Group Members

Eelke Folmer

Professor and Chair
email: <efolmer[at]unr.com>

• Ph.D., University of Groningen, The Netherlands, 2005
• M.S., University of Groningen, The Netherlands, 2001
• Postdoc University of Alberta

Paul MacNeilage

Collaborator
email: <pmacneilage[at]unr.edu>

• Ph.D., Vision Science, University of California Berkeley, 2007
• B.A., Biological Anthropology, Harvard University, 1996

Isayas Adhanom

PhD Student
email: <iadhanom[at]nevada.unr.edu>

• B.Sc., Eritrea Institute of Technology
• M.Sc., University of Nevada, Reno

Aniruddha Prithul

PhD Student
email: <aprithul[at]nevada.unr.edu>

• B.Sc., Khulna University

Hudson Lynam

PhD Student
email: <hlynam [at] nevada.unr.edu>

• Georgia Institute of Technology

This could be you!

Masters student

Nathan Navvaro Griffin

Squanch Games
MS, August 2020
Thesis: Out-Of-Body Locomotion: Vectionless Navigation with a Continuous Avatar Representation

Majed Al Zayer

Facebook
Ph.D., May 2019
Thesis: Universal Usability of Virtual Reality

James Liu

UNR
MS, May 2019
Thesis: Evaluation Of Handsbusy Versus Handsfree Virtual Locomotion

Hirav Parekh

inLumon
MS, December 2017
Thesis: Optimizing Natural Walking Usage in VR using Redirected Teleportation

Jiwan Bhandari

GE
MS, August 2017
Thesis: Navigating Virtual Environments At Scale

William Grussenmeyer

Microsoft Research
Ph.D., May 2017
Thesis: Making Spatial Information Accessible on Touchscreens

Manju Palathingal

Intel
MS, December 2016
Thesis: Exploring the Use of Wearables for Visually Impaired People

Sam Tregillus

VRmersive
MS, August 2016
Thesis: Handsfree Locomotion Techniques for Mobile VR

Ilias Apostolopoulos

Scientific Games
Ph.D., November 2014
Thesis: Wearables for Enabling Indoor Navigation for Blind Users

Halim Cagri Ates

Apple
MS, August 2014
Thesis: Immersive Simulation of Visual Impairments

Alexander Fiannaca

Microsoft Research
MS, May 2014
Thesis: Augmenting Perception Capabilities of Blind Users

Burkay Sucu

PC Doctor
MS, May 2014
Thesis: A Haptic Steering Interface

Miran Kim

Spin Games
MS, 2013
Thesis: Non-Intrusive Physical Activity Prediction for Exergames

Vinitha Khambadkar

HP
MS, 2012
Thesis: Leveraging Proprioception to create Technology for Blind Users.

Tony Morelli

Assistant Prof. Central Michigan University.
Ph.D., 2011
Thesis: Non-Visual Natural User Interfaces

Navid Fallah

Amazon
Ph.D., 2011
Thesis: Non-Visual Natural User Interfaces

Austin Wester

IGT
MS, 2011
Thesis: Unsupervised Game Interface Evaluation

Buğra Oktay

Microsoft
MS, 2011
Thesis: Enabling Interaction in Virtual Worlds for Users with Visual Impairments

Daniel Ramos

IGT
MS, 2011
Thesis: Playing A Game With Supplemental Modalities

Manjari Sapre

Bally Technologies
MS, 2009
Thesis: A Framework for making Virtual Worlds accessible to Visually Impaired

Dave Carr

Google
MS, 2009
Thesis: Towards Automatic Parallel Game Engine Architectures

Bei Yuan

Apple
Ph.D., 2009
Thesis: Towards Generalized Accessibility of Video Games for the Visually Impaired

Chris Franklin

Northrop-Grumman
MS., 2009
Thesis: Less is More! less Interaction, more Accessibility