People

** HiMER Lab is hiring PhD, Master’s, and undergraduate students.


Lab Director

Heejin Jeong, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Human Systems Engineering, The Polytechnic School

Biomedical Engineering Graduate Faculty, The School of Biological and Health Systems Engineering

Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering, Arizona State University

Affiliate Faculty, Global Security Initiative (GSI)’s Center for Human, Artificial Intelligence, and Robot Teaming (CHART)

His primary research supports human decision-making in interactions with autonomous and intelligent systems. He applies various engineering methodologies, such as experimental studies, human performance modeling, and data analytics, to address societal challenges in human-system engineering domains including robotics, healthcare, and emerging technologies (e.g., extended reality, artificial intelligence). His focuses include extended reality systems for enhancing occupational safety and healthcare rehabilitation training, as well as human-robot collaboration in Industry 5.0 manufacturing systems. He received his PhD in Industrial and Operations Engineering from the University of Michigan. Previously, he was an assistant professor in the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at the University of Illinois at Chicago (2019-2022) and he was trained as a postdoctoral research fellow at the Human Factors Group of the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute.

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Graduate Research Assistants

Allison Bayro

PhD Candidate, Biomedical Engineering

Research Interests: Virtual & Augmented Reality, Physiological Signals, Human-Machine Interaction, Wearable Sensors, Machine Learning, and Cognitive Abilities

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Hari Iyer

Doctoral student, Human Systems Engineering

Research Interests: Human-Machine Interaction, Musculoskeletal Ergonomics, Computer Vision, Simulation Software

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Tianhang Liu

Doctoral student, Human Systems Engineering

Research Interests: Human-Computer Interaction, User Experience, Human-AI Interaction, Extended Reality, Psychophysics, Design, Digital Art

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Bryan Havens

Master student, Human Systems Engineering (User Experience Research)

Research Interests: Human-Computer Interaction, Remote Collaboration, Extended Reality, User Experience

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Shyam Ganatra

Master student, Robotics

Research Interests: AI, Autonomous Driving, Cognitive Robotics, Human-Robot Interaction, Computer Vision, Simulation software

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Future HiMER Students

Graduate students

Research Interests: HiMER Research

Visiting Scholars

Youjin Sung

PhD student (KAIST)

Research Interests: Human-AI Interaction, Extended Reality, Haptics

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Undergraduate Research Assistants

Cayden Matherly

Undergraduate student, Human Systems Engineering

Research Interests: Psychology, Human-Product Interaction, Product Design

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Bisman Sahni

Barrett, Undergraduate student, Computer Science

Research Interests: AI, Cyber Security, XR

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Sabah Ashfeen

Barrett, Undergraduate student, Computer Science

Research Interests: AI, HCI, XR, UX

Palak Jain

Barrett, Undergraduate student, Human Systems Engineering with User Experience

Research Interests: Product Design, User Research, Human Cognition, VR

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Future HiMER Students

Undergraduate student

Research Interests: HiMER Research

Future HiMER Students

Undergraduate student

Research Interests: HiMER Research