Michael L. Rivera

I work as an Assistant Professor at the ATLAS Institute and the Department of Computer Science at the University of Colorado Boulder. I lead the Utility Research Lab—a highly interdisciplinary group that invents and investigates digital fabrication technology, tools, and techniques. Our goal is to advance science and engineering while positively impacting people, society, and the environment.

I previously worked as a Computing Innovation Fellow and Post-Doctoral Researcher with Laura Devendorf. I completed my Ph.D. and M.S. in Human-Computer Interaction at the Human-Computer Interaction Institute of Carnegie Mellon University, where I was advised by Scott Hudson as part of the DevLab. Before Carnegie Mellon, I completed a M.S.E in Computer Graphics and Game Technology and a B.S.E in Digital Media Design at the University of Pennsylvania. I was also previously software engineer at Facebook.

📢 I am recruiting PhD students to join the Utility Research Lab!
More information about applying can be found here.

My work has been recognized with a CRA/CCC Computing Innovation Fellowship, a Google - CMD-IT Dissertation Fellowship, a Carnegie Mellon University Sansom Endowed Presidential Fellowship, an Adobe Research Fellowship Honorable Mention, and a Xerox Technical Minority Scholarship.

Check out the my lab's research projects to learn more about my work.