Personal profile

Research profile

Katherine Song joined the Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering in October 2024 as an Assistant Professor in the Knowledge and Intelligent Design (KInD) group within the Department of Sustainable Design Engineering. She is currently interested in the design of interactive electronics that integrate degradable, natural, and/or living materials. This involves the development of novel hardware architectures that center and cater to the unique affordances and needs of these unconventional materials, as well as of software tools to aid in the discovery and ideation of new kinds of hybrid interactive systems.

Education/Academic qualification

Doctorate, Computer Science, University of California, Berkeley

Aug 2019Aug 2024

Master's degree, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Aug 2011May 2013

Bachelor's degree, Electrical Engineering (minors: applications in computing, materials science), Princeton University

Sept 2007May 2011

External positions

Technology Innovation Summer Associate Manager, Accenture

Jun 2021Aug 2021

Display Electrical Engineer, Apple Inc.

Feb 2015Oct 2017

Visiting Researcher, Palo Alto Research Center

Jun 2010Aug 2010