Yiwei Wang is a researcher and product engineer working at the intersection of electronic engineering, human–computer interaction, and robotic fabrication. Born and raised in Shanghai, she is currently based there while pursuing the Master of Computer and Information Technology at the University of Pennsylvania. She holds an MSc in Electronic Engineering from The Chinese University of Hong Kong and a BEng in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, with a graduate minor in finance from Fudan University.

Her research focuses on how sensing, AI, and robots can collaborate with people in contexts of health and the built environment. Recent projects range from a shoulder compensation monitoring and rehabilitation support system using garment-embedded textile strain sensors, to SwipeNodes, an interactive hardware platform for cross-device swipe interaction, to robotic fabrication workflows for pneumatic membranes and bio-based materials developed in DigitalFUTURES and eCAADe workshops. She has also worked on embodied conversational agents for chronic pain and mental-health support, and on EEG-based emotional interfaces that translate brain signals into responsive behaviors.

Yiwei has held research positions at Tongji University’s College of Design and Innovation, the iDVX Lab, Tsinghua University’s Future Laboratory, and HCI-X, contributing to work submitted to venues such as CHI, ICML, and AI in AEC, as well as to a Chinese patent and registered rehabilitation software.

In parallel, she works as a senior product manager at Formal Tech, focusing on SMAVE, a safety-critical code quality and formal verification platform for industrial control software, where she benchmarks 10+ competing tools and aligns new features with IEC 61508 / IEC 61131-3 and the compliance needs of automotive, rail and industrial customers. Previously, she worked as a product manager at Zone, where she led the design of a digital-twin early-warning platform for urban water utilities, collaborating with municipal water bureaus to translate real-world operational pain points into product requirements. She coordinated cross-functional teams to integrate real-time inlet and outlet data, enabling faster incident detection and more resilient infrastructure management.

Across both research and practice, Yiwei is interested in designing collaborative systems in which humans and machines co-create spaces, tools, and experiences that support health, care, and sustainable futures.