Principal Investigator: Dr. Avinash Gupta Summary: The Augmented Reality (AR) based Endotracheal Intubation (ETI) Simulator is an ongoing project designed to enhance the training experience for medical students and health professionals. This smart trainer integrates sensors into both the mannequin and laryngoscope to capture a wide range of data points during the intubation process. The […]
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Vihaan Khare
Undergraduate Student Vihaan is an Industrial Engineering undergraduate student at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Within the HXRI lab, Vihaan is investigating the robustness and features of the neonatal thoracentesis mixed reality simulator application. While it currently runs on the HoloLens 2, Vihaan will also look into methods to have it run on the Meta […]
HXRI Lab hosts 2024 ISE Summer Camps!
As the pre-college outreach and public engagement unit in the Grainger College of Engineering, WYSE offers a variety of summer enrichment programs for pre-college youth from near and far. These summer camps give a flavor of college life while exploring various engineering fields or researching side-by-side with Illinois faculty and students – in Champaign-Urbana, in Chicago, and virtually. Each […]
Hisan Rehan Arshad Maggoon
Undergraduate Student Hisan is an undergraduate student at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign majoring in Industrial Engineering. As a researcher in the HXRI Lab, his work focuses on using human ergonomics and human centered design approach to create an endotrachial intubation tester. The availability of a quantitative tester aims to greatly enhance and assess […]
Nimit Presents at the HCI International 2024 Conference
Nimit presented at the HCI International 2024 Conference on “Evaluation of Large Language Model Generated Dialogues for an AI-Based VR Nurse Training Simulator. This collaborative research explores using LLMs like ChatGPT and Google Gemini to enhance VR nurse training through realistic patient interactions. The study assessed generated scripts using lexical matching, semantic similarity, and sentiment […]
Creighton Cooper
Masters Student Creighton completed his bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from Brigham Young University in 2022. He is currently a graduate student in the UIUC iCAN program and is working as a research assistant in the HRXI Laboratory working on developing a VR nurse training simulator project. Creighton is focused on the integration of machine […]
Jay Patel
Masters Student Jay Patel is a graduate student at the Siebel School of Computing and Data Science, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, in the iCAN program. He works as a research assistant in the HXRI lab. He is currently working on an LLM-based VR nurse training simulator to enhance nurse training through VR immersive simulations in […]
Philip Xie-O’Malley
Undergraduate Student Philip is an undergraduate student at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, majoring in Electrical Engineering. As an undergraduate research assistant in the HRXI lab, he works on the VR nurse training simulator project by training wit.ai models using Natural Language Processing and supervising trial tests to continuously improve the simulator’s accuracy and effectiveness […]
Xinhui Hu
PhD Student Xinhui Hu is a Ph.D. candidate in the Information Sciences program at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign. Her current research focuses on the intersection of Human-Computer Interaction and User-Centered Design, with a particular emphasis on mental models and empathy virtual reality. Xinhui has contributed her expertise as a user experience researcher to a diverse […]
Professor Gupta has received the James Franklin Sharp Outstanding Teaching Award in Industrial Engineering!
Professor Gupta has received the James Franklin Sharp Outstanding Teaching Award in Industrial Engineering! This award is open to faculty members of the Department of Industrial & Enterprise Systems Engineering who excel in teaching undergraduate industrial engineering. The Sharp Outstanding Teaching Award in Industrial Engineering was established through a philanthropic donation by Dr. James Franklin […]