Dr. Irmandy Wicaksono is an Assistant Professor (Presidential Young Professor) at the Division of Industrial Design and College of Design and Engineering, National University of Singapore. He directs the Soft Technologies Lab and recently earned his Ph.D. in Media Arts and Sciences at the MIT Media Lab, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
He weaves electronic devices into soft materials and the fabric of everyday life for various applications ranging from physiological sensing, biomechanics, human-computer interaction, space exploration, architecture, to the interactive arts.
As a designer, creative technologist, and transdisciplinary researcher, he is passionate in exploring the synergy and interplay between art, science, design, and engineering, as well as the intersection between research and manufacturing.
