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Matthew
Hope

Matthew focused on team coordination, experimental setup, documentation, and video. Their work supported the project by making sure that the world-building is backed by data and that team progress was captured appropriately.

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Dhwani
Nair

Dhwani focused on the scientific foundation and creative vision of the project. Her work supported the project by leading the biology and microbiology background research, designing the experimental methodology, and analyzing the pilot data. She helped develop the project's world-building narrative and contributed to video planning, grounding the installation's storytelling in ecological and historical research.

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Yilin
Evelyn
Zeng

Evelyn focused on website design, visual communication, narrative structure, and Arduino prototyping. Her work supported the project by translating the team’s research, fieldwork, and speculative installation concept into a public-facing web experience. She developed the project’s visual system and helped prototype the sensor-based light interaction, exploring how environmental data could become a visible public signal.

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Tianyi
Sky
Ren

Sky focused on designing the live sensor and gallery, including designing initial thoughts, finding case studies, 3D modeling and rendering. Their work supported the project by translating abstract concepts into clear visual outcomes and using renderings to communicate the proposed solution when physical prototyping was not yet possible.

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Waste That Flows Both Ways was developed by a student team from NYU IDM BioDesign Studio.

The project brings together field research, environmental sensing, speculative design, physical prototyping, and public communication.

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