Publications

2026

  1. Gelosi, Deanna and Rivera, Michael L. and Devendorf, Laura (2026). Uniquely Shaped Spaces: Object-Driven Algorithmic Shelf Design and Fabrication. Proceedings of the 2026 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 1โ€“19. DOI.
  2. Wen, Xin and Bae, S. Sandra and Rivera, Michael L. (2026). Computational Design and Disassembly for Recycling Multi-Material 3D Printed Objects. Adjunct Proceedings of the 10th ACM Symposium on Computational Fabrication, 1โ€“4. DOI.

2025

  1. Wen, Xin and Bae, S. Sandra and Rivera, Michael L. (2025). Enabling Recycling of Multi-Material 3D Printed Objects through Computational Design and Disassembly by Dissolution. Proceedings of the 2025 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 1โ€“21. DOI.
  2. Bae, S. Sandra and Fujiwara, Takanori and Szafir, Danielle and Do, Ellen Yi-Luen and Rivera, Michael L. (2025). Computational Design and Single-Wire Sensing of 3D Printed Objects with Integrated Capacitive Touchpoints. Proceedings of the ACM Symposium on Computational Fabrication, 1โ€“19. DOI.
  3. Ranjan, Krithik and Gyory, Peter and Howell, Seneca and Stewart, Therese and Rivera, Michael L. and Do, Ellen Yi-Luen (2025). Cartoonimator: A Paper-based Tangible Kit for Keyframe Animation. Proceedings of the Nineteenth International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction, 1โ€“16. DOI.

2024

  1. Lazaro Vasquez, Eldy S. and Alistar, Mirela and Devendorf, Laura and Rivera, Michael L. (2024). Desktop Biofibers Spinning: An Open-Source Machine for Exploring Biobased Fibers and Their Application Towards Sustainable Smart Textile Design. Proceedings of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 1โ€“18. DOI.
  2. Wen, Xin and Lazaro Vasquez, Eldy S. and Rivera, Michael L. (2024). Exploring a Software Tool for Biofibers Design. Adjunct Proceedings of the 37th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology, 1โ€“3. DOI.

2023

  1. Rivera, Michael L. and Bae, S. Sandra and Hudson, Scott E. (2023). Designing a Sustainable Material for 3D Printing with Spent Coffee Grounds. Proceedings of the 2023 ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference, 294โ€“311. DOI.
  2. Bae, S. Sandra and Fujiwara, Takanori and Ynnerman, Anders and Do, Ellen Yi-Luen and Rivera, Michael L. and Szafir, Danielle Albers (2023). A computational design pipeline to fabricate sensing network physicalizations. IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, 30 (1) 913โ€“923.
  3. Ranjan, Krithik and Gyory, Peter and Rivera, Michael L and Do, Ellen Yi-Luen (2023). Cartoonimator: A Low-cost, Paper-based Animation Kit for Computational Thinking. Proceedings of the 22nd Annual ACM Interaction Design and Children Conference, 517โ€“521. DOI.
  4. Valencia, Stephanie and Steidl, Mark and Rivera, Michael L. and Bennett, Cynthia L. and Bigham, Jeffrey P. and Admoni, Henny (2023). Nonverbal Communication through Expressive Objects. Commun. ACM, 67 (1) 123โ€“131. DOI.

2021

  1. Valencia, Stephanie and Steidl, Mark and Rivera, Michael and Bennett, Cynthia and Bigham, Jeffrey and Admoni, Henny (2021). Aided Nonverbal Communication through Physical Expressive Objects. Proceedings of the 23rd International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility, 1โ€“11. DOI.
  2. Huang, Yu-Ning and Zhao, Siyan and Rivera, Michael L and Hong, Jason I. and Kraut, Robert E (2021). Predicting Well-being Using Short Ecological Momentary Audio Recordings. Extended Abstracts of the 2021 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 1โ€“7. DOI.

2020

  1. Rivera, Michael L. and Forman, Jack and Hudson, Scott E. and Yao, Lining (2020). Hydrogel-Textile Composites: Actuators for Shape-Changing Interfaces. Extended Abstracts of the 2020 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 1โ€“9. DOI.
  2. Swaminathan, Saiganesh and Fagert, Jonathon and Rivera, Michael and Cao, Andrew and Laput, Gierad and Noh, Hae Young and Hudson, Scott E. (2020). OptiStructures: Fabrication of Room-Scale Interactive Structures with Embedded Fiber Bragg Grating Optical Sensors and Displays. Proceedings of the ACM on Interactive, Mobile, Wearable and Ubiquitous Technologies, 4 (2) 50:1โ€“50:21. DOI.

2019

  1. Rivera, Michael L. and Hudson, Scott E. (2019). Desktop Electrospinning: A Single Extruder 3D Printer for Producing Rigid Plastic and Electrospun Textiles. Proceedings of the 2019 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 1โ€“12.
  2. Swaminathan, Saiganesh and Rivera, Michael and Kang, Runchang and Luo, Zheng and Ozutemiz, Kadri Bugra and Hudson, Scott E. (2019). Input, Output and Construction Methods for Custom Fabrication of Room-Scale Deployable Pneumatic Structures. Proceedings of the ACM on Interactive, Mobile, Wearable and Ubiquitous Technologies, 3 (2) 62:1โ€“62:17. DOI.
  3. Guo, Anhong and Kong, Junhan and Rivera, Michael and Xu, Frank F. and Bigham, Jeffrey P. (2019). StateLens: A Reverse Engineering Solution for Making Existing Dynamic Touchscreens Accessible. Proceedings of the 32nd Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology, 371โ€“385. DOI.

2018

  1. McDonald, Joselyn and Zhao, Siyan and Liu, Jen and Rivera, Michael L. (2018). MaxiFab: Applied Fabrication to Advance Period Technologies. Proceedings of the 2018 ACM Conference Companion Publication on Designing Interactive Systems, 13โ€“19. DOI.

2017

  1. Rivera, Michael L. and Moukperian, Melissa and Ashbrook, Daniel and Mankoff, Jennifer and Hudson, Scott E. (2017). Stretching the Bounds of 3D Printing with Embedded Textiles. Proceedings of the 2017 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 497โ€“508. DOI.

2016

  1. Gรกlvez, Jorge A. and Simpao, Allan F. and Dori, Yoav and Gralewski, Kevin and McGill, Nicholas H. and Rivera, Michael L. and Delso, Nile and Khan, Hammad and Rehman, Mohamed A. and Fiadjoe, John E. (2016). Not Just a Pretty Face: Three-Dimensional Printed Custom Airway Management Devices. 3D Printing and Additive Manufacturing, 3 (3) 160โ€“165. DOI.