Doctoral Students

Sardar Mehtab Bin Murtaza
PhD in Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
08/2025 – Current
Area: TBD
Office: SE2-230T

Jingquan Li
PhD in Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
08/2025 – Current
Area: TBD
Office: COB-268

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

Jannatul Ferdous Srabonee
PhD in Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
08/2023 – Current
Area: Accessibility, Brain Computer Interface (BCI)
Office: COB-268

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

Master's Students

Lavanya Dalin Annappa
MS in Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
08/2024 – Current
Area: Haptics
Office: SE2-230T

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

Graduate Volunteers

Zoe Loh
PhD in Management of Complex Systems
01/2024 – Current
Area: Social Media
Office: Remote

Undergraduate Interns

Emeka Sha
BS in Computer Science & Engineering
11/2024 – Current
Area: Brain-Computer Interface (BCI)
Office: COB-268

High School Interns

Jasamarbir Singh Arora
American High School, Fremont, CA
Summer Intern, 05/2025 – Current
Project: TBD

Aashrita Koyyalamudi
Dougherty Valley High School, San Ramon, CA
Summer Intern, 05/2025 – Current
Project: TBD

Vishnu Srinivas
Foothill High School, Pleasanton, CA
Summer Intern, 05/2025 – Current
Project: TBD

Sowmya Sundar
Milpitas High School, Milpitas, CA
Summer Intern, 05/2025 – Current
Project: TBD

Alumni & Past Affiliates

Doctoral Students

Tafadzwa Joseph Dube
PhD in Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
08/2018 – Defended: 04/26/2024
Dissertation: Integrating Wearable and Haptic Devices for Enhanced Input and Interaction in Virtual Reality
Currently Faculty at Cuesta College, San Luis Obispo, CA

Yuan Ren
PhD in Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
08/2019 – Defended: 04/24/2024
Dissertation: Text and Numerical Input on Mobile and Wearable Devices
Currently Senior Software Engineer at Boston Scientific, Marlborough, MA

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

Gulnar Rakhmetulla
PhD in Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
01/2018 – Defended: 07/27/2022
Dissertation: Inclusive Text Entry Techniques for Mobile Devices
Currently Faculty at Westcliff University, Irvine, CA

Master's Students

Khine Yin Mon
MS in Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
08/2023 – Submitted: 04/24/2025
Project: Automotive Interfaces

Currently Module Engineer at Intel, Hillsboro, OR

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

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

Satvik Kulshreshtha
MS in Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
02/2018 – Defended: 07/19/2019
Thesis: A Tap-Based Back-of-Device Mobile Users Authentication System
Currently DevOps Engineer at Apple, Sunnyvale, CA

Assistant Specialists

Yuan Ren
MS in Computer Science
Assistant Specialist, 05/2018 – 08/2019
Project: Stepper, Swipe, Tilt, Force: Comparative Evaluation of Four Number Pickers for Smartwatches
Currently Software Engineer at Boston Scientific, Marlborough, MA

Di "Chelsea" Sun
MS in Human-Computer Interaction
Assistant Specialist, 09/2017 – 01/2018
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
PhD in Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
Volunteer, 03/2018 – 09/2018
Project: Enabling Predictive Number Entry and Editing on Touchscreen-Based Mobile Devices

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

Undergraduate Interns

Berrydal Moshe
BS in Computer Science & Engineering
CSE 195, 08/2024 – 12/2024
Project: Haptic Feedback via Wearables in Virtual Reality

Julia Wu
BS in Computer Science & Engineering
Intern, 01/2024 – 07/2024
Project: Enhancing Multi-touch Input

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

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

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

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

David Yang
BS in Computer Science & Engineering
Intern, 04/2022 – 12/2022
Project: Evaluating User Preferences in Sharing Sensitive Information via Telepresence Robots

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

High-School Interns

Advay Bajpai
Foothill High School, Pleasanton, CA
Summer Intern, 05/2024 – 08/2024
Project: Human-Robot Interaction

Mahika Khosla
Leland High School, San Jose, CA
Summer Intern, 05/2024 – 08/2024
Project: Human-Robot Interaction

Tanusha Kolli
Merrill F. West High School, Tracy, CA
Summer Intern, 05/2024 – 08/2024
Project: Gestural Interaction

Hasini Manda
American High School, Fremont, CA
Summer Intern, 05/2024 – 08/2024
Project: Human-Robot Interaction

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Anna-Maria Gueorguieva
El Capitan High School, Merced, CA
STEP, 06/2018 – 08/2018
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