The Speculative Prototyping Lab is:
Director, 2013—present: Jesse Colin Jackson
Manager, 2024—2025: Chad Katz
Manager, 2023—2024: Devin Wilson
Manager, 2022—2023: Alejandra Gonzalez
Managers, 2021—2022: Alejandra Gonzalez and Orlando Medina
Manager, 2020—2021: Ivy Guild
Managers, 2018—2020: Tucker Moody and Ivette Morales
Managers, 2016—2018: William Amos and Aldrin Lupisan
2025—2026: Philip Otto and Zebulon Zang (Research Associates); Ivette Morales (PhD, Material Science and Engineering).
2024—2025: Philip Otto and Zebulon Zang (Research Associates); Ivette Morales (PhD, Material Science and Engineering); Rojin Bolandbakht (MFA, Drama); and Chad Katz (Art).
2023—2024: Philip Otto and Zebulon Zang (Research Associates); Ivette Morales (PhD, Material Science and Engineering); and Devin Wilson (MFA, Art).
2022—2023: Alejandra Gonzalez and Philip Otto (Research Associates); Devin Wilson (MFA, Art); and Orlando Medina (Mathematics).
2021—2022: Alejandra Gonzalez (Art, Film and Media Studies); Orlando Medina (Mathematics); and Ivette Morales and Tucker Moody (UCI graduates).
2020—2021: Neil Young, PhD (Lecturer, Information & Computer Sciences); Ivy Guild (MFA, Art); Alejandra Gonzalez (Art, Film and Media Studies); Ananth Krishnan (Aerospace Engineering, Computer Science); and Ivette Morales and Tucker Moody (UCI graduates).
2019—2020: Ivette Morales (Art, Materials Science & Engineering); Jacob Orozco (Materials Science & Engineering); Esther Hernandez (Urban Studies); Michela Gori, Xin Xin Trinh, and Alex Vis (Biomedical Engineering); and Tucker Moody (UCI graduate).
2018—2019: Esther Hernandez (Urban Studies); Ivette Morales (Art); Joshua Park (Electrical Engineering); and William Amos, Aldrin Lupisan, and Tucker Moody (UCI graduates).
2017—2018: Ivette Morales (Art); Kyle Welker (MFA, Art); Madison May (Business Administration); Christian Datu and Priscilla Lee (Electrical Engineering); Henk Hsiung, Jeremy Tayag and Sharon To (Computer Engineering); Makayla Campbell (Mechanical Engineering); and William Amos, Aldrin Lupisan, and Tucker Moody (UCI graduates).
2016—2017: William Amos, Andrew Hnat, and Aldrin Lupisan (Environmental Engineering); Christian Datu (Electrical Engineering); Derek De Los Angeles, and Ian Pareja (Mechanical Engineering); Tucker Moody and Ivette Morales (Art); and Sharon To (Computer Engineering).
2015—2016: Tina Chau, Aaron Hilado and Eunji Russ (Art); Mariah Csepanyi (MFA, Art); William Amos and Aldrin Lupisan (Environmental Engineering); and Amihan Amargo (Mechanical Engineering).