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Katherine Song

PhD (alum)

Katherine graduated with a PhD student in computer science in 2024. She explored projects at the intersection of digital fabrication, materials science, and sustainability. Previously, she worked at Apple as a display electrical engineer on the Apple Watch, iPhone X, and next-generation display technologies. She has a bachelor's degree in EE from Princeton University and a master's degree in EECS from MIT.

In her spare time, she likes to run on trails and climb on rocks.

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Projects

Füpop
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Füpop: "Real Food" Flavor Delivery via Focused Ultrasound

Katherine W. Song, Szu Ting Tung, Alexis Kim, and Eric Paulos

CHI 2024

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Sustainable Unmaking
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Sustainable Unmaking: Designing for Biodegradation, Decay, and Disassembly

Katherine W. Song, Fiona Bell, Himani Deshpande, Ilan Mandel, Tiffany Wun, Mirela Alistar, Leah Buechley, Wendy Ju, Jeeeun Kim, Eric Paulos, Samar Sabie, and Ron Wakkary

CHI EA 2024

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Decomposable Interactive Systems

Katherine W. Song

UIST 2023

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Vɪᴍ
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Vɪᴍ: Customizable, Decomposable Electrical Energy Storage

Katherine W. Song and Eric Paulos

CHI 2023

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Lotio
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Lotio: Lotion-Mediated Interaction with an Electronic Skin-Worn Display

Katherine W. Song*, Christine Dierk*, Szu Ting Tung, and Eric Paulos

CHI 2023

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#Unmaking@Chi
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#Unmaking@CHI: Concretizing the Material and Epistemological Practices of Unmaking in HCI

Samar Sabie, Katherine W. Song, Tapan Parikh, Steven Jackson, Eric Paulos, Kristina Lindstrom, Åsa Ståhl, Dina Sabie, Kristina Andersen, Ron Wakkary

CHI EA 2022

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Towards Decomposable Interactive Systems
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Towards Decomposable Interactive Systems: Design of a Backyard-Degradable Wireless Heating Interface

Katherine W Song, Aditi Maheshwari, Eric M Gallo, Andreea Danielescu, Eric Paulos

CHI 2022

🎖️ Honorable Mention

Crank That Feed
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Crank That Feed: A Physical Intervention for Active Twitter Users

Katherine W. Song*, Janaki Vivrekar*, Lynn Yeom*, Eric Paulos, and Niloufar Salehi

CHI EA 2021

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