2025
Eldy S. Lazaro Vasquez, Sepideh Mohammadi, Latifa Al Naimi, Shira David, and Mirela Alistar. 2025. Bio-e-Nails: a Sustainable Design Approach to Biobased Nail Interfaces. In Proceedings of the Nineteenth International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction (TEI ’25). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, Article 46, 1–15. https://doi.org/10.1145/3689050.3704426
Mirela Alistar, Shira David, and Eldy S. Lazaro Vasquez. 2025. Engaging with the making and the end-of-life of artificial interactive nails. In Proceedings of the Nineteenth International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction (TEI ’25). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, Article 99, 1–5. https://doi.org/10.1145/3689050.3707682
2024
Kiyn Chin, Michael Vinciguerra, Dinesh K. Patel, Peter Roberts Olcay, Eldy S. Lazaro Vasquez, and Carmel Majidi. 2024. Accessible Soft Electronics with Silver-Gelatin Conductive Hydrogel Composite. Adv. Mater. Technol. First published December 19, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1002/admt.202401193
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Xin Wen, Eldy S. Lazaro Vasquez, and Michael L. Rivera. 2024. Exploring a Software Tool for Biofibers Design. In Adjunct Proceedings of the 37th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (UIST Adjunct ’24). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, Article 110, 1–3. https://doi.org/10.1145/3672539.3686317
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Mirela Alistar, Latifa Al-Naimi, Sepideh Mohammadi, Shira David, Julia Tung, and Eldy S. Lazaro Vasquez. 2024. Exploring the Affordances of Bio-Electronic Nails. In Companion of the 2024 on ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing (UbiComp ’24). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 360–365. https://doi.org/10.1145/3675094.3681952
Vishal Sharma, Christianah Titilope Oyewale, Eldy S. Lazaro Vasquez, Asra Sakeen Wani, Eunice Sari, Joycelyn Longdon, Laura Cabrera-Quiros, and Pushpendra Singh. 2024. Sustainabilities and HCIs from the Souths. In Extended Abstracts of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI EA ’24). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, Article 589, 1–5. https://doi.org/10.1145/3613905.3643972
Eldy S. Lazaro Vasquez, Mirela Alistar, Laura Devendorf, and Michael L. Rivera. 2024. Desktop Biofibers Spinning: An Open-Source Machine for Exploring Biobased Fibers and Their Application Towards Sustainable Smart Textile Design. In Proceedings of the 2024 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI ’24). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, Article 856, 1–18. https://doi.org/10.1145/3613904.3642387
Fiona Bell, Shanel Wu, Nadia Campo Woytuk, Eldy S. Lazaro Vasquez, Mirela Alistar, and Leah Buechley. 2024. Making Biomaterials for Sustainable Tangible Interfaces. In Proceedings of the Eighteenth International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction (TEI ’24). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, Article 55, 1–5. https://doi.org/10.1145/3623509.3634740
2023
Eldy S. Lazaro Vasquez, Lily Gabriel, Mikhaila Friske, Shanel Wu, Sasha de Koninck, Laura Devendorf, and Mirela Alistar. 2023. Designing Dissolving Wearables. In Adjunct Proceedings of the 2023 ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing & the 2023 ACM International Symposium on Wearable Computing. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/3594739.3610781
Nikita Menon K. P., Eldy S. Lazaro Vasquez, Sasha de Koninck, and Laura Devendorf. 2023.Weaving Augmented Reality Markers. In Adjunct Proceedings of the 2023 ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing & the 2023 ACM International Symposium on Wearable Computing. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/3594739.3610781
Eldy S. Lazaro Vasquez. 2023. How to Make Soft Biofoam Strings: Exploring an Affordable and Accessible Fabrication Method to Make Soft Biofoam Strings- for the ACM DIS’23 Programmable Materials Workshop. Published in https://www.softrobotics.io/dis23
Fiona Bell, Derrek Chow, Eldy S. Lazaro Vasquez, Laura Devendorf, and Mirela Alistar. 2023. Designing Interactions with Kombucha SCOBY. In Proceedings of the Seventeenth International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction (TEI ’23). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, Article 65, 1–5. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/3569009.3571841
2022
Eldy S. Lazaro Vasquez, Netta Ofer, Shanel Wu, Mary Etta West, Mirela Alistar, and Laura Devendorf. 2022. Exploring Biofoam as a Material for Tangible Interaction. In Proceedings of the 2022 ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference (DIS ’22). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 1525–1539. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/3532106.3533494
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2021
Raphael Kim, Pat Pataranutaporn, Jack Forman, Seung Ah Lee, Ingmar H. Riedel-Kruse, Mirela Alistar, Eldy S. Lazaro Vasquez, Katia Vega, Roland van Dierendonck, Gilad Gome, Oren Zuckerman, Angela Vujic, David S. Kong, Pattie Maes, Hiroshi Ishii, Misha Sra, and Stefan Poslad. 2021. Microbe-HCI: Introduction and Directions for Growth. In Extended Abstracts of the 2021 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI EA ’21). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, Article 155, 1–4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/3411763.3450408
2020
Eldy S. Lazaro Vasquez, Ali K. Yetisen, and Katia Vega. 2020. BraceIO: biosensing through hydrogel dental ligatures. In Proceedings of the International Symposium on Wearable Computers (ISWC ’20). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 87–89. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/3410531.3414290
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Eldy S. Lazaro Vasquez, Hao-Chuan Wang, and Katia Vega. 2020. Introducing the Sustainable Prototyping Life Cycle for Digital Fabrication to Designers. To appear in Proceedings of the 2020 ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference DIS ’20, July 6–10, 2020, Eindhoven, Netherlands. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/3357236.3395510
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Eldy S. Lazaro Vasquez and Katia Vega. 2020. Towards Environmental Sustainability in Digital Fabrication Classes: DIY Prototyping with Biomaterials- for the 2nd Annual ACM SIGCHI Symposium on HCI Education (EduCHI 2020). Published in https://educhi2020.hcilivingcurriculum.org
Eldy S. Lazaro Vasquez, Hao-Chuan Wang, and Katia Vega. 2020. The Environmental Impact of Physical Prototyping: a Five-Year CHI Review- for the CHI 2020 Workshop on self-powered sustainable interfaces and interactions (SelfSustainableCHI 2020). Published in http://cs.swansea.ac.uk/~SelfSustainableCHI/
2019
Eldy S. Lazaro Vasquez and Katia Vega. 2019. Myco-accessories: sustainable wearables with biodegradable materials. In Proceedings of the 23rd International Symposium on Wearable Computers (ISWC ’19). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 306-311. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/3341163.3346938
[Best Design Award] Design Exhibition, Category Fiber Art
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Eldy S. Lazaro Vasquez and Katia Vega. 2019. From plastic to biomaterials: prototyping DIY electronics with mycelium. In Adjunct Proceedings of the 2019 ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing and Proceedings of the 2019 ACM International Symposium on Wearable Computers (UbiComp/ISWC ’19 Adjunct). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 308-311. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/3341162.3343808
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Eldy S. Lazaro Vasquez. 2019. Auto-adjustable Bra for Women with a Pronounced Alteration in Breast Volume. In Proceedings of the Thirteenth International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction (TEI ’19). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 429-435. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/3294109.3300982
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