Jasmine Lu

Jasmine Lu is a Computer Science PhD Student at the University of Chicago studying Human-Computer Interaction. In her research, she prototypes and engineers the future of wearable devices. Recently, she’s been working on building a custom smartwatch and was proud to learn how to assemble SMD components on a PCB for the first time. She’s passionate about making hardware accessible to diverse backgrounds and gets especially excited about open source hardware projects that reuse old devices to create something new. In her free time, she loves to cuddle her kitten, Luna, and always has time to talk about intersections of scifi+art+technology.