FionaBell

  • PhD, Creative Technology and Design ‘23
  • BIOPLASTICS, BIODESIGN, WEARABLES
  • ATLAS INSTITUTE

Fiona Bell is an interdisciplinary engineer, researching sustainable biomaterials.Advised by Mirela Alistar, Fiona's research happens at the intersection of material science, biology, and design.Receiving a Bachelor of Sciencein mechanical engineering from Santa Clara University in 2019, she uses her technical background as a foundation to support her current creative work. As a PhD student, she hopes tocreate beautiful, functional, and sustainable products that bring value and joy to people.

Projects

Publications

Fiona Bell, Nadia Campo Woytuk, Marie Louise Juul Søndergaard and Mirela Alistar. 2024."". In:ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction (Volume 31, Issue 6), (December 2024).

Nadia Campo Woytuk, Fiona Bell, Joo Young Park, Mirela Alistar and Madeline Balaam. 2024."". In: Proceedings of the Halfway to the Future Symposium (HttF '24), (Santa Cruz, CA, October 21-23, 2024).

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. 2024."". In:Extended Abstracts of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI EA '24), (Honolulu, HI, May 11–16, 2024).

Fiona Bell, Joshua Coffie and Mirela Alistar. 2024."". In:Proceedings of the Eighteenth International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction (TEI '24), (Cork, Ireland, February 11-14, 2024).

Fiona Bell, Shanel Wu, Nadia Campo Woytuk, Eldy S. Lazaro Vasquez, Mirela Alistar and Leah Buechley. 2024."". In:Proceedings of the Eighteenth International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction (TEI '24), (Cork, Ireland, February 11-14, 2024).

Fiona Bell,Michelle Ramsahoye,Joshua Coffie,Julia Tung, andMirela Alistar. 2023. “”. In:Designing Interactive Systems Conference (DIS ’23), (Pittsburgh, PA, July 10–14, 2023).

Fiona Bell,Derrek Chow,Eldy S. Lazaro Vasquez,Laura Devendorf, andMirela Alistar. 2023. "". In:Proceedings of the Seventeenth International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction(TEI '23)(Warsaw, Poland, February 26 - March 1, 2023)​. [Best Pictorial Award].

Fiona Bell,Derrek Chow,Hyelin Choi, andMirela Alistar. 2023. "". In:Proceedings of the Seventeenth International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction(TEI '23)(Warsaw, Poland, February 26 - March 1, 2023)​.

Fiona Bell,Netta Ofer,Hyelin Choi,Ella McQuaid,Ethan Frier, andMirela Alistar.2022. Biomaterial Playground: Engaging with Bio-based Materiality. InExtended Abstracts of the 2022 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI ’22). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 1–4. DOI:(New Orleans, LA—April 29-May 5, 2022).

Fiona Bell,Netta Ofer, andMirela Alistar. 2022. ReClaym our Compost: Biodegradable Clay for Intimate Making. InProceedings of the 2022 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems(CHI ’22). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 1–14. DOI:(New Orleans, LA, USA—April 29-May 5, 2022).[Best Paper Honorable Mention Award]

Fiona Bell,Ella McQuaid, andMirela Alistar.2022. Alganyl: Cooking Sustainable Clothing. Diseña 20: Design and Somatic Sensibilities. Article 4. DOI:

Fiona Bell,Latifa Al-Naimi,Ella McQuaid, andMirela Alistar. 2022. Designing with Alganyl. InSixteenth International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction(TEI '22). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, Article 2, 1-14. DOI:(Daejeon, Republic of Korea (virtual) Feb. 13-16, 2022).

Fiona BellandMirela Alistar. 2022. Designing with Alganyl: A Hands-on Exploration of Biodegradable Plastics. InSixteenth International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction(TEI '22). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, Article 56, 1-5. DOI:(Daejeon, Republic of Korea (virtual)–Feb. 13-16, 2022).

Netta Ofer,Fiona BellandMirela Alistar. 2021. Designing Direct Interactions with Bioluminescent Algae. InDesigning Interactive Systems Conference 2021(DIS ’21), June 28-July 2, 2021, Virtual Event, USA. ACM, New York, NY, USA, 23 pages.

Fiona Bell, Alice Hong, Andreea Danielescu, Aditi Maheshwari, Ben Greenspan, Hiroshi Ishii,Laura Devendorf, andMirela Alistar. 2021. Self-deStaining Textiles: Designing Interactive Systems with Fabric, Stains and Light. InProceedings of the 2021 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI ’21). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 1–12. (Yokohama, Japan (virtual)–May 8-13, 2021).

Fiona BellandMirela Alistar. 2021. Alganyl.Patent No.US 63/184,992, Filed April 26th, 2021.

Fiona Bell. 2021. The Undyeing Swatch.In Proceedings of the Fifteenth International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction (TEI '21). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, Article 86, 1–3. DOI:(Salzburg, Austria (virtual) Feb. 14-19, 2021).