Stefanie Mueller
دانشیار · Human-Computer Interaction (HCI)
Massachusetts Institute of Technologyمعرفی
Stefanie Mueller is an **Associate Professor** in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) at MIT, jointly appointed in Mechanical Engineering. She leads the **HCI Engineering Group** at the MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL). Her research focuses on **computational fabrication** and **human-computer interaction**, developing novel fabrication techniques that integrate hardware, materials, and algorithms to enable new forms of interaction with physical objects.
**Education**: PhD in Computer Science (summa cum laude) from the Hasso Plattner Institute, Germany (2011–2016). **Affiliations**: Member of MIT CSAIL, TIBCO Career Development Professor, and holds joint appointments in EECS and Mechanical Engineering. She teaches courses like 6.810 (Engineering Interactive Technologies), 6.08 (Interconnected Embedded Systems), and 6.100 (Introduction to Computer Science and Programming).
**Research Interests**: Her work spans reprogrammable materials (e.g., Photo-Chromeleon), interactive fabrication tools (LaserFactory, FlexBoard), health sensing (EIT-kit, MuscleRehab), and educational technologies (InStitches, Fabricaide). Her lab emphasizes democratizing fabrication through accessible tools and methods.
**Awards & Recognition**: Includes MIT Technology Review's 'Innovators Under 35' (2022), Microsoft Research Faculty Fellowship (2020), NSF CAREER Award (2019), and numerous best paper awards at CHI/UIST conferences. She is a Sloan Fellow and has received MIT's Outstanding Educator Award (2018).
**Grants & Funding**: Over $3.8M in funding from NSF, MIT initiatives, and industry partners like Accenture. She leads projects on adaptive interfaces, fabrication-aware design, and educational maker tools.
**Outreach & Service**: Co-organized Rising Stars in EECS workshops to support underrepresented genders in academia. Served as program chair for ACM CHI and UIST, steering committee member for Computational Fabrication conferences, and advocate for diversity in STEM.
