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Skylar Tibbits is an Associate Professor and Director of Undergraduate Programs in the Department of Architecture at MIT. He teaches graduate and undergraduate design studios and coordinates MIT's undergraduate Design programs. As the co-director and founder of the Self-Assembly Lab at MIT’s Morningside Academy, Tibbits focuses on self-assembly, programmable material technologies, and novel manufacturing processes. He has received several accolades including being named R&D Magazine's 2015 Innovator of the Year, a National Geographic Emerging Explorer, the 2014 Inaugural WIRED Fellow, and a TED Senior Fellow. His background includes working in various design offices such as Zaha Hadid Architects and Asymptote Architecture, and he has designed numerous large-scale installations exhibited worldwide. Tibbits is also a published author in outlets like Wired and Nature, as well as contributing to peer-reviewed journals. He holds a Professional Degree in Architecture with a minor in experimental computation from Philadelphia University, and has furthered his education at MIT, earning both a Master of Science in Design Computation and in Computer Science.