Nikolas Martelaro

Nik Martelaro is an assistant professor at Carnegie Mellon’s Human-Computer Interaction Institute. His lab focuses on augmenting designer’s capabilities through the use of new technology and design methods. His interest in developing new ways to support designers stems from his interest in creating interactive and intelligent products. Martelaro blends a background in product design methods, interaction design, human-robot interaction, and mechatronic engineering to build tools and methods that allow designers to understand people better and to create more human-centered products. Before moving to the HCII, he was a digital experiences researcher at the Accenture Technology Labs in San Francisco. Martelaro graduated with a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from Stanford’s Center for Design Research, where he was co-advised by Larry Leifer and Wendy Ju.