HCI Engineering Group

Team

Stefanie Mueller

Stefanie Mueller

Associate Professor
MIT EECS / MechE

Linda Lynch

Linda Lynch

Administrative Assistant

Michael Wessely

Michael Wessely

Postdoc

Mackenzie Leake

Mackenzie Leake

Postdoc

Martin Nisser

Martin Nisser

PhD Student

Junyi Zhu

Junyi Zhu

PhD Student

Dishita Turakhia

Dishita Turakhia

PhD Student

Mustafa Doga Dogan

Mustafa Doga Dogan

PhD Student

Ticha Sethapakdi

Ticha Sethapakdi

PhD Student

Faraz Faruqi

Faraz Faruqi

PhD Student

Yunyi Zhu

Yunyi Zhu

PhD Student

Marwa AlAlawi

Marwa AlAlawi

PhD Student

Cedric Honnet

Cedric Honnet

PhD Student

Oleg Sautenkov

Oleg Sautenkov

Visiting Student

paulo nascimento

Paulo Nascimento

Visiting Student

Peiling Jiang

Peiling Jiang

Visiting Student

Amadou Bah

Amadou Bah

MEng / TA

David Ludgin

David Ludgin

MEng

Veerapatr Yotamornsunthorn

Veerapatr Yotamornsunthorn

MEng

Gila R Schein

Gila R Schein

MEng

Yuxuan Lei

Yuxuan Lei

Master Student

Aashini Shah

Aashini Shah

SuperUROP

Ahmad Taka

Ahmad Taka

UROP

Michael Baumgartner

Michael Baumgartner

UROP

Yashaswini Makaram

Yashaswini Makaram

UROP

Brent Liu

Brent Liu

UROP

Alicia Guo

Alicia Guo

UROP

Andrew Woo

Andrew Kyoungwan Woo

UROP

Richard Qi

Richard Qi

UROP

Lucian

Lucian Covarrubias

UROP

Jack O'Leary

Jack O'Leary

UROP

Neha Pant

Neha Pant

UROP

Shua Cho

Shua Cho

UROP

Thelonious Cooper

Thelonious Cooper

UROP

Ahmed Katary

Ahmed Katary

UROP

Raiphy Jerez

Raiphy Jerez

UROP

Benjamin Owen-Block

Benjamin Owen-Block

UROP

Lleyton Elliott

Lleyton Elliott

UROP

Andrew Doan

Andrew Doan

UROP

Wilhelm Schoeman

Wilhelm Schoeman

UROP

Shanti Mickens

Shanti Mickens

UROP

Alumni

Postdocs

Jiamin He

Parinya Punpongsanon

Postdoctoral Associate
(01/2017 - 03/2018)
now an Assistant Professor at Osaka University

Yoonji Kim

Yoonji Kim

Postdoctoral Associate
(11/2020 - 09/2021)
now an Assistant Professor
at Chung-Ang University

Antonio Gomes

Antonio Gomes

Postdoctoral Associate
(01/2017-09/2017)
now a HCI Hardware Researcher at Thalmic Labs

Paul Worgan

Paul Worgan

Postdoctoral Associate
(01/2017-12/2017)
now a Teaching Fellow at University College London

Yini Qi

Junichi Yamaoka

Postdoctoral Associate
(06/2017 - 09/2018)
now a Project Assistant Professor
at University of Tokyo

Yuhua Jin

Yuhua Jin

Postdoctoral Associate
(10/2018 - 03/2020)

Yuhua Jin

Isabel Qamar

Postdoctoral Fellow
(11/2018 - 02/2021)
now a Postdoctoral Fellow at University of Illinois

Master Students (MEng)

Yini Qi

Yini (Kelly) Qi

MEng
(09/2017 - 05/2018)

Kenneth Friedman

Kenneth Friedman

MEng
(09/2017 - 05/2019)

2019 Charles and Jennifer Johnson Best Computer Science MEng Thesis Award

Lotta Blumberg

Lotta Blumberg

MEng, TA, UROP
(01/2018 - 05/2019)

Carolyn Lu

Carolyn Lu

MEng, SuperUROP
(09/2017 - 05/2019)

Mark Chounlakone

Mark Chounlakone

MEng, TA
(09/2018 - 08/2019)

Christina Liao

Christina Liao

MEng
(09/2019 - 05/2020)

2021 Charles & Jennifer Johnson Best Computer Science MEng Thesis Award

Adrian Sy

Adrian Sy

MEng
(09/2019 - 05/2020)

Cattalyya Nuengsigkapian

Cattalyya Nuengsigkapian

MEng
(06/2019 - 05/2020)

Aradhana Adhikari

Aradhana Adhikari

MEng (previous: UROP)
(01/2019 - 05/2020)

2019 Morais & Rosenblum Best UROP Award

Sabina Chen

Sabina Chen

MEng
(09/2020 - 05/2021)

Joshua Verdejo

Joshua Verdejo

MEng (previous: UROP / LA)
(09/2020 - 05/2021)

Olivia Seow

Olivia Seow

MEng
(01/2021 - 05/2021)

Leon Cheng

Leon Cheng

MEng
(01/2019 - 08/2021)

Mihir Trivedi

Mihir Trivedi

MEng / TA
(09/2020 - 12/2021)

Undergraduate Students (UROP)

Megan C Chao

Megan C Chao

SuperUROP / UROP
(06/2017-05/2018)

Tianye-Chen

Tianye Chen

UROP
(02/2018 - 05/2018)

Loren Maggiore

Loren Maggiore

Lab Assistant / UROP
(02/2018-12/2018)

Katarina Bulovic

Katarina Bulovic

UROP
(06/2018-10/2018)

Toru Lin

Toru Lin

UROP
(09/2018-12/2018)

Cowboy Lynk

Cowboy Lynk

UROP
(09/2018-12/2018)

Andrew Wong

Andrew Wong

UROP
(09/2018-12/2018)

Bobby Rauch

Bobby Rauch

UROP
(02/2019-05/2019)

Linnea Rylander

Linnea Rylander

UROP
(02/2019-05/2019)

Xin Wen

Xin Wen

SuperUROP, UROP, LA
(09/2017 - 05/2019)

2018 Licklider Best UROP Award

Kevin Shum

Kevin Shum

UROP
(02/2019 - 05/2019)

Mojo Oke

Mojolaoluwa Oke

UROP
(06/2019 - 08/2019)

Andrew Churchill

Andrew Churchill

UROP
(09/2018 - 10/2019)

Carlos Castillo Lozada

Carlos Castillo Lozada

UROP
(06/2019 - 12/2019)

2020 Licklider Best UROP Award

Jessica Quaye

Jessica Quaye

UROP
(09/2019 - 12/2019)

Leon Cheng

Leon Cheng

UROP
(01/2019 - 05/2020)

Jiaming Cui

Jiaming Cui

SuperUROP
(09/2019 - 05/2020)

Suparnamaaya Prasad

Suparnamaaya Prasad

UROP
(02/2020 - 05/2020)

Harrison Allen

Harrison Allen

UROP
(01/2019 - 08/2020)

Kevin Tang

Kevin Tang

UROP
(06/2020 - 09/2020)

Steven Acevedo

Steven Acevedo

UROP
(06/2020 - 09/2020)

2021 Morais & Rosenblum Best UROP Award

Aiden Padilla

Aiden Padilla

UROP
(06/2020-09/2020)

Marvin Zetina-Jimenez

Marvin Zetina-Jimenez

UROP
(06/2020-09/2020)

Varnika Sinha

Varnika Sinha

UROP (02/2020 - 10/2020)

Jenny Chan

Jenny Chen

UROP
(06/2020-09/2020)

Dimitri Tskhovrebadze

Dimitri Tskhovrebadze

UROP
(06/2020-12/2020)

Gianna N Torpey

Gianna N Torpey

UROP
(09/2020-05/2021)

Emily Chen

Emily Chen

UROP
(01/2021-05/2021)

Daniela Zaidenberg

Daniela Zaidenberg

UROP
(01/2020-05/2021)

Laura Huang

Laura Huang

UROP
(01/2021-05/2021)

Kristen Palmer

Kristen Palmer

UROP
(01/2021-05/2021)

Wendy Wang

Wendy Wang

UROP
(01/2021-05/2021)

Carlos Castillo Lozada

Carlos Castillo Lozada

UROP
(09/2019-05/2021)

Thomas Adebiyi

Thomas Adebiyi

UROP
(01/2021-05/2021)

Ngai Hang Wu

Ngai Hang Wu

UROP
(01/2021 - 05/2021)

Brian Huang

Brian Huang

UROP
(06/2021 - 08/2021)

Jackson Snowden

Jackson Snowden

UROP
(06/2019-09/2021)

Zipei Tan

Zipei Tan

UROP
(06/2021 - 09/2021)

Ishita Bhimavarapu

Ishita Bhimavarapu

UROP
(09/2020 - 08/2021)

Ivy Wang

Ivy Wang

UROP
(09/2020 - 11/2021)

Ivy Wang

Sohini Kar

UROP
(09/2021 - 11/2021)

Michael Lu

Michael Lu

UROP
(02/2021 - 12/2021)

Daniel Wang

Daniel Wang

UROP
(09/2021 - 12/2021)

Grace Tang

Grace Tang

SuperUROP, UROP
(09/2020 - 05/2022)

Luca Musk

Luca Musk

UROP
(01/2022 - 05/2022)

Kathryn Jin

Kathryn Jin

UROP
(01/2022 - 05/2022)

Teaching Assistants (TA) and Lab Assistants (LAs)

Jared Counts

Jared Counts

Teaching Assistant
(09/2017-12/2017)

Jesse George

Jesse George-Akpenyi

LA
09/2021 - 12/2021

Brian Wang

Brian Wang

LA
09/2021 - 12/2021

Shayna Ahteck

Shayna Ahteck

LA
09/2021 - 12/2021

Visitors

Sriram Subramanian

Sriram Subramanian

Visiting Professor
(06/2019 - 09/2019)

Marianna Obrist

Marianna Obrist

Visiting Professor
(06/2019 - 09/2019)

Donghyeon Ko

Donghyeon Ko

Visiting PhD Student
(06/2021 - 09/2021)

Jun Gong

Jun Gong

Visiting PhD Student
(06/2020 - 09/2020)

Walther Jensen

Walther Jensen

Visiting PhD Student
(01/2020-03/2020)

Diego Pinochet

Diego Pinochet

Visiting PhD Student

Maroula Bacharidou

Maroula Bacharidou

Visiting Master Student
(09/2018 - 05/2019)

Paolo Boni

Paolo Boni

Visiting Master Student
(12/2019 - 06/2020)

Aleksei Kashapov

Alexey Kashapov

Visiting Master Student
(09/2019-05/2020)

Ben Tang

Ben Jun-Hong Tang

Visiting Master Student
(07/2021-12/2021)

Vivian Chan

Vivian Chan

Visiting Student
(06/2021-09/2021)

Akshat Kumar

Akshat Kumar

Visiting Student
(06/2021-09/2021)

Sloke Shrestha

Sloke Shrestha

Visiting Student
(06/2021-09/2021)

YuChen Chai

YuChen Chai

Visiting Master Student
(09/2019-05/2020)

Kevin Reuss

Kevin Reuß

Visiting Undergraduate Student
(07/2017-12/2017)
now an MSc student at Hasso Plattner Institute

Jiamin He

Jiamin He

Visiting Undergraduate Student
(01/2017 - 05/2017)
MSc at UCSD, now a software engineer at Google

Christian de Weck

Christian de Weck

Visiting Highschool Student
(06/2018-08/2018)