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PhD Candidate, UCSB, Media Arts and Technology
M.S., Materials Science and Engineering, ASU
B.S., Apparel Design and Engineering, Soochow University
Research: Soft Robotics, Wearables, Assistive Technologies
Ph.D. Candidate, Media Arts and Technology Program, UCSB
M.S., Information System Science, Soka University
B.S., Engineering, Soka University
Research: Haptic Perception and Engineering, Haptic Augmented Reality
PhD Candidate, UCSB, Media Arts and Technology
M. Mus., Music Technology, New York University
B.S., Applied Mathematics-Economics, Brown University
Research: Multimodal Waves
PhD Student, UCSB Media Arts and Technology
NSF Graduate Research Fellow
BA Creative Computation, SMU
BS Psychology, SMU
BA Studio Art, SMU
Research: Haptics, Interpersonal Touch
Ph.D. Candidate, UCSB, Electrical and Computer Engineering
P.E.O. Graduate Scholarship Recipient
M.S., UCSB, Electrical and Computer Engineering
B.S. UC Berkeley, Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences
Research: Haptics, Neuroengineering
Ph.D. Student, UCSB, Mechanical Engineering
NSF Graduate Research Fellow
B.S., Ohio State University, Mechanical Engineering
Ph.D. Student in Mechanical Engineering.
B.S. Physics, Arizona State University, 2021.
Research: Optics, Acoustics, and Haptics
Postdoctoral Researcher, UCSB CNSI
Ph.D., Technical University of Ilmenau, Nanotechnology
M.S., Lund University, Physics
B.S., Shahjalal Univ. Sci Tech, Physics
Research: Stretchable Electronics, Metamorphic Electronics, Wearable Electronics, Haptics
Current: Engineer, Meta Reality Labs
Postdoctoral Researcher, UCSB CNSI
Ph.D., Tufts University, Mechanical Engineering
M.S., Tufts University, Mechanical Engineering
B.S., Fairfield University, Mechanical Engineering
Research: Soft Robotics, Mechanical Engineering Design, MEMS, Haptics
Current: CEO, Technology Startup
Ph.D., UCSB, Electrical and Computer Engineering
M.S., UCSB, Electrical and Computer Engineering
B. Tech., Electrical Engineering, IIT Madras
Research: Haptic Engineering and Perception, AR/VR
Graduated! Current: Engineer at Apple
PhD Candidate, UCSB, Media Arts and Technology
M. Mus., Rice University
B. Mus., Lawrence University
Research: Digital Fabrication, Media Arts & Technology
Graduated! Current: Assistant Professor, University of Puget Sound
Ph.D., UCSB, Electrical and Computer Engineering
M.S., UCSB, Electrical and Computer Engineering
B.S., Tianjin University, Automation
Research: Haptic Engineering and Perception, Tactile waves; Wearable haptics, AR/VR
Graduated! Current Position: Postdoctoral Researcher, Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems, Stuttgart, Germany
B.S. Student, Electrical Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara
Research Topic: Engineering a high-performance, multimaterial electromagnetic actuator for haptic applications
Hao Yufei, Ph.D. Visiting Scholar. PhD student, Mechanical Engineering, Beihang University. Soft Robotics. Current: Postdoctoral Fellow, EPFL
Adrian Ferstera, M.S. Visiting Scholar. Mechanical Engineering (Robotics, Control), ETH Zurich.
Mark Beliaev, PhD Student, UCSB Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering.
LoViD, Visiting Artists in Residence, UCSB RE Touch Lab/MAT and CCBER, 2019. Lovid is the art duo of Tali Hinkis and Kyle Lapidus. www.lovid.org
Simone Fani, Ph.D. Visiting Scholar. Prosthetics, Haptics, Robotics, University of Pisa.
Yifan Zhang, Visiting Scholar. BS Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University.
Kelly Zhaohan Lu, UCSB and University of Hong Kong, Visiting BS Student Researcher, Electrical and Electronic Engineering.
Jian Jiao, Beihang University, China, Visiting Graduate Researcher
Huanhuan Qin, Southeast University, China, Visiting Graduate Researcher
Jasper van der Lagemaat, VU Amsterdam. Visiting Graduate Researcher
Irene Kuling, PhD, VU Amsterdam. Visiting Scholar, MAT Program
Hikaru Nagano, PhD. University of Nagoya, Mechanical Eng Department
Dang Tùng Nguyen, Ph.D. Postdoctoral researcher, functional materials, organic electronics. Current: Postdoc with T.-Q. Nguyen, UCSB Chemistry and Biochemistry, CPOS.
Taku Hachisu, PhD. Visiting Postdoctoral Researcher. Haptics and wearable technologies. Current: Assistant Professor, University of Tsukuba.
Robert Bloom III. Undergraduate Researcher. B.S. Student , Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Irvine. Current: Ph.D. Student, UC San Diego.
Thanh Nho Do, PhD. Postdoctoral Researcher, Soft and Medical Robotics. Current: Scientia Fellow and Lecturer, University of New South Wales.
Wenxuan Ou, UCSB BS Student, Electrical and Computer Engineering.
Xinghao Huang, UCSB BS Student, Mechanical Engineering, Eureka Undergraduate Scholar.
Sölen Kiratli, PhD. UCSB, Media Arts and Technology. Advisor: Curtis Roads. Graduated!
Souradeep Chakraborty. Graduated.
Current: Ph.D. Student, SUNY Stony Brook
Behnam Khojasteh, MS Student, TU Hamburg (and UCSB), Mechatronics. Current: PhD Student at Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems, Stuttgart.
Marco Janko, PhD, Electrical and Computer Engineering. Graduated.
Current: Audio DSP Engineer at Cirrus Logic.
Bin Li, PhD, Electrical and Computer Engineering. Graduated.
Current: Senior Design Engineer at ASML.
Harald Schäfer, MS student, Electrical and Computer Engineering, UCSB. Graduated.
Zhiwei Zhang, MS Student, UCSB, ECE Department. Graduated.
Erin Woo, UCSB BS Student, CCS Computing, Eureka Undergraduate Scholar.
Steven Delello, UCSB BS Student, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Hui Hu, Research Specialist, Electronics, University of California, Santa Barbara. MEng and BS Physics, Sun-Yat Sen University.
Ian Kim, PhD Student, UCSB, Media Arts and Technology.
Zach Wells, MS Student, UCSB, Electrical and Computer Engineering. Graduated. Current: Engineer @ Toyon
Owen Campbell, MS Student, UCSB, MAT Program. Graduated.
Shriniwas Patwardhan, MS Student, UCSB, ECE Department. Graduated.
Ryan Lee, BS Student, UCSB, ME Department
Lucas Burgess, BS Student, UCSB, Physics Department
CJ Caliendo, BS Student, UCSB, ME Department
Sam Fagrey, BS Student, UCSB, ME Department
Ye Shi, MS Student, Drexel University, ECE Department. Graduated
Zhengqiao Zhao, MS Student, Drexel University, ECE Department. Graduated.
Neha Thomas, BS/MS Student, Drexel University. Graduated.
From Fall 2017: PhD student and NSF Graduate Fellow, Johns Hopkins University
Mercedes Chartier, BS/MS Student, Drexel University, ECE Department
RE Touch Lab - Director and Principal Investigator
Dr. Visell is Associate Professor at UCSB, in the Media Arts & Technology Grad Program, Departments of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Mechanical Engineering. PhD in ECE, McGill University; MA and BA in Physics, U. Texas-Austin and Wesleyan University. He also worked in the tech industry at firms including Ableton (Read more...)