Doctoral Students

Qhelile Ozias Sibanda
PhD in Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
01/2024 – Current
Area: Virtual and Augmented Reality
Office: SE2-230T; COB-268

Jannatul Ferdous Srabonee
PhD in Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
08/2023 – Current
Area: Accessibility
Office: SE2-230T; COB-268

Khine Yin Mon
PhD in Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
08/2023 – Current
Area: Automotive Interfaces
Office: SE2-230T

Ghazal Zand
PhD in Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
08/2020 – Current
Area: Human-Robot Interaction (HRI)
Office: SE2-230T

Yuan Ren
PhD in Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
08/2019 – Current
Area: Interaction with Wearable Devices
Office: SE2-230T

Tafadzwa Joseph Dube
PhD in Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
08/2018 – Current
Area: Virtual and Augmented Reality
Office: SE2-230T; COB-268

Master's Students

Hui Feng
MS in Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
01/2024 – Current
Area: Automotive Interfaces
Office: SE2-230R

Undergraduate Interns

Julia Wu
BS in Computer Science & Engineering
01/2024 – Current
Area: Multi-touch Input
Office: SE2-230R

Past Affiliates & Alumni

Doctoral Students

Laxmi Pandey
PhD in Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
08/2018 – 08/2022
Dissertation: Lip Reading as an Active Mode of Interaction with Computer Systems Defended on 07/28/2022
Currently Senior Research Scientist at Meta Research, Menlo Park, CA

Gulnar Rakhmetulla
PhD in Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
01/2018 – 08/2022
Dissertation: Inclusive Text Entry Techniques for Mobile Devices Defended on 07/27/2022
Currently Researcher at International IT University, Kazakhstan

Master's Students

Prasanthi Vanga
08/2021 – 12/2022
MS in Computer Science & Engineering
Area: Wearable Technologies for Gestural Interaction in Virtual Reality Defended on 12/05/2022
Currently SQL Developer at Solix Inc., Parsippany, NJ

Varnika Chauhan
10/2021 – 12/2022
MS in Computer Science & Engineering
Area: Novel Scanning Keyboards for People with Motor Impairments Defended on 12/05/2022
Currently Software Engineer at Rakuten Americas, San Mateo, CA

Satvik Kulshreshtha
MS in Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
02/2018 – 06/2019
Thesis: A Tap-Based Back-of-Device Mobile Users Authentication System
Currently DevOps Engineer at Apple, Sunnyvale, CA

Assistant Specialists

Yuan Ren
Assistant Specialist, 05/2018 – 08/2019
MS in Computer Science
Project: Stepper, Swipe, Tilt, Force: Comparative Evaluation of Four Number Pickers for Smartwatches
Currently pursuing PhD in the Inclusive Interaction Lab

Di "Chelsea" Sun
Assistant Specialist, 09/2017 – 01/2018
MS in Human-Computer Interaction
Project: Exploratory Study of Young Children's Social Media Needs and Requirements
Currently User Interface Designer at IXL Learning, San Mateo, CA

Graduate Volunteers

Azar Alizadeh
Volunteer, 03/2018 – 09/2018
PhD in Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
Project: Enabling Predictive Number Entry and Editing on Touchscreen-Based Mobile Devices

Mudit Misra
Volunteer, 02/2018 – 09/2018
MS in Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
Project: Exploring the Pace of an Endless Runner Game in Stationary and Mobile Settings

Undergraduate Interns

Serenity Reign Bassett
CSE 199 Intern, 06/2023 – 08/2023
BS in Computer Science & Engineering
Project: Micromobility

Francisco Lira
Intern, 05/2022 – 04/2023
BS in Computer Science & Engineering
Project: Braille Input on Smartphones

Nikita Yadav
Intern, 02/2022 – 04/2023
BS in Computer Science & Engineering
Project: Braille Input on Smartphones

Kianna Ng
Intern, 10/2022 – 12/2022
BS in Computer Science & Engineering
Project: Effects of Self-selected Pleasant Scents on Text Composition and Transcription Performance

David Yang
Intern, 04/2022 – 12/2022
BS in Computer Science & Engineering
Project: Communicating with Telepresence Robots

Wendy Haw
UROC Intern, 06/2022 – 08/2022
BS in Computer Science & Engineering
Project: Effects of Self-selected Pleasant Scents on Text Composition and Transcription Performance

Benita Onyenacho
CSE 195 Intern, 05/2022 – 08/2022
BS in Computer Science & Engineering
Project: Effects of Personality on Performance

Libanose Teffera
CSE 195 Intern, 05/2022 – 08/2022
BS in Computer Science & Engineering
Project: Effects of Personality on Performance

Kevin Johnson
Intern, 09/2019 – 05/2022
BS in Bioengineering
Project: Shapeshifter: Gesture Typing in Virtual Reality with a Force-based Digital Thimble

Brian Matamet Salas
Intern, 10/2020 – 04/2021
BS in Computer Science & Engineering
Project: Optical Character Recognition for Mobile Accessibility

Elizabeth Cancino-Perez
Intern, 10/2020 – 12/2020
BS in Computer Science & Engineering
Project: Optical Character Recognition for Mobile Accessibility

Carlos Jason Rocha
Intern, 10/2020 – 12/2020
BS in Computer Science & Engineering
Project: Optical Character Recognition for Mobile Accessibility

Sabir Kirpal
Intern, 1/2020 – 06/2020
BS in Computer Science & Engineering
Project: A Graphical User-Authentication Approach

Abigail Plata
CSE 195 Intern, 09/2019 – 05/2020
BS in Computer Science & Engineering
Project: Impact of Static and Animated eBook Illustrations on Children's Engagement, Enjoyment, Information Recall

Mighty Chen
Intern, 11/2019 – 05/2020
BS in Computer Science & Engineering
Project: Learning Geometry with Programmable Robots

Vaishnavi Melkote
Intern, 03/2019 – 12/2019
BS in Cognitive & Information Sciences
Project: Exploratory Study of Young Children's Social Media Needs and Requirements

Mohammad Akbor Sharif
CSE 195 Intern, 01/2019 – 12/2019
BS in Computer Science & Engineering
Project: TapStr: A Tap and Stroke Reduced-Qwerty for Smartphones

Nanditha Embar
CSE 195 Intern, 09/2018 – 05/2019
BS in Computer Science & Engineering
Project: A Graphical User-Authentication Approach

Akeiylah Dewitt
Intern, 09/2018 – 03/2019
BS in Cognitive & Information Sciences
Project: Fiddling, Pointing, Hovering, and Sliding: Embodied Actions with Three Evaluation Tools for Children

High-School Interns

Alexander T. Le
Summer Intern, 05/2023 – 08/2023
Silver Creek High School, San Jose, CA
Project: Speech Synthesizer

Anaisha Das
Summer Intern, 05/2023 – 08/2023
Dougherty Valley High School, San Ramon, CA
Project: Speech Input & Interaction

Jay N. Parekh
Summer Intern, 05/2023 – 08/2023
Evergreen Valley High School, San Jose, CA
Project: Context-aware Interaction

Tej Patel
Summer Intern, 05/2023 – 08/2023
Troy High School, Fullerton, CA
Project: Indoor Navigation

Shreyas Sharma
Summer Intern, 05/2023 – 08/2023
Silver Creek High School, San Jose, CA
Project: Classification Efficiency of Infrared vs. Visible Plant Images

Vaishali Jha
Summer Intern, 06/2022 – 08/2022
Evergreen Valley High School, San Jose, CA
Project: Emotion Detection in Text Entry

Shreyas Sharma
Summer Intern, 06/2022 – 08/2022
Silver Creek High School, San Jose, CA
Project: A Graphical User-Authentication Approach

Arpana Koilada
Summer Intern, 06/2022 – 08/2022
Evergreen Valley High School, San Jose, CA
Project: User Defined Speech-Commands

Veena Sumedh
Summer Intern, 06/2021 – 08/2021
Mountain View High School, Mountain View, CA
Project: Impact of Static and Animated eBook Illustrations on Children's Engagement, Enjoyment, Information Recall

Peter Ly
Summer Intern, 06/2021 – 08/2021
Bellarmine College Preparatory (BCP), San Jose, CA
Project: Impact of Static and Animated eBook Illustrations on Children's Engagement, Enjoyment, Information Recall

Anna-Maria Gueorguieva
STEP Intern, 06/2018 – 08/2018
El Capitan High School, Merced, CA
Project: Enabling Input on Tiny/Headless Systems Using Morse Code

Dissertation & Thesis Committees

Past Mentees

Co-mentored the following students with Dr. Alexandra (Ali) Mazalek as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Co-mentored the following students with Dr. Wolfgang Stuerzlinger as a PhD candidate