The Utility Research Lab, directed by Michael Rivera, invents and investigates digital fabrication technology, tools听and techniques that empower people to create things. We develop hardware, software and materials with a purpose鈥攖o advance science and engineering while positively impacting people, society听and the environment. More information about the lab can be found on the lab website linked below. For inquiries, please email utilityresearchlab@gmail.com. 听
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Eldy S. Lazaro Vasquez,听Mirela Alistar,听Laura Devendorf, and听Michael L. Rivera. 2024.听. In:听Proceedings of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 鈥�24), (Honolulu, HI, May 11鈥�16, 2024).
S. Sandra Bae, Takanori Fujiwara, Anders Ynnerman, Ellen Yi-Luen Do, Michael L. Rivera, Danielle Albers Szafir. 2023. "". In:听IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (October听2023).
Michael L. Rivera,听S. Sandra Bae, Scott E. Hudson. 2023. 鈥溾��. In:听Designing Interactive Systems Conference (DIS 鈥�23)听(Pittsburgh, PA, July 10鈥�14, 2023).
Krithik Ranjan,听Peter Gyory,听Michael L. Rivera,听Ellen Yi-Luen Do. 2023. 鈥溾��. In:听Proceedings of the 22nd Annual ACM Interaction Design and Children Conference (IDC '23)听(Chicago, IL, June 19-23, 2023).
