Wang✉, Hiroshi Ishii✉.
Science Advances 2017 PDF | DOI | Project Page
📣News: MIT News | Wired | Wired UK | Discovery News | Dezeen | YAHOO! News UK | CNBC | Fast Company | Creative Application, Gizmodo, Smithsonian Innovation, Interesting Engineer
🗃 Patent
ACM UbiComp 2021
MorphingCircuit: An Integrated Design, Simulation, and Fabrication Workflow for Self-morphing Electronics
Guanyun Wang, Fang Qin, Haolin Liu, Ye Tao, Yang Zhang, Yongjie Jessica Zhang✉, Lining Yao✉
The ACM International Conference on Ubiquitous Computing (UbiComp) 2020 PDF | DOI
Project Page: Morphing Circuit | Video | Presentation
ACM UIST 2019
Morphlour: Personalized Flour-based Morphing Food Induced by Dehydration or Hydration Method
Ye Tao, Youngwook Do, Humphrey Yang, Yi-Chin Lee, Guanyun Wang, Catherine Mondoa, Jianxun Cui, Wen Wang✉, Lining Yao*
The ACM User Interface Software and Technology Symposium (UIST) 2019 PDF | DOI | Project Page
🏅Award: Fast Company Innovation by Design Award | Creative Food Cycles Honorable Mention Award
🗃 Patent
ACM DIS 2021
Hydrogel-based DIY Underwater Morphing Artifacts
Harshika Jain*, Kexin Lu*, and Lining Yao✉ (* Contributed Equally)
The ACM conference on Designing Interactive Systems (DIS) 2021 PDF | DOI
Video | Presentation
🏅 Award: Video Runner Up prize for #SmartOceansChallenge, Smart Oceans 2020
ACM DIS 2022
Patterns and Opportunities for the Design of Human-Plant Interaction
Michelle Chang , Chenyi Shen* , Aditi Maheshwari*† , Andreea Danielescu†✉, and Lining Yao✉
(* Contributed Equally; † Accenture Labs)
In Proceedings of the ACM conference on Designing Interactive Systems (DIS) 2022 PDF | DOI | Video Presentation
ACM CHI 2015
bioLogic: Natto Cells as Nanoactuators for Shape Changing Interfaces.
Lining Yao, Jifei Ou, Chin-Yi Cheng, Helene Steiner, Wen Wang, Guanyun Wang, and Hiroshi Ishii✉
The ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI) 2015 PDF | DOI | Project Page
🏅 Awards: Best Talk Award | Best Paper Honorable Mention Award | Fast Co.Design 2016 Innovation By Design Award , 2016 Platinum A’ Design Award for Textile, Fabric, Textures, Patterns and Cloth Design Category , 2016 Golden A’ Design Award for Wearable Technologies Design Category, 2016 Silver A’ Design Award for Fashion, Apparel and Garment Design Category
📣News: MIT News | Wired | Wired UK | Discovery News | Dezeen | YAHOO! News UK | CNBC | Fast Company | Creative Application, Gizmodo, Smithsonian Innovation, Interesting Engineer
Theme 2: Computational and AI-based Design Method of Morphing Matter
ACM CHI 2018
Thermorph: Democratizing 4D Printing of Self-Folding Materials and Interfaces
Byoungkwon An*, Ye Tao*, Jianzhe Gu, Tingyu Cheng, Xiang 'Anthony' Chen, Xiaoxiao Zhang, Wei Zhao, Youngwook Do, Shigeo Takahashi, Hsiang-Yun Wu, Teng Zhang✉, Lining Yao✉ (* Contributed Equally)
The ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI) 2018 PDF | DOI
Exhibitions: Ars Electronica 2018
📣Selected News: CMU News | HCII@CMU | dezeen | ZDNet | ALL3DP
Project Page: Thermorph
ACM UIST 2020
SimuLearn: Fast and Accurate Simulator to Support Morphing Materials Design and Workflows
Humphrey Yang, Kuanren Qian, Haolin Liu, Yuxuan Yu, Jianzhe Gu, Matthew McGehee, Yongjie Jessica Zhang✉, Lining Yao✉
The ACM User Interface Software and Technology Symposium (UIST) 2020 PDF | DOI
Project Page: SimuLearn | Video | Presentation
Geodesy+: Inverse Design Tool for Asymmetrical Self-Rising Surfaces with Color Texture
Jianzhe Gu, Vidya Narayanan, Guanyun Wang, Danli Luo, Harshika Jain, Kexin Lu, Fang Qin, Sijia Wang, James McCann✉, Lining Yao✉
The ACM Symposium of Computational Fabrication (SCF) 2020 PDF I DOI | SOURCE CODE
Project Page: Geodesy Plus | Video | Presentation
Geodesy: Self-rising 2.5D Tiles by Printing along 2D Geodesic Closed Path
Jianzhe Gu, David E. Breen, Jenny Hu, Lifeng Zhu, Ye Tao, Tyson Van de Zande, Guanyun Wang, Yongjie Jessica Zhang✉, and Lining Yao✉.
The ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI) 2019 PDF | DOI
Project Page: Geodesy
Material Characterization and Precise Finite Element Analysis of Fiber Reinforced Thermoplastic Composites for 4D Printing
Yuxuan Yu*, Haolin Liu*, Kuanren Qian, Humphrey Yang, Matthew McGehee, Jianzhe Gu, Danli Luo, Lining Yao✉, Yongjie Jessica Zhang✉ (* Contributed Equally)
Journal of Computer Aided Design 2020 PDF | DOI | Project Page
Theme 3: Morphing Matter for Human Health and Experiences
ReCompFig: Designing Dynamically Reconfigurable Kinematic
Devices Using Compliant Mechanisms and Tensioning Cables
Humphrey Yang, Tate Johnson, Ke Zhong, Dinesh K. Patel, Gina Olson, Carmel Majidi✉, Mohammad Islam✉, Lining Yao✉
The ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI) 2022 PDF | DOI
🏅 Awards: Best Paper Honorable Mention Award at CHI 2022
🗃 Patent
Project Page: ReCompFig | video
Morphace: An Integrated Approach for Designing Customizable and Transformative Facial Prosthetic Makeup
Sijia Wang*, Cathy Mengyi Fang*, Yiyao Yang, Kexin Lu, Maria Vlachostergiou, Lining Yao✉ (* Contributed Equally)
The Augmented Humans (AHs) International Conference 2022 PDF
🏅 Awards: Best Paper Honorable Mention Award
ExoForm: Shape Memory and Self-Fusing Semi-Rigid Wearables
Fang Qin, Huai-Yu Cheng, Rachel Sneeringer, Maria Vlachostergiou, Sampada Acharya, Haolin Liu, Carmel Majidi✉, Mohammad Islam✉ and Lining Yao✉
The ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI) 2021 DOI | PDF
📣News: CMU College of Engineering, TEDxCMU
ElectroDermis: Fully Untethered, Stretchable, and Highly-Customizable Electronic Bandages
Eric Markvicka*, Guanyun Wang*, Yi-Chin Lee, Gierad Laput, Carmel Majidi✉, Lining Yao✉ (* Contributed Equally)
The ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI) 2019 PDF | DOI
🏅 Awards: Dezeen Award 2019 Design Longlist | SXSW 2020 Innovation Awards Finalists
📣News: Fast Company | Dezeen | Designboom | AI Med| Printed Electronic World | AXIS
Project page: ElectroDermis
Theme 4: Advanced Manufacturing of Morphing Matter
Toward Fully Printed Soft Actuators: UV-Assisted Printing of Liquid Crystal Elastomers and Biphasic Liquid Metal Conductors
João Sgotti Veiga, Manuel Reis Carneiro, Rafael Molter, Michael Vinciguerra, Lining Yao, Carmel Majidi, and Mahmoud Tavakoli*
ACM CHI 2023
An Augmented Knitting Machine for Operational Assistance and Guided Improvisation
Lea Albaugh, Scott E Hudson, Lining Yao
The ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI) 2021 PDF | DOI
Project details | video
ACM CHI 2023
Physically Situated Tools for Exploring a Grain Space in Computational Machine Knitting
Lea Albaugh, Scott E Hudson, Lining Yao
The ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI) 2021 PDF | DOI
Project details | video
Enabling Personal Computational Handweaving with a Low-Cost Jacquard Loom
Lea Albaugh, James McCann✉, Lining Yao✉, Scott E. Hudson✉
The ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI) 2021 PDF | DOI
🗃 Patent
Project details | video
Freeform Fabrication of Fluidic Edible Materials
Humphrey Yang, Danli Luo, Kuanren Qian, Lining Yao✉
The ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI) 2021 DOI | PDF
Project page: Freeform Food Printing | Video | Presentation
ShrinCage: 4D Printing Accessories that Self-Adapt
Lingyun Sun, Yue Yang, Yu Chen, Jiaji Li, Danli Luo, Haolin Liu, Lining Yao, Ye Tao, Guanyun Wang✉
Zhejiang University (Lead) , Zhejiang University City College, Carnegie Mellon University
The ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI) 2021 DOI | PDF
Project page: Video | Presentation
FlexTruss: A Computational Threading Method for Multi-material, Multi-form and Multi-use Prototyping
Lingyun Sun, Jiaji Li, Yu Chen, Yue Yang, Zhi Yu, Danli Luo, Jianzhe Gu, Lining Yao, Ye Tao, Guanyun Wang✉
Zhejiang University (Lead), Zhejiang University City College, Carnegie Mellon University
The ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI) 2021 DOI | PDF
Project page: Video | Presentation
bioPrint: A Liquid Deposition Printing System for Natural Actuators.
Lining Yao, Jifei Ou, Guanyun Wang, Chin-Yi Cheng, Wen Wang, Helene Steiner, and Hiroshi Ishii✉.
Journal of 3D Printing and Additive Manufacturing 2015 PDF | DOI | Project Page
Investigating Underdetermination Through Interactive Computational Handweaving
Lea Albaugh, Scott E. Hudson✉, Lining Yao✉, Laura Devendorf✉
The ACM conference on Designing Interactive Systems (DIS) 2019 PDF | DOI
Project details | Video | Presentation
Silver Tape: Inkjet-Printed Circuits Peeled-and-Transferred on Versatile Substrates
Tingyu Cheng, Koya Narumi, Youngwook Do, Yang Zhang, Tung D. Ta, Takuya Sasatani, Eric Markvicka, Yoshihiro Kawahara✉, Lining Yao✉, Gregory D. Abowd✉, HyunJoo Oh✉
The ACM International Conference on Ubiquitous Computing (DIS) 2019 PDF | DOI
Project Video: Silver Tape | Presentation
xPrint: A Modularized Liquid Printer for Smart Materials Deposition.
Guanyun Wang, Lining Yao, Wen Wang, Jifei Ou, Chin-Yi Cheng, Hiroshi Ishii✉.
The ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI) 2016 PDF | DOI
News: 3dprint.com
Project Video: xPrint
Transformative Appetite: Shape-Changing Food Transforms from 2D to 3D by Water Interaction through Cooking
Wen Wang*, Lining Yao*, Teng Zhang, Chin-Yi Cheng, Daniel Levine, Hiroshi Ishii✉ (* Contributed Equally)
The ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI) 2017 PDF | DOI
News: MIT News | CNN | Popular Science | Fox News | dezeen | Boston Globe |
Talks: reThinkFood | PopTech | Meet the Media Guru | Techfestival
🗃 Patent
Project Page: Transformative Appetite
Theme 5: Actuation, Morphing Mechanisms and Robotics
Engineering Multifunctional Spacer Fabrics Through Machine Knitting
Lea Albaugh, James McCann, Scott E. Hudson✉, Lining Yao✉
The ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI) 2021 PDF | DOI
🏅 Award: Best Paper Honorable Mention
Project page | Video | Presentation
Digital Fabrication of Soft Actuated Objects by Machine Knitting
Lea Albaugh, Scott Hudson✉, and Lining Yao✉
The ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI) 2019 PDF | DOI
📣News: Tech Crunch | CMU Homepage | TechXplore
Project Page: 3D Knitted Robotic Materials
Robotic Materials Report
Nikolaus Correll (University of Colorado Boulder), Ray Baughman (University of Texas at Dallas), Richard Voyles (Purdue University), Lining Yao (Carnegie Mellon University), and Dan Inman (University of Michigan).
Blog post from Computing Community Consortium
White paper PDF
ModiFiber: Two-Way Morphing Soft Thread Actuators for Tangible Interaction
Jack Forman, Taylor Tabb, Youngwook Do, Meng-Han Yeh, Adrian Galvin, and Lining Yao✉
The ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI) 2019 PDF | DOI
🏅 Awards: Lunar Gala Fashion Show | INNOVATIVE COSTUME of the 21st CENTURY: THE NEXT GENERATION in Moscow
Project video: modiFiber
Self-healing UI: Mechanically and Electrically Self-healing Materials for Sensing and Actuation Interfaces
Koya Narumi*, Fang Qin*, Siyuan Liu, Huai-Yu Cheng, Jianzhe Gu, Yoshihiro Kawahara✉, Mohammad Islam✉, and Lining Yao✉ (* Contributed Equally)
The ACM User Interface Software and Technology Symposium (UIST) 2019 PDF | DOI
🏅 Awards: Best Paper Award at WISS 2019
📣News: History Channel | Fast Company
Project Page: Healer
Printed Paper Actuator: A Low-cost Reversible Actuation and Sensing Method for Shape Changing Interfaces
Guanyun Wang*, Tingyu Cheng*, Youngwook Do, Humphrey Yang, Ye Tao, Jianzhe Gu, Byoungkwon An, Lining Yao✉ (* Contributed Equally)
The ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI) 2018 PDF | DOI
📣News: Wired | Discover Magazine | NPR News | Futurity | Science Daily | CMU Home page
🏅 Awards: 2018 Ars Electronica STARTS PRIZE
Exhibitions: Ars Electronica 2018 | Bozar | Hyundai Motorstudio
Project Page: Printed Paper Actuator
JamSheets: thin interfaces with tunable stiffness enabled by layer jamming
Jifei Ou, Lining Yao, Daniel Tauber, Jürgen Steimle, Ryuma Niiyama, and Hiroshi Ishii✉.
The ACM Conference on Tangible, Embedded and Embodied Interaction (TEI) 2014 PDF | DOI
🗃 Patent
🏅 Awards: Core 77 Community Choice Prize | iF Design Award | IxDA Interaction Award finalist
Project Video: jamSheets
PneUI: pneumatically actuated soft composite materials for shape changing interfaces.
Lining Yao, Ryuma Niiyama, Jifei Ou, Sean Follmer, Clark Della Silva, and Hiroshi Ishii✉
The ACM User Interface Software and Technology Symposium (UIST) 2013 PDF | DOI
🏅 Awards: Best Paper Award | Best Demo Nominee
🗃 Patent
Project Video: PneUI