Fiona Bell is an interdisciplinary engineer, researching sustainable biomaterials.听Advised by Mirela Alistar, Fiona's research happens at the intersection of material science, biology, and design.听Receiving a Bachelor of Science听in mechanical engineering from Santa Clara University in 2019, she uses her technical background as a foundation to support her current creative work. As a PhD student, she hopes to听create beautiful, functional, and sustainable products that bring value and joy to people.
Projects
Publications
Fiona Bell,听Michelle Ramsahoye,听Joshua Coffie,听Julia Tung, and听Mirela Alistar. 2023. 鈥溾��. In:听Designing Interactive Systems Conference (DIS 鈥�23), (Pittsburgh, PA, July 10鈥�14, 2023).
Fiona Bell,听Derrek Chow,听Eldy S. Lazaro Vasquez,听Laura Devendorf, and听Mirela Alistar. 2023. "". In:听Proceedings of the Seventeenth International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction听(TEI '23)听(Warsaw, Poland, February 26 - March 1, 2023)鈥�. 听[Best Pictorial Award].
Fiona Bell,听Derrek Chow,听Hyelin Choi, and听Mirela Alistar. 2023. "". In:听Proceedings of the Seventeenth International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction听(TEI '23)听(Warsaw, Poland, February 26 - March 1, 2023)鈥�.听
Fiona Bell,听Netta Ofer,听Hyelin Choi,听Ella McQuaid,听Ethan Frier, and听Mirela Alistar.听2022. Biomaterial Playground: Engaging with Bio-based Materiality. In听Extended Abstracts of the 2022 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 鈥�22). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 1鈥�4. DOI:听听(New Orleans, LA鈥擜pril 29-May 5, 2022).
Fiona Bell,听Netta Ofer, and听Mirela Alistar. 2022. ReClaym our Compost: Biodegradable Clay for Intimate Making. In听Proceedings of the 2022 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems听(CHI 鈥�22). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 1鈥�14. DOI:听听(New Orleans, LA, USA鈥擜pril 29-May 5, 2022).听[Best Paper Honorable Mention Award]
Fiona Bell,听Ella McQuaid, and听Mirela Alistar.听2022. Alganyl: Cooking Sustainable Clothing. Dise帽a 20: Design and Somatic Sensibilities. Article 4. DOI:听
Fiona Bell,听Latifa Al-Naimi,听Ella McQuaid, and听Mirela Alistar. 2022. Designing with Alganyl. In听Sixteenth International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction听(TEI '22). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, Article 2, 1-14. DOI:听听(Daejeon, Republic of Korea (virtual) Feb. 13-16, 2022).
Fiona Bell听and听Mirela Alistar. 2022. Designing with Alganyl: A Hands-on Exploration of Biodegradable Plastics. In听Sixteenth International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction听(TEI '22). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, Article 56, 1-5. DOI:听听(Daejeon, Republic of Korea (virtual)鈥揊eb. 13-16, 2022).
Netta Ofer,听Fiona Bell听and听Mirela Alistar. 2021. Designing Direct Interactions with Bioluminescent Algae. In听Designing Interactive Systems Conference 2021听(DIS 鈥�21), June 28-July 2, 2021, Virtual Event, USA. ACM, New York, NY, USA, 23 pages.听
Fiona Bell, Alice Hong, Andreea Danielescu, Aditi Maheshwari, Ben Greenspan, Hiroshi Ishii,听Laura Devendorf, and听Mirela Alistar. 2021. Self-deStaining Textiles: Designing Interactive Systems with Fabric, Stains and Light. 听In听Proceedings of the 2021 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 鈥�21). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 1鈥�12. (Yokohama, Japan (virtual)鈥揗ay 8-13, 2021).听pdf.
Fiona Bell听and听Mirela Alistar. 2021. Alganyl.听Patent No.听US 63/184,992, Filed April 26th, 2021.
Fiona Bell. 2021. The Undyeing Swatch.听In Proceedings of the Fifteenth International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction (TEI '21). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, Article 86, 1鈥�3. DOI:听(Salzburg, Austria (virtual) Feb. 14-19, 2021).听
