Welcome to the Haptics and Virtual Environments Lab
at USC's Integrated Media Systems Center:
A National Science Foundation Engineering Research Center

People

Projects

Publication

Members

Faculty:

Margaret L. McLaughlin is a Professor at the Annenberg School for Communication, USC and a Senior Investigator at IMSC. mmclaugh@usc.edu

Albert "Skip" Rizzo is a Research Scientist
at the Institute for Creative Technologies, USC. arizzo@usc.edu

The Haptics and Virtual Environments Lab is located in Room 109, Powell Hall of Engineering, University of Southern California.
Telephone: 213-740-4271

 

Graduate Students:

Younbo (Bo) Jung is a Ph.D Student in the Annenberg School for Communication at USC. His research interests include the effect of tactile communication (embodiment and haptics) in mediated environments, human-machine interaction, and therapeutic aids. younboju@usc.edu

Shih-Ching (Luke) Ye is a Ph.D student in Computer Science at USC. His current interests are virtual reality, haptics, and HCI. shihchiy@usc.edu

Lei Li is a master's student in Computer Science at USC. His interests include Virtual Reality, Computer Graphics, Haptics and HCI.
leil@usc.edu

 

SeungA Jin is a Ph.D student at the Annenberg School for Communication at USC. Her recent research focuses on Human-Computer-Interaction, personality and automatic causal inferences in Human-Robot-Interaction, narrative and presence in computer games, and uses of VR technology for health services. seungaji@usc.edu

Meghan Bridgid Moran is a Ph.D student at the Annenberg School for Communication at USC. Her research focuses on health technology, the function of subcultures and cliques in adolescent health behavior, and the effects of cosmetic surgery reality television programs. meghanmo@usc.edu

Former Students:

Wei (Karen) Peng is an assistant professor at the department of telecommunication, information studies & media at MSU. wpeng@usc.edu

Weirong (Wayne) Zhu

Han-Nung (Rebecca) Lin