Melodie Yashar

Melodie Yashar is a designer, researcher, and co-founder of SEArch+ / Space Exploration Architecture, a practice dedicated to developing human-supporting concepts for space exploration. Along with her SEArch+ colleagues and over twelve subject-matter experts, SEArch+ was the winner of NASA’s Phase 1 Centennial Challenge for a 3D-Printed Habitat on Mars. SEArch+ continued investigations of Martian Ice habitats in collaboration with NASA Langley in the Mars Ice Home Feasibility as well as Risk Reduction studies. Melodie leads SEArch+ and Apis Cor’s continued participation within NASA’s Phase III 3D-Printed Habitat Challenge. Melodie attended Art Center College of Design as an undergraduate and received a Masters degree in Human-Computer Interaction from the School of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University as well as a Master in Architecture from Columbia University GSAPP. Melodie has worked as a contractor specializing in human factors with the Human Systems Integration Division at NASA Ames, as well as a design and materials researcher within CMU’s Morphing Matter Lab. Melodie’s work operates at the intersection of experiential, narrative, and interaction design practices; her ongoing research explores intelligent and augmented environments, telerobotics and automated construction technologies, as well as emerging technologies considering design for the human body. SEArch+ / Space Exploration Architecture