Melodie Yashar
Consultant
Altercall AI
Melodie Yashar is a technologist, designer, and researcher. She consults on the use of advanced automated technologies and data optimization for various enterprises. She teaches undergraduate and graduate design studios at Art Center College of Design.
Melodie established the Architecture & Building Performance department at ICON, a construction technologies company focused on large-scale additive manufacturing for Earth and in space. As VP of the department, Melodie oversaw the architectural direction of ICON’s built work as well as the performance of ICON’s building systems. Collaborating across technology and construction teams, her department supported design and construction of dignified and resilient terrestrial housing solutions in addition to supporting ICON’s off-world construction systems. In her tenure at ICON the company 3D-printed over 150 structures, including the award-winning House Zero and a research analog at NASA’s Johnson Space Center.
In previous roles, Melodie was a Senior Research Associate with the Human Systems Integration Division at NASA Ames via San Jose State University Research Foundation (SJSURF), as well as a co-founder of Space Exploration Architecture (SEArch+). Melodie obtained a Master of Architecture from Columbia University and a Master of Human-Computer Interaction with an emphasis in Robotics from the School of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon.
Melodie established the Architecture & Building Performance department at ICON, a construction technologies company focused on large-scale additive manufacturing for Earth and in space. As VP of the department, Melodie oversaw the architectural direction of ICON’s built work as well as the performance of ICON’s building systems. Collaborating across technology and construction teams, her department supported design and construction of dignified and resilient terrestrial housing solutions in addition to supporting ICON’s off-world construction systems. In her tenure at ICON the company 3D-printed over 150 structures, including the award-winning House Zero and a research analog at NASA’s Johnson Space Center.
In previous roles, Melodie was a Senior Research Associate with the Human Systems Integration Division at NASA Ames via San Jose State University Research Foundation (SJSURF), as well as a co-founder of Space Exploration Architecture (SEArch+). Melodie obtained a Master of Architecture from Columbia University and a Master of Human-Computer Interaction with an emphasis in Robotics from the School of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon.