FAB LAB Residents

Shelby Elizabeth Doyle (she/her), AIA is a registered architect, Associate Professor of Architecture at the Iowa State University (ISU) College of Design, and co-founder of the ISU Computation & Construction Lab (CCL). The CCL works to connect developments in computation to the challenges of construction through teaching, research, and outreach. Doyle received a Fulbright Fellowship to Cambodia, a Master of Architecture from the Harvard Graduate School of Design, and a Bachelor of Science in architecture from the University of Virginia.

@shelbyedoyle | shelbydoyle.com

Leah Buechley (she/her) is a Professor of computer science and fine art (by courtesy) at the University of New Mexico, where she directs the Hand and Machine research group. Her work explores integrations of technology, art, craft, and design. Buechley’s current research focuses on developing materials and tools for 3D printing in metal, glass, ceramic, and biomaterials. She received a PhD in Computer Science from the University of Colorado at Boulder and a BA in Physics from Skidmore College. At both institutions, she also studied dance, theater, and fine art.

@handandmachine | handandmachine.org

Alexandra Bachmayer (she/her) makes art at the intersection of digital, textile, and biological media. Whether developing haptic performance garments, creating dyes from pigment-producing bacteria, or smocking soft biopolymers, her work is grounded in empathy, playfulness, and the ecology of materials. She has produced, published, or presented at the Canadian Cultural Centre in Paris, Natural Dyes in Northeast America, HCII 2019, Make: Wearable Electronics, and Dinacon, and has shown collaborative work at the Centre Pompidou, Ars Electronica, and Mutek. Alex is the technician for the Speculative Life BioLab at the Milieux Institute for Arts, Culture, and Technology at Concordia University.

@alexbachmayer

lee wilkins (they/them) is an artist and researcher focused on the intersection of the body and technology. They use e-textiles, natural and bio materials, and electromagnetic mechanisms to re-imagine the shape of technology. Their work has been exhibited internationally at the Festival of Curiosity in Dublin, the Lumiere Festival in Toronto, and the Canadian Cultural Centre in Paris, to name a few. wilkins is the Summit Chair for the Open Hardware Summit, which has been held in New York City (2023), Montreal (2024), Edinburgh (2025), and Berlin (2026). As a community leader, wilkins co-organizes the Digital Naturalism Conference, and has served as Program Director for Sketching in Hardware. They received a PhD from the University of Toronto where their research focused on how bodies are integrated within the design of spacecraft. wilkins is part-time faculty at Concordia University, and runs a small non-profit makerspace called Radio Snack.

@leeborg_ | leecyb.org

Aurora Robson (she/her) is an environmental artist working predominantly with post-consumer and post-industrial plastics. Her practice involves subjugating the negative properties of her medium as a meditative, uplifting form of activism. She has worked with her husband, partner, and FabLab Co-Resident, Marshall Coles, to develop a number of innovative techniques for transforming plastic waste into works of art and design, ranging from fastening, sewing, threading, and weaving to injection and ultrasonic welding and 3D Printing. Robson is also the founding artist of Project Vortex, an international collective of artists working with plastic debris.

@aurorarobson | aurorarobson.com

Marshall Coles (he/him) is an award-winning Director of Photography who studied film at the School of Visual Arts in New York. He has worked as a freelance DP in the film and television industry for over twenty years. He also works extensively with his wife and partner, Aurora Robson, in the creation of large-scale sculptures, installations, and exhibitions for works of art made from post-industrial and post-consumer plastic for display around the world in dozens of museums, galleries, and non-traditional art spaces.

marshallcoles.com