Dir of Strategic Partnerships, Principal Research Scientist
Institute for People and Technology IPAT
PhD – Human Centered Computing – Georgia Institute of Technology – 2018
MA – Fashion Design – Domus Academy, Milan Italy – 2005
BS – Industrial Design – Georgia Institute of Technology – 2004
Minor – Textile Manufacturing – Georgia Institute of Technology – 2004
RESEARCH STATEMENT
TEACHING STATEMENT
DIVERSITY STATEMENT
FULL CV
Zeagler is a Principal Research Scientist with a background in Industrial Design, Fashion Design, and Human Centered Computing. During his time at Georgia Tech he has taught and created new and interdisciplinary coursework for Georgia Tech College of Computing, Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts, and the College of Design. Zeagler became part of the Institute for People and Technology (IPaT) team in 2013 helping create the Wearable Computing Center and acted as its Program Manager. Zeagler is currently the Director of Strategic Partnership for IPaT engaging with both external and internal partners to develop rewarding research and scholarly endeavors.
While teaching textiles and fashion design studio classes at Savannah College of Art & Design in 2008, Zeagler realized his true passion lies in bridging the gap between the disciplines of Wearable design (such as fashion) and Human Centered Computing. A diverse background in fashion (MA Fashion Domus Academy, Milan), industrial design and textiles (BS Industrial Design Georgia Tech, Minor in Textile Manufacturing Georgia Tech, Atlanta) and computing (PhD Human Centered Computing,) drives his research on electronic textiles and on-body interfaces at the Georgia Institute of Technology. As a Principal Research Scientist for the Georgia Tech Institute for People and Technology and as Adjunct Faculty with the School of Interactive Computing (SIC), he teaches courses on Computer Science Ethics, Wearable Product Design and Mobile and Ubiquitous Computing (MUC). Zeagler enjoys working with external partners in the arts and industry partners such as Google and the Atlanta Braves to bring real world experience into the classroom. As a member of the NASA Wearable Technology Cluster his relationship with the NASA Georgia Space Grant Consortium to funds MUC student projects on wearable computing for space—a wonderful opportunity for undergraduate students.
A deep understanding of the garment production process fosters innovation in his research. Zeagler’s company Pecan Pie Couture hand dyed, embroidered, and screen-printed textiles and garments. Building upon that skillset, his research led to the creation of the Electronic Textile Interface Swatch Book (ESwatchBook) in collaboration with Thad Starner and other SIC faculty. The ESwatchBook is designed to help facilitate discussions between the skill and craft-based design disciplines (.i.e. fashion) and more technical disciplines (.i.e. computer science). To put the ESwatchBook’s capabilities to the test, Zeagler developed a series of workshops at multiple colleges with the purpose of bringing together designers with engineers / technology specialists. The workshops were funded by a National Endowment for the Arts grant, which he co-authored.
Zeagler’s other recent endeavors include FIDO: Facilitating Interactions for Dogs with Occupations an exploration into using wearable electronics to enhance interactions between service dogs and their handler/owners.
Zeagler’s artwork builds on his knowledge of textiles and art and design background.
If you are interested in wearable technology be sure to download Zeagler’s e-book Meeting The Challenge: The Path Towards A Consumer Wearable Computer.
ART EXHIBITIONS
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HONEYCOMB II
juried group show – the pollinator art space, Atlanta Ga, Nov 13 – Dec 21 2025
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Being FRANK : It Is Because I Am
artist collective group exhibition – Atlanta GA, September 14th 4PM-8PM 2025 FRANKatl.org
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Colors of Love – Pride Exhibition at The Coca-Cola Company Headquarters
invited participation in group show – Atlanta GA, June 6 – July 10 2025
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textile incantations
solo exhibition – The Goat Farm in Atlanta GA, June 8th -23rd 2024
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Georgia On My Mind
juried group show – Acworth Arts Alliance, Acworth GA, May 4 – July 27 2024
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Mayor’s Pride Exhibition 2023
juried group exhibition – Atlanta GA, October 2023
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New Year New Talent
curated Group Show – Vaknin Gallery, Atlanta GA, 2008
ACADEMIC PUBLICATIONS
Publications are listed in chronological order from most recent.
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The State of Performance Art and Interactive Technology
Clint Zeagler, Maribeth Gandy, Katherine Helen Fisher, Corian Ellisor, Lucy Dunne, Raja Schaar, Noah Posner, Jamie A Ward, Lisa Marks. Companion of the 2025 ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing. 2025/10/12
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Workshopping Creative Interactive Experiences
Clint Zeagler, Corian Ellisor, Noah Posner, Tim Trent, Royce Soble. Companion of the 2025 ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing. 2025/10/12
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Choosing the Right Equipment: Balancing Equipment Cost and Project Sustainability for the Story Booth
Tim Trent, Noah Posner, Clint Zeagler. Companion of the 2025 ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing 2025/10/12
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Do Looks Matter? Exploring Functional and Aesthetic Design Preferences for a Robotic Guide Dog
Aviv L. Cohav, A. Xinran Gong, J. Taery Kim, Clint Zeagler, Sehoon Ha, and Bruce N. Walker, IEEE International Conference on Robotics & Automation 2025
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Predicting Inclusive Futures: Wearables, Automation, and Design Speculation
Raja Schaar and Clint Zeagler. 12th International Conference on Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics (AHFE 2021), Virtual, July 25-29, 2021
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YOU BETTA WERK: Using Wearable Technology Performance Driven Inclusive Transdisciplinary Collaboration to Facilitate Authentic Learning
Clint Zeagler, Jaye Lish, Edie Cheezburger, Max Woo, Kathleen L Tynan, Elise Morton, Simrun Mannan, Eva L Christensen, Jordan Eggleston, Paige Greenfield, Chloe Lynne Choi, Axel Gustafsson, Jonatan Holmgren, Aparna Iyer, Michael Chi, Maribeth Gandy, Laura Levy, and Jay Bolter. ACM Fifteenth International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction (TEI ’21) (Salzburg, Austria, 2021).
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Proprioceptively displayed interfaces: aiding non-visual on-body input through active and passive touch
Clint Zeagler, P. Presti, E. Mynatt, T. Starner, and M. Jackson. Personal and Ubiquitous Computing, Springer, Jan 14th 2021
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Dogs Using Touchscreens in the Home: A Case Study for Assistance Dogs Operating Emergency Notification Systems
C. Byrne, C. Zeagler, L. Freil, A. Rapoport, and M. Jackson. Proceedings of the 5th Annual Animal Computer Interaction Conference ACM, Atlanta GA, Dec 2018
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A Toolkit for Animal Touchscreen Slider Design
J. Logas, W. Mitchell, M. Khan, L. Freeman, C. Zeagler, and M. Jackson. Proceedings of the 5th Annual Animal Computer Interaction Conference ACM, Atlanta GA, Dec 2018
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Technology for Working Dogs
M. Jackson, c. Byrne, L. Freil, G. Valentin, J. Zuerndorfer, C. Zeagler, J Logas, S. Gilliland, A. Rapoport, S. Sun, D. Peet, A. Lau, X. Han, J. Alcaidinho, and T. Starner. Proceedings of the 5th Annual Animal Computer Interaction Conference ACM, Atlanta GA, Dec 2018
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The Assistive Wearable: Inclusive by Design
C. Zeagler, M. Gandy, and P.M.A. Baker. Assistive Technology Outcomes and Benefits, Volume 12, Summer 2018, pp. 11-36 Copyright ATIA 2017 ISSN 1938-7261
Available online: www.atia.org/atob
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C. Zeagler, 2018, Georgia Tech Theses and Dissertations
https://smartech.gatech.edu/handle/1853/60765
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Where to Wear It: Functional, Technical, and Social Considerations in On-Body Location for Wearable Technology 20 Years of Designing for Wearability.
C Zeagler. Proceedings of the 2017 International Symposium on Wearable Computers, Maui HI, ACM 2017
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Le Monstré : An Interactive Participatory Performance Costume.
C Zeagler, S Gilliland, K Fisher, S Boyle, L Levy. Adjunct Proceedings of the 2017 International Symposium on Wearable Computing, Maui HI, ACM 2017
AWARDED Best Design Exhibition Paper Aesthetic Category
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In Harmony: Making a Wearable Musical Instrument as a Case Study of using Boundary Objects in an Interdisciplinary Collaborative Design Process
C Zeagler, M Gandy, S Gilliland, D Moore, R Centrella, B Montgomery. Proceedings of the 2017 Conference on Designing Interactive Systems, 369-378 ACM 2017
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Canine-Centered Computing
L Freil, C Byrne, G Valentin, C Zeagler, D Roberts, T Starner, M Jackson. Foundations and Trends® in Human–Computer Interaction 10 (2), 87-164
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Imagining futures: A collaborative policy/device design for wearable computing
M Gandy, PMA Baker, C Zeagler. Futures 87, 106-121. March 2017
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Canine Computer Interaction: Towards designing a touchscreen interface for working dogs
C Zeagler, J Zuerndorfer, A Lau, L Freil, S Gilliland, T Starner, M Jackson. Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Animal-Computer Interaction. November 2016
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Search and rescue: dog and handler collaboration through wearable and mobile interfaces
C Zeagler, C Byrne, G Valentin, L Freil, E Kidder, J Crouch, T Starner, M Jackson. Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Animal-Computer Interaction. November 2016
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E-archery: prototype wearable for analyzing archery release
Y Zhao, S Salunke, A Leavitt, K Curtin, N Huynh, C Zeagler. Proceedings of the 2016 ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing: Adjunct. September 2016
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Sensor for measuring tilt angle based on electronic textile and method thereof
HS Lee, HC Shin, TE Starner, SM Gilliland, C Zeagler. US Patent 9,316,481. April 2016
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Throwing buddy: solving sensor challenges through soft-good construction, design, and fabric selection
C Zeagler, S Gilliland, P Presti. Adjunct Proceedings of the 2015 ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing and Proceedings of the 2015 ACM International Symposium on Wearable Computer. September 2015
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Addressing dresses: user interface allowing for interdisciplinary design and calibration of LED embedded garments
Z Cochran, C Zeagler, S McCall. Proceedings of the 2015 ACM International Symposium on Wearable Computers, 61-64. September 2015
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Innovation and wearable computing: A proposed collaborative policy design framework
PMA Baker, M Gandy, C Zeagler. IEEE Internet Computing 19 (5), 18-25. September 2015
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Meeting the Challenge: The Path Towards a Consumer Wearable Computer
C Zeagler, T Starner, T Hall, M Wong Sala. Georgia Institute of Technology 2015
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FIDO – Facilitating interactions for dogs with occupations: wearable communication interfaces for working dogs
M. Jackson, G. Valentin, L. Freil, L. Burkeen, C. Zeagler, S. Gilliland, B. Currier, T. Starner. In Personal and Ubiquitous Computing , October 2014
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Going to the Dogs: Towards an Interactive Touchscreen Interface for Working Dogs
C. Zeagler, S. Gilliland, L. Freil, T. Starner, and M. Jackson. In UIST ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology Honolulu, HI, USA 2014
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Canine Reachability of Snout-based Wearable Inputs
G. Valentin, J. Alcaidinho, L. Freil, C. Zeagler, M. Jackson, and T. Starner. In IEEE International Symposium on Wearable Computers, Seattle, WA 2014
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The social comfort of wearable technology and gestural interaction
LE Dunne, H Profita, C Zeagler, J Clawson, S Gilliland, EYL Do, J Budd. Engineering in medicine and biology society (EMBC), 2014 36th annual international conference of the IEEE. August 2014
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Social aspects of wearability and interaction
L Dunne, H Profita, C Zeagler. IN BOOK Sasznov, and Neuman (Eds.), : Wearable Sensors: Fundamentals, Implementation and Application. Chapter 1.2 Social Aspects of Wearability and Interaction. Elsevier Inc. September 17, 2014 ISBN-13: 978-0124186620 ISBN-10: 0124186629
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Design research methods to understand user needs for an etextile knee sleeve
CA Byrne, CB Rebola, C Zeagler. Proceedings of the 31st ACM international conference on Design of of communication. September 2013
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Can I Wash It? : The Effect of Washing Conductive Materials Used in Making Textile Based Wearable Electronic Interfaces
C. Zeagler, S. Gilliland, S. Audy, & T. Starner. IEEE & ACM International Symposium on Wearable Computers, Zurich, Switzerland, September 2013
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FIDO – Facilitating Interactions for Dogs with Occupations Wearable Dog-Activated Interfaces.
M. Jackson, C. Zeagler, G. Valentin, A. Martin, V. Martin, A. Delawalla, W. Blount, S. Eiring, R. Hollis, & T. Starner. IEEE & ACM International Symposium on Wearable Computers, Zurich, Switzerland, September 2013
BEST PAPER
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Don’t Mind Me Touching My Wrist: A Case Study of Interacting with On-Body Technology in Public.
H. Profita, J. Clawson, S. Gilliland, C. Zeagler, T. Starner, J. Budd, E. Yi-Luen Do. IEEE & ACM International Symposium on Wearable Computers, Zurich, Switzerland, September 2013
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The Electronic Textile Interface Workshop: Facilitating Interdisciplinary Collaboration
C Zeagler, S Audy, S Pobiner, H Profita, S Gilliland, T Starner. IEEE International Symposium on Technology and Society, Toronto, Canada, 76-85. June 2013
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The 60th Anniversary of Industrial Design at Georgia Tech.
J. Medina and C. Zeagler. Georgia Institute of Technology, School of Industrial Design. ISBN 978-0-9888773-0-6. 2013
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Textile Interfaces: Embroidered Jog-Wheel, Beaded Tilt Sensor, Twisted Pair Ribbon, and Sound Sequins.
C. Zeagler, S. Gilliland, H. Profita, and T. Starner. In IEEE ISWC, pages 60-63, Newcastle, UK, 2012.
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The Electronic Textile Interface Workshop: Scaffolding Communication Across Disciplines.
S. Pobiner, C. Zeagler, H. Profita, S. Gilliland, H. Lee, S. Audy, H. Shin, T. Starner. ACM DIS 2012 Poster, Newcastle, UK, 2012
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The Textile Interface Swatchbook: Creating graphical user interface-like widgets with conductive embroidery.
S Gilliland, N Komor, T Starner, C Zeagler. IEEE International Symposium on Wearable Computers, Seoul, South Korea. October 2010.
NOMINATED for Best Paper
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Is it Gropable? – Assessing the Impact of Mobility on Textile Interfaces.
N. Komor, S. Gilliland, J. Clawson, M. Bhardwaj, M. Garg, C. Zeagler, and T. Starner. IEEE International Symposium. on Wearable Computers, pages 71–74, Linz, Austria 2009
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