Keaton Shurilla

Engineer // Researcher // Artist

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I am a PhD student at the University of Tokyo in the Institute of Industrial Sciences, advised by Masahiro Nomura. Previously, I obtained a master’s degree from the optical sciences program at the University of Arizona working in Yuzuru Takashima’s Advanded LiDAR and Display Lab and an additional master’s degree in informatics from the University of Tsukuba, where I was advised by Yoichi Ochiai in the Digital Nature Group. Prior to that, I earned a BS in electrical engineering from Brigham Young University with university honors, advised by Daniel Smalley as a member of the Electro-Holography Lab.

My research experience is in holography, Fourier optics, photonics, and phononics. My quest is to free the user from the pixel prison of modern technology by building integrated optical and acoustic devices that physically process and present information. Please feel free to reach out!

In addition to my academic work, I am a DJ and write electronic music.

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Media


▩ 2025: Interview on the Interrobang podcast with Dave DeGraw [video]
▩ 2023: Research Lab visit on Weekly Ochiai [video]
▩ 2022: FUTURES PIXIE DUST RADIO – Interview on Tokyo FM [recording]
▩ 2021: “BYU Capstone team creates world-champion educational device” [article]
▩ 2021: “Electrical Engineering: A Pathway to New Forms of Creativity” – individual highlight [article]

Keaton as DJ