EXO GAMES 2026
Student-designed exoskeleton work developed, built, tested, and showcased at the 2026 Exo Games.
We make interdisciplinary things.
miliLab uses mathematics to bring together engineering, art, and architecture.
It was founded by Mili Shah, a Professor of Mathematics at The Cooper Union. Projects are intentionally collaborative and often move between theory, software, hardware, and design.
PROJECTS
ROBOTICS + INTERACTION
Using mathematics to design and build robotic systems that sense, move, interact, and respond to the world.
MARIONETTE
Browser-based body tracking transformed into an interactive visual system for movement, play, and expression.
MARVIN
A low-cost robot controlled through human motion, combining body tracking, robotics, and human-robot interaction.
MATH + ART + FABRICATION
Using mathematics to explore art, fashion, and design through physical and digital objects.
BRIDGES 2024
Mathematical fabrication and wearable design using Voronoi structures as both visual language and physical form.
CUSTOM 3D CASTS
Using mathematical design and digital fabrication to create customized three-dimensional wearable forms.
COOPER UNION FASHION SHOW
Student work bringing mathematics, fabrication, wearable design, and fashion together at The Cooper Union.
BODY TRACKING + COMPUTER VISION
Using mathematics and computer vision to understand movement and create interactive experiences.
EXOSKELETON EVALUATIONS
Using computer vision and body tracking to evaluate human movement with exoskeletons.
MENSCHEL BODY TRACKING
Body tracking and motion capture used as the technical foundation for an interactive installation.
CAMERA CALIBRATION
Comparative evaluation and refinement of linear-algebra-based camera calibration algorithms.
WEARABLES + ETEXTILES
Using mathematics to integrate sensing and computation into textiles, clothing, and other wearable forms.
E-TEXTILE ORIGAMI ACCORDION
An origami-inspired musical interface using textile sensing, electronics, and physical interaction.
WIRELESS ETEXTILE PRESSURE SENSORS
Low-cost wireless pressure sensors fabricated using piezoresistive electronic textiles.
ETEXTILES
Wearable sensing systems that integrate computation and electronics directly into textile-based forms.
PEOPLE
CURRENT MEMBERS
Sadia RahmanME · 2027
Antonio VelezME · 2027
Sheikh IslamME · 2027
Jacob ShronEE · 2027
Ayla BryantEE · 2027
Evelyn KingME · 2028
Ahikara SandrasagraEE · 2028
ALUMNI (23)
Ayushi BhattacharjeeME · 2026
Jaeho ChoEE · 2026
Isha DaveChE · 2026
Asmi ShirsatME · 2026
Sophia KlymchukME · 2026
Eric EngEE · 2025
Kalvin HuangChE · 2025
Nishat AhmedEE · 2024
Hailey Hayoo ChungEngineering · 2024
Eunkyu "Q" KimME · 2024
Ricky LamME · 2024
KangHyuk "Chris" LeeME · 2024
Amaan RahmanEE · 2023
Lucia RhodeEE · 2023
Aaron SchmitzME · 2023
Esther WhangEE · 2023
Alexa JakobEE · 2022
Gianna SlusherME · 2022
Richard YurewitchBFA · 2022
Rose GebhardtME · 2021
Do Hyung KwonEE · 2021
Jongoh "Andy" JeongEE · 2020
Yue "Leo" WangMSME · 2020
CONTACT
mili@cooper.edu
The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art
New York, NY