Ph.D. Students

Terek Arce

Terek’s research interests lie in developing testing frameworks for head-related transfer functions (HRTFs), creating 3D-audio plugins for virtual and augmented reality (VR/AR) applications, and developing cross-platform standardized tools for other researchers to use in VR/AR. He’s also dabbled in animation, bioinformatics, computer security and medicine. His hobbies include playing piano, swimmimng, surfing and painting. You can find more info at his personal and class sites, as well as some of his work at GitHub.

Email: tra04@ufl.edu

 

 

Jason Lu

Chenshen (Jason) Lu received his M.S. from the Mechanical Engineering Department of University of Florida. Before he entered UF he worked for Domino Printing and Science in China. His research interests are HRTF simulation and auditory interface.

Email: chenshen.lu@ufl.edu

 

 

Armisha L. Roberts

Armisha received her Bachelor’s degree in Mathematics with a minor in Computer Science from Howard University where she graduated Summa Cum Laude. She is a Meta PhD Fellowship Awardee, Gates Millennium Scholar, Buick National Achiever recipient, GEM Fellow, and a University of Florida Graduate Student Fellow. Sha has industry-level research experience, having interned with Sandia National Laboratories, Booz Allen Hamilton, IBM, and BP. Her research interests include 3D audio, artificial intelligence, learning technologies, math education, and Human-Centered Computing (HCC). You can find more info at her personal site.

Email: ar23@ufl.edu

 

 

Jesse Smith

Jesse Smith is a Ph.D. student and Mcknight Doctoral Fellow in Human-Centered Computing at the University of Florida. His previous research interests involved exploring the uses of virtual/augmented reality as an effective tool for teaching people how to use next-generation devices. He is currently pivoting to investigate human factors in simulation racing, He completed a B.S. in both mathematics and computer science from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County in 20016. There, he was recognized in finishing Cum Laude as a Meyerhoff scholar, NSA scholar, and NIBIB scholar.

Email: jd.smith@ufl.edu

 

PhD graduates

Dr. Ziqi Fan – 2020 – KLA

Former MASTERS Student Researchers

Bhaveek Desai

Pravin Gaikwad

Aroushi Sharma

Former Undergraduate Student Researchers

Aranique Brown
Stanley Celestin
Benjamin Chen
Guilain Despointes
Chris Griffin

Nicholas Lesbirel
Sonali Mane
Rachana Podoralla
Rosa Saldana
Eduardo Santos
Tiffany Scott
Sofia Sirocchi