Aaron Pengyu Zhu
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[Nov 2025] Our research received the Excellent Poster Award at the Tech for Good: Driving Social Impact conference hosted by NUS and Tencent!
[Sep 2025] I was invited by Tencent’s Tech for Good Programme to visit its headquarters in Shenzhen for three days of tours and exchanges (it was also my first time experiencing a typhoon).
[Jul 2025] I showed a poster and volunteered at DIS'25 in Madeira! Also, I made a zine!
[Apr 2025] I attended CHI'25 in Yokohama (attended a workshop)!
[Jan 2025] I joined the JEDI Lab at Division of industrial Design, National University of Singapore
About Me
Hi, I am Aaron, a designer and design researcher who applies empirical, ethnographical, PD, critical methods and STS theories to shape technologies that are centered on well-being, foster multi-species care, and are vibrant in nature:)
Below are some of the topics that I am currently working on or interested in:
- ☯️ 🤔 Daoism-inspired reflective technology
- 👦 📱 Teenagers’self-regulation of mobile technology with somatic strategy
- 😴 🌲 Envisioning the future of rest with more-than-human approaches
- 🌆 🧒 Exploring and (Re)configuring the non-human in PD for relationality-making
I am pursing my Master degree in Design at National University of Singapore, advised by Prof. Janghee Cho. I received my B.E. in Interaction Design from Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications (BUPT) in Beijing, China.
🎓 I am actively seeking for 2026 Fall PhD position, please don’t hesitate to contact me !!!