EDUCATION
BDes industrial design, minor in physical computing
Carnegie Mellon University
2019-2023
GPA 3.92 / 4
dean's list s2020, f2020, s2021, f2021
high school dual enrollment
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
2017-2019
dean's list s2018, f2018, s2019
EXPERIENCE
researcher, research assistant
Morphing Matter Lab, CMU HCII
feb 2021 - present
structures special projects captain
designer
driver interface engineer
sep 2020 - present
industrial design intern
may 2021 - aug 2021
PUBLICATIONS
Humphrey Yang, Tate Johnson, Ke Zhong, Dinesh K. Patel, Gina Olson,
Carmel Majidi, Mohammad Islam, and Lining Yao. 2022.
ReCompFig: Designing Dynamically Reconfigurable Kinematic Devices Using Compliant Mechanisms and Tensioning Cables.
In CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI ’22). ACM, 2022.
best paper honorable mention
Tate Johnson, Humphrey Yang, Lining Yao. 2022.
Automated Morphing Food Production for Deep Space Travel.
In Proceedings of SpaceCHI 2.0: Advancing Human-Computer Interaction for Space Exploration.
AWARDS
Lee Goldman scholarship award recipient
CMU School of Design
may 2022
people's choice award
CMU Graduate Entrepreneurship Hack-A-Startup hackathon
nov 2020
TEACHING
adjunct instructor, 05-499/899 Inclusive Tangible and Material Interfaces
(Lining Yao, spring 2022)