mich lin

phd student at MIT
behavior + design in extreme environments

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selected to serve on the AIAA Space Architecture Technical Committee

made an “Ask MIT!” video with my friend Abby (curiosity correspondent)!

presented the methodology and validation results of prioprioceptive sensing across gravity environments at IEEE EMBC 2025

discussed space architecture at the INCOSE Complex Adaptive Systems conference

MIT Morningside Academy for Design wrote about our expedition fieldwork!

Knit Partitions for Privacy in Capsule Environments --- current

Lack of privacy is one of the biggest stressors in long-duration spaceflight. We especially want light, foldable solutions that can easily accompany astronauts in their capsule. In this project, we explore using machine knitting as a rapid prototyping tool for a flexible lightweight partition, whose opacity may be adjusted through integrated inflatables. Variable opacity allows us to balance affording privacy and social opportunities, as well as fine-tune privacy needs for different types of activities that may need different visual access (e.g., sleeping vs. working vs. “showering”).


In collaboration with:
Tailored Materiality Research
MIT Architecture
MIT Schwartzman College of Computing