The Inaugural Student Conference hosted by Industrial and Enterprise Systems Engineering (ISE) provided a platform for graduate students in ISE to present their research via oral presentations or posters, covering various concentrations such as Data Analytics/ Decision and Control Systems/ Design and Manufacturing/ Financial Engineering/ Operations Research/ Human Factors. Additionally, esteemed professors Simge Küçükyavuz and […]
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Jacob Presents at the Signature Event of Undergraduate Research Week, the Undergraduate Research Symposium (URS)
Since 2008, the Undergraduate Research Symposium (URS) has been the hallmark event of Undergraduate Research Week at the University of Illinois (U of I). Initially attended by just a few hundred undergraduates, participation has surged to well over 800 students. Throughout the day-long event, students showcase their research through concurrent oral and poster presentations, including […]
HXRI Lab Attends a Spring Open House Hosted by McKechnie Family LIFE Home
On April 18th, 2024, the McKechnie Family LIFE Home hosted an open house, providing an opportunity for guests to explore the facility’s research endeavors. Attendees engaged with researchers, robots, and various technologies, while faculty, post-docs, graduate, and undergraduate students presented research demonstrations. Notable guests such as Jim and Karen McKechnie, Michael Vitoux, Cheryl Hanley-Maxwell, Dean […]
HXRI Lab gives a Talk at the Graduate Student and Professor Panel at EOH 2024
The Grainger College of Engineering Open House (EOH) kicked off on April went through April 6. The 102nd Edition of EOH will feature 200+ exhibits organized by 250+ future engineers. Students from all branches of engineering establish displays to emphasize to the public the importance of science in daily life and to demonstrate the potential impact of future technology. Additionally, leading-edge corporations […]
Jacob and Hank are Doing an Internship over the Summer
Two of the HXRI Lab members, Jacob and Hank, are doing an internship over the summer. Jacob will be working at Databricks (Bellevue Office) as a full stack software engineering intern on the Workspace Experience team. His focus will be mainly on the core user interface and infrastructure of the Databricks platform. Databricks, Inc. is […]
HXRI Lab Attends the 2024 HFES International Healthcare Symposium
The HXRI lab members attended the the 2024 HFES – Human Factors and Ergonomics Society International Healthcare Symposium at Chicago Hilton from March 25th till March 27th. The lab members had the chance to engage with professionals in the healthcare technology sector, discussing human factors and current industry trends. A standout moment was Rollin J. […]
HXRI Lab and McKechnie Family LIFE Home Hosts Part of the 2024 IISE Conference
On February 16, 2024, the McKechnie Family LIFE Home welcomed students from the Industrial and Systems Engineering program as part of the 2024 Institute of Industrial Systems Engineers (IISE) Regional Conference for Middle Eastern Students. IISE is a key player in advancing industrial and systems engineering, and this event was a student-led initiative offering professional, […]
Shreekant Gokhale
Masters Student Shreekant completed his master’s in Industrial Engineering from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in 2023. He is currently a graduate research assistant in the HXRI Laboratory, actively contributing to a VR nurse training simulator project. In this role, he has focused on evaluating scripts generated by Large Language Models using autonomous metrics and […]
Nimit Kapadia
Masters Student Nimit Kapadia is a Masters’ student in the Department of Industrial and Enterprise Systems Engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. He is specializing in Computer Science and Advanced Analytics. His research work includes contributions to Data Science, Natural Language Processing, Computer Vision, Extended Reality (XR), financial engineering and medical cyber-physical systems. Nimit’s […]
Chin-Hao Lo
Masters Student Hank is an MCS student at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He works on VRtual Ed project in the HRXI lab. Additionally, His primary research interests lie in system programming, machine learning, and virtual reality.