Join the lab

The Human-in-Mind Engineering Research (HiMER) Lab is hiring PhD, Master’s, and undergraduate students.

Students in our lab are expected to work for collaborative research projects with other groups in robotics, computer science, and health science. Specific research areas we work in our lab include human-computer interaction, human performance/behavior modeling, transportation safety, human interactions with modern emerging technology (e.g., augmented/virtual reality, robotics, drone, and artificial intelligence).

If you are interested, feel free to email Dr. Jeong ([email protected]) with your interests and a current CV.

**NOTE: Please feel free to send follow-up or reminder emails more than once, as messages may occasionally be overlooked in busy inboxes.

PhD Students

The HiMER Lab is recruiting highly motivated PhD students in human factors, human-computer/robot interaction, human behavior modeling, and AR/VR domains with strong quantitative backgrounds and programming skills, and creative ideas. We invite applications for the fully-funded PhD position. For this position, all students must submit an official application to the program. Visit this program website for more information.

Minimum qualification:
- Degree(s) in a related field, such as Human Systems Engineering, Human-Computer Interaction, Robotics, Computer Science, Information Science, Engineering Psychology, Industrial Engineering, Mechanical Engineering.
Preferred qualifications:
- Strong background in statistical analysis and programming (e.g., R, SPSS, Matlab, Python, C#, ROS)
- Strong background in data analytics (e.g., deep learning, computer vision, natural language processing)
- Experience in human subject studies using experimental and physiological measurements (e.g., eye-tracking, motion-tracking, EEG, EMG, ECG)
- Experience in the use of AR/VR development platforms (e.g., Unity, Unreal Engine)
- Experience in scholarly writing and publications
- Oral and written fluency in English

Master’s Students

The HiMER Lab is recruiting highly motivated Master’s students in human factors, human-computer/robot interaction, and human behavior modeling domains with strong quantitative backgrounds and programming skills, and creative ideas. There are several ways that Master’s students can get involved in the research in our lab.

HSE/EGR 592: Research (up to 6 credits)
HSE/EGR 593: Applied Project (6 credits)
HSE 599: Thesis (6 credits)
The Master’s Opportunity for Research in Engineering (MORE)
Other options!

If you are not an ASU student yet, please directly apply to the program of ASU-HSE. Visit this link for more information.

Undergraduate Students

There are a wide range of research opportunities for ASU undergraduate students. We strongly encourage students to work in the lab for at least 6 months (i.e., a Fall/Spring academic semester plus a summer semester).

Fulton Undergraduate Research Initiative (FURI)
HSE 492: Honors Directed Study
HON 498: Honors Research/Independent Study
HSE 499: Individualized Instruction

Postdocs, Visiting Scholars, & Collaborators

We seek interdisciplinary research collaborations with a wide range of fields including engineering, computer science, social sciences, and learning sciences. If you’re interested in working with us, please do not hesitate to get in contact with Dr. Jeong.