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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
M.S., Mechanical Engineering
09/2023–07/2024
Tsinghua University
M.S., Data Science and Design, Dropout
09/2019–06/2023
Southern University of Science and Technology
B.E., Industrial Design
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10/2024–Present
Sports Lab Research at MIT
Mentored by Prof. Anette(Peko) Hosoi ｜ Textile design and manufacturing
Collaborated with textile company Comfiknit to analyze fiber cooling effects at both micro and macro scales and optimize fiber design using mathematical model.
09/2024-05/2025
Department of Mechanical Engineering at MIT
Instructor of 2.009 Product Engineering Process & 2.00 Introduction of Design
Taught and mentored undergraduate students in two core mechanical engineering courses, focusing on design and product development. Developed lecture materials, delivered design-focused presentations and led media production to support course objectives.
09/2023-06/2024
Academy of Arts & Design at Tsinghua University
Mentored by Prof. Fan Xiang | Data visualization / Artificial Intelligent application
Developed AI-assisted layout design tools for self-published writers, enabling rapid layout generation while maintaining content consistency, fostering creativity and improving workflow efficiency.
03/2023-08/2024
Media Lab Undergraduate Research (UROP) at MIT
Contributed to Living Knitwork Pavilion project for Burning Man exhibition 2023 / Siggraph 2024/ ACADIA 2024, which combined textile design with innovative, optically and electrically active yarns.
Focused on 2D graphic design and 3D modeling and rendering, utilizing design tools including Rhino, Grasshopper and Unity for creating the Living Knitwork Pavilion's digital twin.
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<aside> Tongge Yu and Fan Xiang. 2025. Talking to the Midnight Broadcast: Reviving 1990s City Memories with AI. Proc. ACM Comput. Graph. Interact. Tech. 8, 3, Article 41 (August 2025), 8 pages. https://doi.org/10.1145/3736791
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<aside> Wicaksono, I., Rubio, A.P, Cichocka, J.M, Advincula, G., Chin, S., Yu, T., Mishra, M., and Paradiso, J., 2024. Living Knitwork Pavilion: Soft Responsive Architectural Space with Functional Textiles and Integrated System. In Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Association for Computer-Aided Design in Architecture (ACADIA) 2024.
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<aside> T. Yu, M. Chen, Y. Li, M. Yu, K. Yu, ‘LaSofa: Integrating Fantasy Storytelling in Human-Robot Interaction through an Interactive Sofa Robot’, In Companion of the 2023 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI '24).
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My name is Melody(Tongge) Yu. I am currently a graduate student in the Department of Mechanical Engineering (MechE) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA.
I’m interested in the fusion of technology and design, and how they can communicate emotions and experiences to deeply resonate with people.
email: [email protected]
phone: +1 6174067913
Linkedin: Melody(Tongge) Yu
Resume: CV_MY.pdf
Portfolio: Portfolio_MY.pdf
<aside> [Oct 18 2025]
Proud to share that our AI project, Auto Nuclear, is a finalist in the MIT AI Hackathon. We’ll present on stage at the MIT AI Conference (Mountain View).
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<aside> [Aug 28 2025]
Super excited to be selected as the 2025 MAD Design Fellow at MIT. Looking forward to diving deeper into design, launching more MIT-based projects, collaborations, and research.
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<aside> [Jan 03 2025]
Check out my new project, ECLIPSIS, designed to provide comfortable external breast prostheses for women recovering from mastectomies.
Working on demo!
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<aside> [Dec 09 2024]
Final presentation day for MIT 2.009 Product Engineering Process course! Proud to have contributed as a TA. Check our website and my animation video.
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<aside> [Nov 08 2024] Participate in: MIT Energy and Climate Night 2024 with Duo Xu and Hannah Gold.
Our project is about Mechanocaloric Polymer Discovery and Multi-Scale Engineering for Green HVAC Technologies
see poster here:
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<aside> [Oct 07 2024] Our AI layout project is supported by MIT Sandbox! Check out *looks-like demo* and pitch doc.
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