Students

Dustin Tyler Students

Laura McGann

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Case Western Reserve, Biomedical engineering, Class of 2027

Laura's research examines user experience and performance in the context of human-in-the-loop (HITL) systems through a combination of physiological, functional, and subjective measures. The goal is to study how tactile feedback and other informational HITL interface elements affect phenomenological outcomes like embodiment.


Rachel Jakes

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Case Western Reserve, Biomedical engineering, Class of 2026

Rachel uses peripheral nerve stimulation to provide the sense of touch across realities.


Susan Schramfield

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Case Western Reserve, Neuroengineering, Class of 2026

Susan researches peripheral neural interfacing for tactile sensation.


Vlad Marcu

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Case Western Reserve, Biomedical engineering, Class of 2025

Vlad studies optimizing nerve stimulation selectivity using multipolar electrical stimulation.


Margaux Randolph

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Case Western Reserve, Neuroengineering, Class of 2027

Margaux's research is focused on preclinical peripheral nerve interface development for applications in sensory restoration and chronic pain. She is specifically concerned with the development of highly selective interfaces which can increase the therapeutic capabilities of peripheral nerve stimulation as a whole.


Leah Marie Roldan

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Case Western Reserve, Neuroengineering, Class of 2024

Leah's research is focused on evaluating how multiple perception points are integrated and perceived, and how temporal properties of stimulation may alter the final sensation.


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Sedona Cady

Case Western Reserve, Biomedical engineering, Class of 2024

 


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Nabeel Chowdhury

Case Western Reserve, Neuroengineering, Class of 2024

Nabeel's research focuses on sensorimotor integration of peripheral nerve stimulation with the basic motor system.

 


 

Michael Fu Students

Luis Mesias Flores

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Case Western Reserve, Electrical Engineering, Class of 2025

Luis is studying Electrical Engineering with a focus on virtual reality, teleoperation, and electrical stimulation haptic feedback.


 

Emily Graczyk Students

Jonah Mudge

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Case Western Reserve, Biomedical Engineering, Class of 2026

Jonah's research focuses on restoring proprioception, the body's sensation of limb position and movement. His work involves characterizing proprioception through implanted electrical stimulation in people with upper limb loss and through non-invasive surface electrical stimulation.

 


Bryn Spilker

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Case Western Reserve, Biomedical Engineering, Class of 2027

Bryn studies how simultaneous co-application of multiple stimulation modalities affects the perceptual experience and neural coding of the sensation

 


Roberto Peralta

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Case Western Reserve, Modeling and Biomimetic Stimulation Paradigm Development, Class of 2027

Roberto graduated from the University of Arizona with a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering and minors in French and Mathematics. He completed 4 years of undergraduate research in device development in the Gutruf Lab, and is a recipient of the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation Scholarship and the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship.


Pan Li Students

Runchao Li

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Case Western Reserve, Computer and Data Science, Class of 2026

Runchao's primary interests are distributed learning, AI and security.


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Mu Sheng

Case Western Reserve, Computer Science, Class of 2029

Mu Sheng is researching machine learning and security.


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Yao Fu

Case Western Reserve, Computer and Data Science, Class of 2027

Yao is dedicated to advancing knowledge in the field of deep learning, particularly focusing on areas such as federated learning, model compression, data distillation, generative models, and language models.

 


Xufei Wang

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Case Western Reserve, Computer and Data Science, Class of 2024

Xufei's research is focused on cybersecurity, system optimization with deep reinforcement learning, deep learning applications, and IoT.


Chenpei Huang

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University of Houston, Electrical Engineering, Class of 2024

Chenpei's research interests include wireless communication, underwater communication, and cybersecurity.


 

Zonghe Chua Students

Sai Jiang

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Case Western Reserve, Electrical Engineering, Class of 2028

Sai studies Teleoperation Optimization, Enhanced Virtual Reality, Robotic and Haptic

 


 

Kathryn Daltorio Students

Jianfeng (Tom) Zhou

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Case Western Reserve, Robotics, Class of 2025

Tom's research focuses on Human Robot Interaction, Haptics, Mechatronics, Sensors, and Teleoperation.


 

Hossein Miri Lavansani Students

Khan Zobayer Hassan

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Case Western Reserve, Electrical Engineering, Class of 2026

Khan is interested in hardware security and RFIC design.


 

An Wang Students

Haonan Shi

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Case Western Reserve, Computer Science, Class of 2027

Haonan studies privacy, federate learning, and security.


 

Nick Zingale Students

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Kelleigh Beatty

Cleveland State, Public Administration and Urban Studies, Class of 2026


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Claire Foley

Cleveland State, Urban Studies and Public Affairs, Class of 2027

Claire is a NSF Research Traineeship Fellow in the Center for Human Machine Systems.


 

Veronica Santos Students

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Evan Harber

UCLA, Robotics, Class of 2026

Evan's research pursuits thus far have revolved around three key concepts: tactile sensing, deformable, object modeling, and robotic motion planning.


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Jimmy Penaloza

UCLA, Robotics, Class of 2026

Jimmy studies tactile and proximity sensing for safe human-robot interactions


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Cole Ten

UCLA

Cole studies underwater tactile sensor skins and tactile sensor data for haptic displays


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Mumbi Whidby

UCLA, Mechanical Engineering, Class of 2027

Mumbi is studying design robotics and manufacturing


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Huajing Zhao

UCLA, Mechatronics

Huajing focuses on robotic manipulation of deformable objects and tactile sensing for safe human-robot interactions.


 

Jonathan Posner Students

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Sung Min Kang

University of Washington, Electrical Engineering, Class of 2026

Sung Min studies soft robotics, flexible materials, and microelectromechanical systems.

Alexis E. Block Students

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Oussama Alyounes 

Case Western Reserve University, Class of 2030, Human-Robot Interactions

Oussama enjoys challenges and is passionate about projects with societal impact.

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 Partha Datta

Case Western Reserve University, Class of 2029, Computer Engineering

Partha's primary research is titled "Design and Evaluation of a Novel Compliant Gripper with Tactile Sensing for Human-Robot Interaction with the Baxter Robot."


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Austin Wilson 

Case Western Reserve University, Class of 2026, Computer Engineering

Austin's research focuses on human-computer interactions.


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Ishika Kanakath 

Case Western Reserve University, Class of 2026, Computer Engineering

Ishika is a student enrolled in the integrated bachelors and masters program concentrating on embedded systems design.

Luke Osborn Students

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Oranatt Chaichanasittikarn

Case Western Reserve University, Neuroengineering, Class of 2029

Oranatt's research focuses on investigating neurophysiological mechanisms of multi-sensory feedback to enhance prosthetic embodiment and user integration.