- Jul 23, 2026
- Technology + Human Thriving
For the birds: Parakeet co-designs its own perch
Yue (Elaine) Sha
Elaine Sha, MPH, RD, IBCLC, is a Ph.D. student in Human Nutrition working with Dr. Yarden Golan Maor. Her research focuses on identifying the psychosocial, physiological, and pharmacological factors that influence human milk production and composition. After completing her Registered Dietitian and Pathway 2 Lactation Consultant training during her master’s program at the University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill, Elaine spent three years as an adult and pediatric clinical dietitian, an experience that shaped
- Jul 30 ,2026
- by Jaden Jaynes Demarest
- Human Centered Design
- Jill Stuart Gallery, Human Ecology Building
Without Saying
How do you communicate? How do you receive information? Through the English and ASL alphabets, insects interacting with one another, and humans performing knowledge-based tasks, we see a variety of options. Here, communication becomes something we see, feel, and embody, without saying a word.