Assistant Prof. @cuatlas / @cuengineering Director Utility Research Lab (@utilityLabCU) Researching digital fabrication, sustainability, 3D printing, and more.
Boulder, CO
Joined April 2011
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📢I'm recruiting 3 PhD students to work on digital fabrication, computational design, and sustainability in the @UtilityLabCU at @cuatlas / @CUEngineering .
I'll be at #UIST2024 and am happy to chat with anyone interested in joining✨.
More Info: utilityresearchlab.org/
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Ever wonder how to recycle a multi-material 3D print ♻️? In our latest paper, we use computation & dissolvable materials *without* compromising functionality.
PDF: doi.org/10.1145/3706598.3714…
Video: youtu.be/akN1_7oDHr8PDF
#CHI2025 talk by @mriveralee: Tues (4/29) 2:46-2:58pm
Michael Rivera retweeted
“ When a Clown moves into the Palace, he doesn’t become a King, The Palace becomes a Circus” is a Turkish proverb which is worth heeding in the coming days.
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🚀 Hiring PhD summer interns - PLEASE RT!
At @AdobeResearch we're looking for students skilled in HCI & GenAI to transform Web experiences with aem.live!
Topics: Web usability, page generation, evaluation, optimization, RAG,...
Apply now! careers.adobe.com/us/en/job/…
You can learn more about the @cuatlas PhD program here: colorado.edu/atlas/academics… and check out the Utility Research Lab's work on our website: utilityresearchlab.org/
Come learn about doing a PhD in our lab w/ @mriveralee at @cuatlas — info session is tomorrow! Sign-up Link: grad.apply.colorado.edu/regi…
If you’re interested in getting a PhD, this is a great chance to chat with the cool faculty at @cuatlas. And if you’re into digital fabrication, computational design and sustainability, I’ll be there recruiting the @UtilityLabCU 🖥️🔩
To prospective PhD students, there is a PhD information session hosted by CU Boulder ATLAS Institute on 10/29 (Tue) 8AM MT. In particular, if you're working on #Tangible, #AR, and #Robotics areas, please contact me too.
You can learn more here: colorado.edu/atlas/academics…
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We found a way to generate manifold, polygonal meshes from feature vectors at points -- even if the vectors are random, you are still guaranteed to get a manifold mesh!
How? Halfedge meshes, permutations, spacetimes, and more! Check out the 🧵. This project was a blast!
Generating nice meshes in AI pipelines is hard. Our #SIGGRAPHAsia2024 paper proposes a new representation which guarantees manifold connectivity, and even supports polygonal meshes -- a big step for downstream editing and simulation. (1/N)
SpaceMesh: research.nvidia.com/labs/tor…
Joint work with @mli0603 @MarcTLaw @matanatzmon @FidlerSanja @james_r_lucas @JunGao33210520 @nmwsharp (1/n)
Michael Rivera retweeted
📢I'm recruiting 3 PhD students to work on digital fabrication, computational design, and sustainability in the @UtilityLabCU at @cuatlas / @CUEngineering .
I'll be at #UIST2024 and am happy to chat with anyone interested in joining✨.
More Info: utilityresearchlab.org/
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3. on @CNC_Kitchen: youtube.com/watch?v=Oeqvo2c2…
Reach out if you're interested in applying, and check out utilityresearchlab.org/ for more info!
Also, @cuatlas is hosting a Virtual PhD Information Session on Oct 29, 8am - 9:30am MT. Sign-up here: grad.apply.colorado.edu/regi…
Our lab focuses on doing impactful work—we combine computational fabrication, materials science, and sustainable design practices in domains like 3D printing, (smart) textiles, and electronics.
We've been featured in:
1. NPR's All Things Considered: npr.org/2024/07/07/nx-s1-502…
Learn more about the @UtilityLabCU's work in 3D printing, textiles, and sustainability as part of @cuatlas @CUEngineering 😃
.@cmuhcii alum Mike Rivera has found a way to use spent coffee grounds for 3D printing. From espresso cups to flower pots, his creations are sustainable and surprisingly strong: bit.ly/47JVdKL
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Last week I chatted with @npratc about making dissolvable textiles using our open-source biofibers spinning machine. Check out the interview here: npr.org/2024/07/07/nx-s1-502…
@EldySteph @CU_LML @cuatlas @CUEngineering
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'How fibers spun from gelatin could help reduce #TextileWaste'? "@mriveralee, an assistant prof..with @cuatlas at the University of Colorado Boulder, talks about dissolvable #fibers made from gelatin" | @npratc npr.org/2024/07/07/nx-s1-502… #textiles #clothing #recycling #circularity
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University of Colorado Boulder researchers create fibers from gelatin to solve waste problem cbsnews.com/colorado/news/un…
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Our biofibers machine was featured in the @CBSNewsColorado—check out how we use gelatin to make textiles that can be dissolved and recycled youtube.com/watch?v=GhX3GV5x…
@EldySteph @cuatlas @CUEngineering @mriveralee @CU_LML
Michael Rivera retweeted
For prospective PhDs:
As a PhD student, I thought the best supervisors had the most papers or the biggest lab
As a supervisor, I realise that's absolutely not true
4 ways to actually find a good PhD supervisor
#AcademicTwitter
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Starting from a formula based on gelatin 🧪, we made a machine that prints biodegradable fibers for sustainable e-textiles
check Eldy Lazaro's work on Mon at 2:45 Room 315
programs.sigchi.org/chi/2024…
#chi2024 #Sustainability @acm_chi @CU_LML @cuatlas @EldySteph @mriveralee
Come see our work! And if you're interested in getting a PhD focused on digital fabrication + sustainability, chat with me at #chi2024 about joining the @UtilityLabCU
New paper is out!
For the ones into sustainability in #SmartTextiles, I’ll be presenting our Open-source Desktop Biofibers Spinning Machine at @acm_chi
Research collaboration between @UtilityLabCU @CU_LML and @unstable_design from @cu_atlas
