
Sean Follmer
Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering

Elizabeth Danielle Vasquez
Mechanical Engineering PhD Student
rehabilitation technology for stroke patients in marginalized communities

Danyang Fan
Mechanical Engineering PhD Student
accessible graphics

Savannah Cofer
Mechanical Engineering PhD Student
reconfigurable origami robotics

Sofia Di Toro Wyetzner
Computer Science PhD Student
computational interfaces

Ahad Rauf
Mechanical Engineering PhD Student
reconfigurable soft robots
Wing-Sum Law
Mechanical Engineering PhD Student
reconfigurable surfaces

Yujie Tao
Computer Science PhD Student
sensory augmentation & well-being

Olivia Tomassetti
Mechanical Engineering PhD Student
haptics for accessible education

Saehui Hwang
Mechanical Engineering PhD Student
accessible exploration of virtual reality

Collin Liou
Sequoia High School Student
transformable origami unit cells

Libby Ye
Design Undergraduate Student
augmented reality

Brittany Schwartz
Program Administrator
Alumni
PhD Students

Jingyi Li
Assistant Professor, Pomona College

Elyse Chase
Post-Doc, Rice University

Eric Gonzalez
Research Engineer, Google

Parastoo Abtahi
Assistant Professor, Princeton University

Alexa Siu
Research Scientist, Adobe Research

Zack Hammond
Research Engineer, Apple

Evan Strasnick
Research Scientist, Meta Reality Labs

Kai Zhang
Research Scientist, Huawei

Lawrence Kim
Assistant Professor, Simon Fraser University

Inrak Choi
Post-Doc, Seoul National University, Controls Intuitive Surgical
Post Docs & Visiting Scholars

Daniel Drew
Assistant Professor, ECE University of Utah

Seunghwan Lee
Visiting Scholar / UX Researcher@Hyundai

Mathieu Le Goc
Google ATAP
Visiting & Rotating PhD Students

Brian Do
Friend of Shape (ME PhD Student)
variable stiffness soft robots

Obumneme Godson Osele
Mechanical Engineering PhD Student
cost-effective and compliant robotic designs

Anthony Stuart
Mechanical Engineering PhD Student
shape changing truss robots

Veronika Domova
Visiting PhD Student
industrial human automation interaction

Jackie Yang
Computer Science PhD Student
texture display

Mark Roman Miller
Computer Science PhD Student
wolverine, virtual reality
Masters Students

Allen Zhao
M.S. Symbolic Systems
Zooid Remote Collaboration

Evan (Yiwei) Zhao
Mechanical Engineering MS Student
haptic illusions

Michael Cheung
Mechanical Engineering MS Student
Wearable haptics, AR/VR

Ernesto Ramirez
Mechanical Engineering MS Student
electroadhesion display

Shenli Yuan
Mechanical Engineering MS Student
dynamic shape display

Boqi Li
Mechanical Engineering MS Student
swarm user interface

Maggie Xu
Mechanical Engineering MS Student
rovables
Undergraduate Students

Brandon Briones
Mechanical Engineering Undergraduate
reconfigurable surface actuation

Raymond Zhen
Mechanical Engineering Undergraduate Student
haptic contours

Merissa Rieken
Product Design Undergraduate Student
stroke rehabilitation technology

Sandra Valente
Product Design Undergraduate Student
stroke rehabilitation technology clinical trials

Jack S. Bernardo
Mechanical Engineering Undergraduate Student
auxetic shape displays

Dani Algazi
Mechanical Engineering Undergraduate Student
stroke rehabilitation technology

Julia Rose Chin
Computer Science Undergraduate Student
creativity tools

Cherié Francis
Mechanical Engineering Undergraduate Student
haptic perception

Amy Zhou
Product Design Undergraduate Student
haptic perception

Abena Boadi-Agyemang
Mechanical Engineering Undergraduate Student
accessible haptics

Gene Sung-Ho Kim
Symbolic Systems Undergraduate Student
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Xavier Vazquez
Product Design Undergraduate Student
design for accessibility and social impact

Alan Brantley
Mechanical Engineering Undergraduate Student
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Julea Chin
Mechanical Engineering Undergraduate Student
high resolution shape display

Hieu Pham
Undergraduate Student
AR for remote collaboration
High School Students

Alex Magana
Mid-Peninsula High School Student
CAD Modeling and Load Sensor Exploration
Administrators

Renée Chao
Design Program Administrator

Andrea Brand-Sanchez
Administrative Assistant