My primary research is in haptics. I focus on understanding the science of touch, incorporating it in applications and interfaces, and then work with business units to commercialize it in emerging technologies.
Humans feel wide varieties of sensations when they touch and explore objects around them. My interests are to investigate underlying sensory mechanisms of these wide range of sensations and model them using psychophysical techniques. In this way, I re-create sensations and interactions with real objects using novel technologies, robustly and reliability. I have used these models to enhance a user's experience in virtual environments, entertainment, therapies, medical procedures, mobile consumer products, training, autos, and many more.
Haptics encompasses a broad range of research areas. These include, but not limited to, perception and psychology of touch, neuroscience and cognitive science, stability and controls theory, visualization and rendering techniques, novel and smart actuation technologies, human motor control and adaptation, HCI and more. My research focus rely on a common domain of these research topics and includes: touch perception, psychophysics, mechanical design, mechatronics and human-computer-interaction. This allows me to cover significant portion of haptics research and apply my knowledge for novel interaction and device designs.
I am currently working with the Interaction Design @ Disney group in Disney Research, The Walt Disney Company.
I am actively looking for new opportunities to continue my research on disseminating haptic technologies in consumer products, communication, entertainment and education. Please refer to my resume.
Jan 2001 – Dec 2006 Teaching Assistant
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, USA ME 352 Machine Design (Lead TA; best TA award)
ME 586 Microprocessors in Electromechanical Systems
ME 375 System Modeling and Analysis
