TRI-M - Key Persons
Abbey received her BS in Psychology at Michigan Tech in 2013. Now she is a graduate student at the University of Denver's Graduate School of Social Work Program.
Anvitha is an undergraduate student in Industrial and Systems Engineering. She is working on the in-vehicle intelligent agent project.
Ashin received her MEng (MS project option) in Electrical and Computer Engineering at Virginia Tech in 2020. Her MS project is entitled, "Comparative Analysis of Facial Affect Detection Algorithms".
Bo received his BE in Industrial and Systems Engineering at Virginia Tech. Now, Siddhant is a MS student in Industrial & Systems Engineering program at University of Wisconsino-Madison.
Chihab Nadri is a PhD student in Industrial and Systems Engineering, with a focus on Human Factors. Prior to joining Virginia Tech, Chihab completed his undergraduate studies in Industrial Engineering at Purdue University in May 2017. Chihab also spent some time in the industry, working at Novartis as a Supply Chain intern in 2016. His research interests include Human-Computer Interaction, Sound and Music Computing, and Automotive User Interfaces.
Colin received his BE in Industrial and Systems Engineering at Virginia Tech. Now, Colin is a MS student in Industrial and Systems Engineering program at Virginia Tech.
Dr. Sterkenburg received his PhD degree in Applied Cognitive Science and Human Factors from Michigan Tech in 2018. His PhD dissertation is entitled, "Design and evaluation of auditory-supported air gesture controls in vehicles". Now, he is a Human Factors Senior Engineer at BD Medical.
Jason received his MS in Applied Cognitive Science and Human Factors at Michigan Tech in 2015. His MS thesis is entitled, "Impacts of distraction on driving: an analysis of physical, cognitive, and emotional distraction". Now, he is a PhD student in the tri-M Lab.
Job Titles:
- Associate Professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering, and by Courtesy, Computer Science at Virginia Tech
- Associate Professor of the Grado Department of Industrial
Job Titles:
- in Computer Science ) Ruiminz[at]Mtu.Edu
Dr. Zhang received her PhD in Computer Science at Michigan Tech in 2016. Now, she is working as a software engineer in the core financial applications group at Bloomberg LLC in New York City.
Job Titles:
- Shabnam" FakhrHosseini ( MS in Applied Cognitive Science and Human Factors ) Sfakhrho[at]Mtu.Edu
Dr. FakhrHosseini received her PhD degree in Applied Cognitive Science and Human Factors from Michigan Tech in 2018. Her PhD dissertation is entitled, "How do angry drivers respond to emotional music? A comprehensive perspective on assessing emotion". Now, she is a postdoc researcher at MIT AgeLab.
Dr. Lee was a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Mind Music Machine Lab at Virginia Tech in 2019-2020. Now, he is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Gyeongsang National University in South Korea.
Dr. Landry received his PhD degree in Applied Cognitive Science and Human Factors from Michigan Tech in 2019. His PhD dissertation is entitled, "Interactive sonification strategies for the motion and emotion of dance performances". After working as a postdoc researcher at MIT AgeLab, now, he is working as a driver performance researcher at GM.
Steven received his MS in Applied Cognitive Science and Human Factors at Michigan Tech in 2016. His MS thesis is entitled, "Gettin' active at passive crossings: Investigating the efficacy of in-vehicle auditory alerts for rail road crossings". Now, he is a PhD student in the tri-M Lab.
Job Titles:
- Professor at the Mind Music Machine Lab
Dr. Zheng was a Research Assistant Professor at the Mind Music Machine Lab at Michigan Tech in 2016-2017. Now, she is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Biomedical Engineering, Rochester Institute of Technology.
Dylan received his BS in Computer Science at Michigan Tech in 2018.
Emily received her BE in Industrial and Systems Engineering at Virginia Tech. She was working on the emotive robot voice project and the auditory heuristic project.
Eric received his accelerated MS in Computer Science at Michigan Tech in 2018. During his tenure he worked on many projects, including the smart exercise app for the blind people, the drone controller using a Myo armband, the child-robot theater project in the lab. Now, he is working as a software developer in industry.
Eric received his BS in Computer Science at Michigan Tech in 2016. Now, he is an accelerated MS student in the tri-M Lab, Computer Science Department at Tech.
Haley is an undergraduate student in Industrial and Systems Engineering. She is working on the interactive robot project for children with ASD.
Harsh received his MS in Industrial and Systems Engineering at Virginia Tech in 2020. His MS thesis is entitled, "Measuring the influence of anger on takeover performance in semi-automated vehicles". Now, Harsh is working as a Human Factors specialist at Carilion Clinic in Roanoke.
Hayoun is a PhD student in Industrial and Systems Engineering at Virginia Tech. She received her MS degree in Industrial Engineering from Seoul National University and her BS degree in Industrial Engineering from Yonsei University.
Rick is an undergraduate student in Industrial and Systems Engineering. He is working on the painting sonification project and the user interfaces of the autonomous vehicle project.
Hye Sung is a graduate student pursuing his Master's degree in Computer Science at Virginia Tech. He received his B.S in Electrical Engineering at Iowa State University. His research interests are Haptics, Robotics and Brain Computer Interaction. His career goal is to invent the hardware device that provides the complete immersive experience to the VR users.
Jaclyn is a PhD student in Computer Science. Her research interests include assistive technology, human computer interaction, human robot interaction, and computer security. Jaclyn holds a BS in Computer Science from Madonna University. In the tri-M lab, she is working on the Music Robot Design Project for Children with Autism Project, the Social Robot Acceptance Project, and the STEAM Education Project, among others. Her research proposal on musical robotic therapy for children with autism spectrum disorders was selected for the Doctoral Consortium at ASSETS 2015.
Jaclyn received her MS in Computer Science at Michigan Tech in 2017. Her MS thesis is entitled, "Musical robot dance freeze for children". Now, she is a PhD student in Computer Science, Michigan Tech.
Jake is an undergraduate student in Industrial and Systems Engineering. He is working on the interactive robot project for children with ASD.
Joseph Ryan (Psycholoy & Computer Science) jdryan[at]mtu.edu Joey received his BS in Psychology and Computer Science at Michigan Tech in 2018. Now, he is working as a Heuristics and Adaptive Strategies Manager at 24G in Michigan.
Max received his BS in Psychology at Michigan Tech in 2016. He was also a Tech ice hockey player!! He was working on the "music effects on emotional driver" project.
Megan is an undergraduate student in Industrial and Systems Engineering. She is working on the takeover display in the autonomous vehicle project.
Moustafa Tabbarah is a first year graduate student pursuing his Master's degree in Industrial and Systems Engineering at Virginia Tech. He received his BEng in Civil and Environmental Engineering from the American University of Beirut in 2019.
Paul received his BS in Audio Technology and Computer Science at Michigan Tech in 2015.
Ridwan received his MS in Computer Science at Michigan Tech in 2017. His MS thesis is entitled, "Musical exercise for people with visual impairments". Now, he is working as a software developer in industry .
Sangjin received his MEng in Industrial and Systems Engineering at Virginia Tech in 2020. During his tenure at VT, he was working on the emotive robot voice project, the gesture-based drone controller project, the new auditory dispaly for level 4 automated vehicles project, and the computational modeling of driver behavior in semi-automated vehicle project.
Siddhant received his BE in Industrial and Systems Engineering at Virginia Tech. Now, Siddhant is a MS student in Supply Chain Engineering program at Georgia Tech.
Skye is an undergraduate student in Industrial and Systems Engineering. She is working on the in-vehicle intelligent agent design project.
Job Titles:
- in Computer Science ) Msushmethaa[at]Vt.Edu
Sush received her MS in Computer Science at Virginia Tech in 2021. Her MS thesis is entitled, "Exploring the effects of language on angry drivers' situation awareness, driving performance, and subjective perception". Now, Sush is working as a software engineer at Amazon in Seattle.
Will received his BS in Psychology with a minor in Law and Society in 2014. Now he is a graduate student in the Human Factors Graduate Program at Old Dominion University.
Xuan received his BE in Industrial and Systems Engineering at Virginia Tech. He was working on the in-vehicle auditory alerts for highway rail corssings project.
Yi received his BE in Computer Science at Virginia Tech. Now, Yi is a MS student in Computer Science program at Cornell Tech.
Computer Science, MS
cyschris@vt.edu[at]vt.edu
Yusheng is a MS student in Computer Science. He received his BS in Computer Science from Virginia Tech.