Nikolas Martelaro
Assistant Professor at Human-Computer Interaction Institute - Carnegie Mellon University - School of Computer Science
San Francisco, California, United States
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Top SchoolNikolas Martelaro is an Assistant Professor at Carnegie Mellon’s Human-Computer Interaction Institute with a decade of experience bridging product design, interaction design, human-robot interaction, and mechatronic engineering. He leads a lab that develops tools and methods to augment designers’ capabilities, turning complex engineering and behavioral insights into more human-centered interactive products. His background includes PhD-level mechanical engineering research at Stanford, industry R&D leadership at Accenture, and hands-on internships at Microsoft and MITRE, reflecting a blend of academic rigor and practical product experience. Known for crafting experimental hardware and software systems, he specializes in making designers’ mental models visible through novel sensing and interaction techniques. Based in San Francisco, he combines designerly empathy with technical depth to tackle real-world interaction challenges.
10 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BS), Engineering Design, Bachelor of Science (BS), Engineering Design at Franklin W. Olin College of EngineeringDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Mechanical Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Mechanical Engineering at Stanford University
Github Skills (32)
interaction9
experiment8
prototyping8
cocos-creator8
arduino7
hci6
javascript6
typescript5
adafruit4
python-client4
python4
chat3
client-library3
raspberry-pi3
conversation3
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
nikmart/nikmart.github.io
Feb 2019 - Mar 2025
Contributions:39 pushes, 2 issues in 6 years 2 months
nikmart/interaction-engine
Oct 2015 - Jun 2019
Interaction Engine with javascript and serial connection to Arduino.
Contributions:26 commits, 19 pushes, 2 comments in 3 years 8 months
interactionserialjavascriptarduinoconnection
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