Tag: Graduate

Masters Student (Thesis) Suprith Chandra Shekar is a…

PhD Student Mustafa Celalettin Kilinc is a PhD student in the Department of Industrial Engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. He joined the Human eXtended Reality Interaction (HXRI) Laboratory in 2025 as a graduate research assistant, where he applies human-factors principles to the design of extended reality (XR) healthcare and educational applications. His research […]

Masters Student Mrithula Madhavan is a master’s student in the Health Technology at UIUC and a graduate researcher in the Human eXtended Reality Interaction (HXRI) Laboratory. Her research focuses on improving the accessibility of non-invasive neurotechnology through simulation, visualization, and human-centered design. At HXRI, she contributes to the development of an interactive brain stimulation prototype […]

Masters Student Dhritiman is a master’s student in Industrial & Enterprise Systems Engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, focused on applying AR/VR and machine learning to healthcare training. His research involves developing immersive simulators using Unity, HoloLens, Arduino, and force sensors to enhance skill acquisition in neonatal and laryngoscopic procedures. He builds real-time feedback […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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.