Hi, I’m Yue! (pronounced as “you-ay”)

I am a master student in Human-Centered Design & Engineering at the University of Washington, Seattle. I’m currently working on battery-free on-body textile interface at the Wearable Intelligence Lab, advised by Prof. Yiyue Luo. I've also worked on computational knitted colorwork at the Carnegie Mellon Textiles Lab, advised by Prof. Jim McCann.

Prior to this, I trained and practiced in textile design, specializing in knitting, weaving, and embroidery through both manual and automated processes. My experience as a textile practitioner inspired my current interest in developing computational tools, methods, and systems that expand the possibilities of textiles as creative media and ubiquitous tangible interfaces.

Knitted portrait of mini Yue, created during our co-dithering jacquard project.

Research

Co-Dithering for Jacquard Knitting
Yue Xu and James McCann
SCF 2025
Solving for optimal yarn distribution under machine knitting's fabrication constraints, to enable double-sided knitting that reproduce target images.
KnitID: Machine-Knitted RFID Antennas for Battery-Free Authentication, Localization and Interaction
Weiye Xu*, Yue Xu*, Devin Murphy, Sen Zhang, Te-yen Wu, Yiyue Luo
UIST Poster 2026; full paper in submission
Using machine-knitted RFID antennas to achieve a compact form factor for scalable deployment in battery-free on-body sensing.
Experiential Substance: Tactile Translations Using Digital Materials
Elizabeth Meiklejohn, Felicita Devlin, Caroline Silverman, Dani Epstein, Yue Xu, Joy Ko.
Chapter in the book Prototyping and Experiential Knowledge, published by FrancoAngeli, 2025.
Preserving the experiential knowledge of a material in design and prototyping process.

Art & Design

Pebble Fictions
2023 - 2024
Woven tapestry with miscellaneous yarns
More Weavings
2021 - 2023
Miscellaneous yarns
Music Instrument Fabric Interfaces
2023 - 2024
Knitted and knotted objects, electronics, sound
Resilient Canopy
2024
Knitted meshes, motors and belts
Phases of Transition
2024 - 2025
Group project | Textile installation with knitted and embroidered panels
Sensory Silhouettes
2023 - 2024
Group project | Curated exhibition of heritage textiles and digital artifects

Selected Experience

University of Washington, Seattle (UW)
MS in Human-Centered Design & Engineering
Sep 2025 — Jun 2027
Carnegie Mellon Textiles Lab
Textiles Lab Technician
Jan 2025 — Jun 2025
Rhode Island School of Design (RISD)
BFA in Textiles, concentration in computation
Sep 2019 — Jun 2024
Wearable Intelligence Lab, UW ECE
Student Research Assistant
Nov 2025 — present