YUYU LIN 林堉育
Hi, I‘m a Ph.D. student in the Interactive Structures Lab at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) Human-Computer Interaction Institute (HCII), advised by Prof. Alexandra Ion.
My current work focuses on the design and fabrication of personalized wearable materials and devices. I am passionate about discovering beautifully simple solutions to complex problems, such as in developing user-centered exoskeletons for rehabilitation. I work at the intersection of HCI, biomechanics, medicine, and computer science. I engineer active materials and passive structures with adaptive properties that respond to users' dynamic requirements and body movements. I create simulation and customization pipelines that enable end users to personalize their wearables.
Before joining CMU, I pursued my master's degree in Computer Science at Stanford University. I did my undergrad and master's in Industrial Design at Zhejiang University, where I'm honored to be one of the Morningside Cultural China Scholars.
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Publications
Personalized Bistable Orthoses for Rehabilitation of Finger Joints (UIST'25)
Yuyu Lin, Dian Zhu, Anoushka Naidu, Kenneth Yu, Deon Harper, Eni Halilaj, Douglas Weber, Deborah Ellen Kenney, Adam J. Popchak, Mark Baratz, Alexandra Ion
Current orthoses immobilize fingers. To facilitate both rehabilitation and dexterity, we introduce a novel multifunctional yet unpowered finger orthosis design. Our design supports easy switching between two distinct states: a stiff state for immobilization and a flexible state for mobilization.
Wearable Material Properties (CHI'25)
Yuyu Lin, Hatice Gokcen Guner, Jianzhe Gu, Sonia Prashant, Alexandra Ion
Users interact with static objects daily, but their preferences and needs may vary. Making the objects dynamic or adaptable requires updating all objects. Instead, we propose a novel wearable interface that empowers users to adjust perceived material properties.
ConeAct: A Multistable Actuator for Dynamic Materials (CHI'24)
Yuyu Lin, Jesse T. Gonzalez, Zhitong Cui, Yash Rajeev Banka, Alexandra Ion
In this paper, we propose ConeAct, a cone-shaped actuator that can extend, contract, and bend in multiple directions to support rich expression in dynamic materials. A key benefit of our actuator is that it is self-contained and portable as the whole system. We designed our actuator’s structure to be multistable to hold its shape passively, while we control its transition between states using active materials, i.e., shape memory alloys.
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