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Accepted Student Design Challenges

We're happy to announce the accepted Student Design Challenges for TEI '26

  • Daksh Kapoor; Sophanit Sebuh; Mingqi Wang; Yueyi Zhu; Puffer: Breathing Regulation Through Sequential Soft Robotics
  • Zhengkun Li; Asher E. Gannon; Interactive Bakhoor: Reimagining Fire-Safe Ritual Through Multisensory Robotics
  • Rinchong Kim; The Loops: An Interactive Artwork on Reclaiming Agency in Involuntary Repetition
  • Juliana Covarrubias; Jannes Feldmann; Stephanie L. Tondow; Chetan Goenka; William Carter Valle; Memory Bottle
  • Xixiang Nie; Xin Shu; Somaditation: A Multisensory VR Meditation Experience with a Wearable Glove
  • Severin Göbel-Groß; Rest in Pieces, Design of a Speculative Ritual for Letting Go of Old Smartphones
  • Yangyang He; Feiyang Liu; Ruijie Jin; Qiwen Chen; Samten: A Ritual-Based Robotic Design for Restoring Focus
  • Natalie Jarrett; Yuhan Hu; Young Jin Choi; The Magic Coat Hanger
  • Songah Seo; Jiyeon Lee; Kyeongmin Ha; Sungbeen Lee; Seok Young Hwang; TILO: Designing Soft Kinetic Cues for Embodied Biofeedback
  • Uzayr Syed; Sarah Sears; HabiTree: Using the Growth of Nature to Develop New Habits and Rituals
  • Suk Min Hwang; Apolline Tardy; Tasting Letters as Tea: Reviving Archives into a Multisensory Social Experience
  • Ethan John Armas; Audrey Brienza; Katherine Shober; Audience Responsive Canopy (ARC) for Enhancing Audience Engagement and Sensory Experience in Concert Venues
  • Alexandra Preuss; AnnaBelle Burleson; From Cones to Pines: A Multisensory Virtual Reality Ritual for Mindfulness and Emotional Well-Being
  • Seok Young Hwang; Seonghyeok Shin; Juseong Kim; Seongsu Choi; SOSHO: Take a Social Shower
  • Yeonhee Choi; Wish You Were Here: Psychological and Sensory First Aid for Invisible Emergencies in Trauma and Neurodiversity
  • Chinatsu Ozawa; Instant Tattoo Camera: Towards a New Photographic Conviviality
  • Katrijn Westland; Soft Companions: A Breathing Textile Creature for Sensory Rituals of Care
  • Arushi Ramgopal Agrawal; Kyle Hagerty; Kathryn Hoang; Eber Hernandez Zamudio; Designing Private Robotic Environments for Anxiety Relief
  • Nisheta Gupta; Arnav Sharma; Ritika Ramesh; Krathish Prakash; Qasim Mali; Soma: Bio-Signal Ritual System for Embodied Well-Being

Student Design Challenge Chairs

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