Press

April 11, 2023

WEARABLE TECHNOLOGY TO AID IN POST-COVID LOSS OF SMELL

College of Professional Studies and Fine Arts at SDSU
Article by Aleesia Benkey

March 9, 2022

USING ROBOTS TO TURN OCEAN LIFE INTO ART

Humanities and Fine Arts at UC Santa Barbara
Article by Alexandra Goldberg and Lian Benasuly

July 31, 2019

Drawings: In the Digital Age -Experiencing Architecture and Music through STEM

Museum at University of California, Santa Barbara
Article by Emily Corb

June 10, 2019

Technological art at UCSB

Santa Barbara News-Press
Article and photo by Soe Han Tha

June 4, 2019

Hybrid Works

The UCSB Current
Article by Shelly Leachman. Photo by JM Escalante

March 2019

New Pre-College Course to Explore Architecture and Music

The Bottom Line Featurs
Article by Xander Apicella. Photo by Jungah Son

May 10, 2013

Two UO students are finalists in Oregon BEST Red List Design Challenge

University of Oregon
Article by Media Relations

Honors and Awards

2023

Dean’s Award for Achievement in Research Scholarship Creative Activity

San Diego State University, San Diego

2019

Design Award: Reshape19 Talents

Wearable technology category

2013

Oregon BEST Red List Design Challenge Finalist

The International Living Future Institute
Portland, Oregon

2012

Nascence and UO Hong Kong Alumni Scholarship

University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon
Eugene, Oregon

2012

Lyman and Judith Johnson Interior Architecture Award

University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon
Eugene, Oregon


Grants and Fellowships

June - August 2023

SURP Grant (Awarded $7,000)

San Diego State University, San Diego
Role: PI

January - December 2023

STEM-NET SEED Grant (Awarded $25,000)

San Diego State University, San Diego
Role: Co-PI

Spring 2023

PSFA Faculty Travel Grant (Awarded $1,000)

San Diego State University, San Diego

2021-2022

Olivia Long Converse Fellowship (Awarded $24,000)

University of California, Santa Barbara

2021

SYMADES Research Grant (Awarded $5,000)

University of California, Santa Barbara

2021

CARES Act MSI Summer Grant (Awarded $6,000)

University of California, Santa Barbara


Invited Talks

November 17, 2022

Music and Architecture

In the Crossing Borders: Design is Not One Thing
The Pecha Kucha Night of San Diego Architectural Foundation.San Diego, CA, USA.

October 20, 2022

Interdisciplinary Research and Practice

In Amplify: Artists and Designers in Real Time - Radical Empathy
San Diego State University. San Diego, CA, USA.

September 21-25, 2022

Soft Design: Bio-inspired Wearable Robotics for Fashion Technology

San Diego Design Week
San Diego, CA, USA

March, 2022

From Soft Interior To Sound Ecology

School of Architecture at the University of Texas, Austin
Austin, Texas, USA

December 3, 2019

Zen in Japanese Gardens and John Cage’s Music

University of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA

June 12-14, 2016

The Philosophy, Music, and Being of Xenakis’ Work From I Ching Perspective

University of Cyprus
Nicosia, Cyprus

February 2011

Speech Recognition: Artificial Intelligence for Smart Home

University of Oregon
Eugene, Oregon