Selected Invited Presentations

"Zine Catalog of Augmented Trans Futures" | Informatics Student Speaker Series | Irvine, CA & Remote | Talk

Part of graduate student speaker series for the Informatics department at UC Irvine. Talk discussed preliminary findings and methods breakdown of NSF funded research for participatory workshops to design AR trans technologies. Discussed motivations behind method of data collection and analysis through trans participants exploring their design process with “zine-making” or sketching and collage.

“The Game Researcher's Guide to the Multi-Verse” | UCI x GATI | Irvine, CA | Talk

In association with the Division of Undergraduate Education at the UC, Irvine, the Gifted and Talented Institute (GATI) is a program for academically advanced pre-college scholars from all around the world. I presented an interactive talk on my Meow Wolf installation, Galactic Autoquarium and how building immersive experiences inform game development and teamwork.

“How to Lead a Team at an Inter-Dimensional Space Station” | Killscreen | Los Angeles, CA | Virtual Talk

Killscreen is an arts and culture collective based in Los Angeles. I presented post-mortem of Galactic Autoquarium, as well as reflect on and speak to the lessons I learned in my leadership role, especially as a newer leader who's a queer PoC.

“Cooking with Mycelium” | Next Nature Network | Amsterdam, Netherlands | Article Interview
Did an interview alongside my colleague by NNN magazine where we reflected on our experience with the project, MyCo Domicilia, a DIY resource and recipe book for creating everyday domestic objects with mycelium.

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"MyCo Domcilia" | 2020 Bio Design Challenge | New York City, NY | International Zoom Summit Presentation

BDC is an international competition for high school and university students to envision, create, and critique transformational applications in biotech. I was the team lead of the University of Colorado's first ever team and finalist team to compete. We presented our project MyCo Domicilia.

Boulder Experiments in Arts & Technology (B.E.A.T.) | Boulder, CO | Zoom Presentation
B.E.A.T. is a group of creative technologists, engineers, and artists that aim to foster and promote experiments in art and technology. Most recently, I presented MyCo Domicilia on behalf of my team. 

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Guest Lecturer | University of Colorado, Boulder | Boulder, CO

Instructor: Maria Deslis | ATLAS 2300 (Process of Design)

Invited to be a guest lecturer to discuss principles of design with a focus on Gestalt Theory and unity principles.

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Boulder Experiments in Arts & Technology (B.E.A.T.) | Boulder, CO | Demo

Demoed alternative controller video game, OctaOut, where players control the limbs of an octopus, with flex sensor-wired gloves, in order to escape a sushi restaurant (Unity and Arduino-based).

ATLAS Research Showcase ‘19 | Boulder, CO | Showcase
The ATLAS institute is a interdisciplinary department for radical creativity and invention, based at the University of Colorado, Boulder. Since 2018, ATLAS has been hosting their annual showcase for the research being developed in the department. My colleagues and I showcased research work, MechaMarkers, for the ACME lab, directed by Prof. Ellen Do.
 
Whaaat!? Festival ‘19 | Boulder, CO | Showcase
The Whaaat!? Festival is a one-day experimental games festival where students and experts alike may showcase and demo their gaming works. For their 2nd annual festival, funded by the Engineering Excellence Funds, I volunteered to demo a game for the student showcase. The demo was for Key Change, a multiplayer, competitive typing game where the keys run away from the players (Unity, computer vision, bespoke 3D printed keys, sound propulsion).

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ATLAS Expo ‘19 | Boulder, CO | Expo
ATLAS also hosts an annual exposition for student and faculty projects. For my 3rd time exhibiting work, I showcased SynistHeels, wearable tech shoes that visualize sound and different frequencies through an LED grid based on the heels (Arduino and FFT-based). I also presented Cosmic Kiddos, a finals project for the course Design Studios), which is a kinetic mirror where physical objects on a black surface move away from the user to create a silhouette within the piece (Arduino, Processing, and Xbox Kinect-based). 

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Boulder Experiments in Arts & Technology (B.E.A.T.) | Boulder, CO | Gallery
First time presenting at B.E.A.T. I presented my work RoboFish, an animatronic fish that swims in “water” (Arduino-based).

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ATLAS Expo ‘18 | Boulder, CO | Expo
Second appearance at the ATLAS Expo, showcased Laser Harp and Truth, which were Arduino-based light sculptures.

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Art of Data | Boulder, CO | Exhibition
Housed in the Canyon Gallery at the Boulder Public Library, Art of Data was a professional design, art, craft, and engineering exhibition that accepted works that incorporated data from the City of Boulder Data Catalogs. I showcased Trails, an interactive map that illustrates the hiking paths of the city of Boulder (Laser-cut wood, and engrave acrylic).

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ATLAS Expo ‘17 | Boulder, CO | Expo
First Appearance at the ATLAS Expo, Showcased kinectic, wood sculpture, The First Cosmic Kiddo (Arduino and laser-cut wood and acrylic-based).

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MakerMade | Boulder, CO | Exhibition
Housed in the Canyon Gallery at the Boulder Public Library, MakerMade was a professional design, art, craft, and engineering gallery showcase. I showcased The First Cosmic Kiddo.

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